After following a lot of "via" links, it seems the original post is here:<p><a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/genres/19-engineering/videos/3175-vladimir-bulovic-on-oled-displays" rel="nofollow">http://techtv.mit.edu/genres/19-engineering/videos/3175-vlad...</a>
Here's the original pickle experiment, as documented in the DEC Western Research Lab publication: <a href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/Compaq-DEC/WRL-TN-13.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/Compaq-DEC/WRL-TN-13.pdf</a> Worth a quick read.<p>No mention of the short lifespan of current OLEDs, either.
This is a wonderful example of how to demo an idea to the public. Yes, yes, it's cool that it's 100x thinner than our hair and twice as energy efficient, but seeing a pickle glow just makes the video pop out.