The Odyssey of Medina

The essential prerequisite for any paradigm lies in its success in identifying the constraints of the past, by bringing a new solution that pushes the conception of society to adopt it in such a way that it can never again imagine being able to return to the old ones. methods. For example, the principle of vaccination was explained by Louis PASTEUR following Pastor Cotton MATHER's work on inoculation. But the new character of the solution brought by Pasteur remains induced by the research of Mather on his slaves. There is therefore no spontaneity of major technological progress but a concomitance of small steps in which the sciences advance until reaching a threshold of performance that is obvious to everyone.

In 2011, the electroluminescent painting of Medina OH was a man's step towards the distant prophecy of screen-less TV. It was under 20 inch of snow and a day's drive from New York that we met Shawn and Scott who were coming out of the experimental phase and starting to establish a business strategy. The most Cartesian of the two is a brilliant man who manages to convey clear technical concepts to an unscientific public. Few MIT BS chemists come out of their office to don VRP's apron at Daytona Beach or Las Vegas. It refers to a willingness to succeed in the company that we have set and an open mind to be able to flourish in any position, including subordinate.

On the other hand, the excellent advertising campaign tied around the Medina offer suffers from the most harmful wound for the trade: the product itself. The promises that a lamp in the liquid phase allowed to glimpse could not exceed the constraints that it generates. Like Ulysses who hobbled his body to avoid perishing attracted by the melodious song of sirenes, painters have wondered about the conditions of implementation of the light bioluminescent. In the first place, despite a research focus on quantum dots, the final product can not exceed 100 Cd/m², which is insufficient for daytime use. Secondly, the decoupling of the functional layers induces a weak animation capacity but a high cost of labor. Lastly, the high price of raw materials ( rare on Earth ) does not seem to be offset by the evidence of the solution provided by Medina.