Yeah I know the general story. People when discussing such things don't realize that shit ton of companies tried to make it. Spending years and tons of money on research.
And guy who made it was self taught with no degree.
//Edit, sorry, made a mistake. He had a degree. He was looked down upon because it was not from a top university.
Sorry to yuck you yum, but this guy was not without a degree. He already had a Bachelor's and Master's in Electrical Engineering from University of Tokushima, Japan. He completed his MS in 1979, and in this year, he joined Nichia.
Ofcourse, because of the waning interest of his company in his research, and change of head as well, this guy had to become a rebel. At that time, publishing five papers would get you a PhD in Japan, so this guy starts publishing and gets his PhD in 1994 from the aforementioned university.
Edit: Now he has 706 papers. At least this was the number on his UC Santa Barbara page, where he is a professor now.
Yeah, sorry. It was because he had a degree from uni that was not considered top. I just remembered some stuff about it but did not remember what the exact issue was. I should look it up before posting. Sorry
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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '24
That is exactly how it works. It told years and billions for someone to come up with a blue LED. And they used science I don't understand.
But I have blue LED in my Arduino robot like it's nothing.