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What's interesting to me is that LEDs were apparently a Russo-Japanese invention yet the industry is now completely dominated by China. LED lightshows of an eve
by contingencies 6y ago
What's interesting to me is that LEDs were apparently a Russo-Japanese invention yet the industry is now completely dominated by China. LED lightshows of an evening are a very late naughties China thing, every town has one these days, hell almost every building has one. Makes for interesting skylines, but no doubt terrible for ambient light pollution, insect life, etc.
- mattgrice 6y agoChina dominates most electronic industries, few of which were invented there. Interesting that you say LEDs are a Russo-Japanese invention because all colors of LED were first commercialized in the US. The high-brightness blue LED was discovered in the US but commercialized by a Japanese company.
- sephamorr 6y agoWhen Shuji Nakamura developed the high-brightness blue LED, he was working at Nichia, in Japan. He's now at UCSB.