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On a related note, blue LEDs are also the most rare, for engineering reasons, and their production led to a Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi
by esafak 2y ago
On a related note, blue LEDs are also the most rare, for engineering reasons, and their production led to a Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/press-release...
- SushiHippie 2y agoVideo about the history of blue LEDs by veritasium: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AF8d72mA41M https://youtube.com/watch?v=AF8d72mA41M
- knodi123 2y ago"...once Nakamura succeeded in creating a commercially viable prototype, 3 orders of magnitude (1000 times) brighter than previously successful blue LEDs, Nichia pursued developing the marketable product. The company's gross receipt surged from just over ¥20 billion (≈US$200 million) in 1993 to ¥80 billion (≈US$800 million) by 2001, 60 percent of which was accounted for by sales of blue LED products." And IIRC, in return for that he got a $180 bonus from his employer, and a bit later, a Nobel prize.