The blue LED. Ubiquitous as they are now, they’re a relatively recent invention! Yet without them so much of our modern tech wouldn’t be possible, from cell phone displays, to energy-efficient light bulbs. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between! ● Consider supporting LGR on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews ● Social links: https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Music used in order of appearance: "Nautical 2" by Loscil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjlqXaC6ys "Anekbah Theme" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmdgZkWgfUE Downtown Alley 1, Particle Emission 2, Smooth Deal http://www.epidemicsound.com/ "Twin Shine" null ● Sources for this episode's info: https://web.archive.org/web/20141008120714/http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001625473 https://www.livescience.com/48193-how-blue-leds-changed-the-world.html http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.1753706 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/09/20/national/court-dismisses-inventors-patent-claim-but-will-consider-reward/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022024889902005 http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2010-02/gray-matter-light-mystery http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.109374 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/blogs/physics/2014/10/how-blue-leds-work-and-why-they-deserve-the-physics-nobel/ http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/1960.htm https://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~schubert/Light-Emitting-Diodes-dot-org/chap01/chap01.htm http://www.industrialalchemy.org/articleview.php?item=529 https://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2007/04/led-older-than-we-thought.html https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/devices/no-nobel-for-the-father-of-the-led https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/tech-history/silicon-revolution/rcas-forgotten-work-on-the-blue-led https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/popular-physicsprize2014.pdf https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/nakamura-bio.html http://www.commercialsihate.com/the-ctrlv-game_topic4100_post169281.html#169281 http://www.ledinside.com/news/2014/10/the_story_behind_shuji_nakamuras_invention_of_blue_leds http://edisontechcenter.org/lighting/LED/TheFirstPracticalLED.pdf https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/why-blue-leds-are-worth-a-nobel-prize-2b5ff8c22803 http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-blue-led-worth-nobel-prize http://www.ifsc.usp.br/~lavfis2/BancoApostilasImagens/ApConstantePlanck/ApCtePlanck2013/LIGHT-EMITTING%20DIODES.e-0521865387-2e.pdf http://www.nanophotonics.org.uk/niz/publications/zheludev-2007-ltl.pdf