Philips aims to make our lives quite a bit brighter in the future, and their latest creation is like something out of a science fiction movie. They, along with Kvadrat Soft Cells, are in the process of making luminous textile, essentially mini LED lights embedded into material that can be hung on walls like regular wallpaper, or hung up like glowing works of art. Read more about it, and watch a short commercial style video with a shot of the ghostly wallpaper in action, over at PopSci.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/philips-luminous-wall-hangings-will-create-mood-lighting-future