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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 · 1 year ago

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

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I’m the guy that takes an awl and literally shatters them, or I will just place tape over top if they are recessed too far.

Front facing LEDs are a menace.

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