Nobel Prize azwarded for the develoment of the blue LED

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I find these two stories heartwarming. First, the Nobel Prize for physics is awarded to three scientists wo developed the blue LED, paving the way for game-changing white LEDs and improving the lives of many in third world countries who now have reliable, solar powered LED lighting for their homes -

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/s...amura-awarded-the-nobel-prize-in-physics.html

...and a related story about the invention of the very first visible LED in a G-E lab in Schnectady, NY -

http://www.gelighting.com/LightingW...a/press-room/press-releases/2012/holonyak.jsp

My favorite quote from this story -

Holonyak has called the LED the "ultimate lamp" because "the current itself is the light."
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