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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)
submitted 11 months ago by Whirling_Cloudburst to c/technology
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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] iopq 11 points 11 months ago

It's the opinion of one person at the company. Under socialism there are also people who decide which research deserves funding.