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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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I love Veritasium’s deep dives into the scientists behind various inventions. We really ought to celebrate more people like Nakamura.

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