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Blue LED

Recorded year1993

Shuji Nakamura's gallium-nitride LED completes RGB and enables efficient white lighting.

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Built on

Light-emitting diodeRecorded · 1962enables

Led to

White LEDRecorded · 1996enables
LED light bulbRecorded · 2008enables
LED vertical farmingRecorded · 2015enables
MicroLED displaysRecorded · 2025enables
Fluorescent tubes phased outForecast · ~2027enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.