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    A noble Blue Nobel.

    BBC News - Invention of blue LEDs receives physics Nobel

    Try, try & try again.



    You can get ultraviolet leds now.

    LUXEON UV Ultraviolet LEDs | Philips Lumileds Lighting Company

    380nm.

    Who'd have thunk it?

    X ray leds next.
    Last edited by zeitghost; 6 June 2017, 15:31.

    #2
    Those little lego police cars would look great with one of them on top. Top inventing

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      #3
      Commercial blue LEDs came out a good 20 years or more ago didn't they?

      The Nobel prize committee certainly don't like committing themselves prematurely.
      Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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        #4
        They only got it because it can be linked to climate benefits.
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Why was a blue one so much harder to create than red or green?/

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            #6
            Originally posted by Pondlife View Post
            Why was a blue one so much harder to create than red or green?
            Because of physics.
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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              #7
              I remember the first blue leds, they were a few pounds each while the red were 12p.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                I remember the first blue leds, they were a few pounds each while the red were 12p.
                Yeah, me too
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                Originally posted by vetran
                Urine is quite nourishing

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                  #9
                  A friend of mine was told, when studying Physics at university in the late 70s or early 80s, that blue LEDs were impossible

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
                    Commercial blue LEDs came out a good 20 years or more ago didn't they?

                    The Nobel prize committee certainly don't like committing themselves prematurely.
                    threaded invented them by going into the future and bringing them back.

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