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Display technology researchers are on a roll. A professor at University of California Santa Barbara has discovered a way to combine lighting technologies to create an even brighter, more energy efficient, longer lasting back-light than LED by adding in "light emitting electrochemical cells" (LEC).

LECs dim about a thousand times slower than LEDs and manipulate ions rather than slow electrons to create light. (Note: These are just regular LED lights pictured here).

With so many technologies under study for placement in consumer electronics, the field of competition is getting fierce. We have no idea which of these will actually make their way into living rooms, but we do know this: the HDTVs of the future are going to be super-cheap, everlasting, and blindingly bright.

Keep up the good work, academic engineers. Couch potatoes of the future are counting on you. —Rachel Rosmarin

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