Lunal_Tic
Flashlight Enthusiast
Calif. Prof Awarded Millennium Tech Prize
Good to see this guy finally started winning. I think originally he got something like $200 as a bonus from Nichia.
-LT
ESPOO, Finland (AP) - An engineer whose high-profile patent dispute challenged the Japanese tradition of selfless devotion to employers has been awarded the $1.2 million Millennium Technology Prize for his inventions in light and laser technology.
Shuji Nakamura, now a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, created "new and elementary lights sources," the Millennium Prize Foundation Chairman Jaakko Ihamuotila said at a ceremony announcing the award Thursday in Espoo.
Nakamura, 52, developed the blue light-emitting diode, or LED, widely used in traffic signals, illumination and for storing information onto optical disks.
Good to see this guy finally started winning. I think originally he got something like $200 as a bonus from Nichia.
-LT