The Nobel prize would cheer someone up. Chad has an excellent summary of this over at Uncertain Principles, which includes many links to more good stuff.<\/p>\n
Nobel Prize for Blue LEDs<\/a><\/p>\n That [difference between red and blue LEDs] seems like a pretty small change, dude. How is that worth a Nobel?<\/strong> Another good piece at Starts With a Bang<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nobel prize would cheer someone up. Chad has an excellent summary of this over at Uncertain Principles, which includes many links to more good stuff. Nobel Prize for Blue LEDs That [difference between red and blue LEDs] seems like … Continue reading
\nWell, because it\u2019s really frickin\u2019 hard to do.
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\nIt\u2019s not a paradigm shift in terms of the basic physics, but it\u2019s a ton of hard work and new technological development, and richly deserves the Nobel.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n