Touch light panel

1. A flat-panel lamp having a light-emitting surface with an integral contact sensitive layer located over said light emitting surface that controls the activation and deactivation of the flat-panel lamp, said integral contact sensitive layer comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that are normally spaced apart by a plurality of spacers formed from a polymer or glass but can deform upon contact so as to permit contact there between so as to produce said signal, said spacer comprising spheres or cylinders; and

a controller for supplying power to said lamp and responsive to a signal provided by said integral contact sensitive layer for controlling the supply of said power to said flat-panel lamp.

2. The flat panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein said first and second electrode are spaced apart a distance of less than 100 microns.

3. The flat panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein said electrodes includes one of the following:

metal

metaloxide

metal alloy.

4. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein said electrodes includes one the following:

aluminum

silver

indium tin oxide.

5. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein said spacers are integral with a supporting structure secured to one of said electrodes.

6. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein the controller controls the brightness of the lamp by responding to sequential contacts.

7. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein the controller controls the brightness of the lighting lamp by responding to the duration of a contact.

8. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 further comprising a layer that enables attachment of the lighting system.

9. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 8 wherein the attachment layer is an adhesive layer.

10. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 9 wherein the adhesive layer is a static electric attraction.

11. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein the flat-panel lamp comprises a sheet that is manufactured in cut shapes to be formed into objects.

12. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 11 wherein the cut shapes are cones, cylinders, or cubes.

13. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein the flat-panel lighting sheet is vacuum formed.

14. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 1 wherein the flat-panel lighting sheet is flexible.

15. The flat-panel lamp according to claim 14 wherein said lamp is provided in a curved shape.

16. A flat-panel lamp having a light-emitting surface with an integral contact sensitive layer located over said light emitting surface that controls the activation and deactivation of the flat-panel lamp, said integral contact sensitive layer comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that are normally spaced apart by a plurality of spacers formed from a polymer or glass but can deform upon contact so as to permit contact there between so as to produce said signal; and

a controller for supplying power to said lamp and responsive to a signal provided by said integral contact sensitive layer for controlling the supply of said power to said flat-panel lamp wherein the controller controls the brightness of the lighting lamp by responding to the duration of a contact.

17. A flat-panel lamp having a light-emitting surface with an integral contact sensitive layer located over said light emitting surface that controls the activation and deactivation of the flat-panel lamp, said integral contact sensitive layer comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that are normally spaced apart by a plurality of spacers formed from a polymer or glass but can deform upon contact so as to permit contact there between so as to produce said signal said flat-panel lamp comprising a sheet that is manufactured in cut shapes to be formed into objects, said shapes are cones, cylinders, or cubes; and

a controller for supplying power to said lamp and responsive to a signal provided by said integral contact sensitive layer for controlling the supply of said power to said flat-panel lamp.

18. A flat-panel lamp having a light-emitting surface with an integral contact sensitive layer located over said light emitting surface that controls the activation and deactivation of the flat-panel lamp, said integral contact sensitive layer comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that are normally spaced apart by a plurality of spacers formed from a polymer or glass but can deform upon contact so as to permit contact there between so as to produce said signal;

an adhesive layer that enables attachment of the lighting system, said adhesive layer being a static electric attraction; and

a controller for supplying power to said lamp and responsive to a signal provided by said integral contact sensitive layer for controlling the supply of said power to said flat-panel lamp.