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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

  • ColeSlothEnglish
    20·
    8 months ago

    As far as “light” it’s already capped out, then. Going shorter there’s only x-ray and then Gamma ray. Gamma ray lithography sounds bad-ass and dangerous.

    • JATthEnglish
      10·
      8 months ago

      Gamma rays have so much energy that they are basically emitted only by nuclear processes, as far as I know.

      • ColeSlothEnglish
        10·
        8 months ago

        Until we stick it in an led!

        I guess past the uv range we should just call them ED, but then you only think about erectile dysfunction.