An LED that can go 80 years on a battery charge

[PhotonBoy]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9880704-7.htm

"CORK, Ireland--William Henry, an applications specialist at Ireland's Tyndall National Institute can't tell you exactly how long one of the miniature LEDs the organization has developed will emit light. But it's a long time.

The micro LED--which is significantly smaller than conventional light-emitting diodes--requires only a few billionths of an amp to operate...."

 

[katsyonak]

Thanks. Very interesting article.

 

[BionicSniper]

It would be intresting if they could do this in IR so we could have a long term FOF-ID system for our troops

 

[David Gretzmier]

yeah but at 15 microns across, no sneezing near the LED workbench...