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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

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