by egsiii | Jan 13, 2016 | Tech
Incandescent light bulbs may put out a warmer-looking, more familiar type of light than LEDs or compact fluorescents, but they’re far less efficient – the majority of the energy they use is wasted, mainly in the form of heat. Technology may save them yet,...
by egsiii | Jan 13, 2016 | Tech
What is an LED? A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device (LED chip) that emits visible light when an electric current passes through it – essentially it converts eletricity into light. When one or more LED’s are combined with an electrical...
by egsiii | Sep 8, 2014 | News, Tech
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano at the University of Nagoya, and Shuji Nakamura working at Nichia Chemicals in Tokushima, Japan have been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention of the blue LED, which is the key to modern energy-efficient lighting....
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