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Go watch this illuminating video about the invention of the blue LED.

The next time you look at the screen on your phone or the RGB on your keyboard, thank Shuji Nakamura, the inventor of the blue LED, who made it all possible and should have received way more recognition for it. His breakthrough is still changing the world.

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