Lighting · Recorded milestone
White LED
Recorded year1996
Nichia coats a blue LED with yellow phosphor to make white light, opening the path to LED bulbs and lamps.
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- Blue LEDRecorded · 1993enables
Led to
- LED light bulbRecorded · 2008enables
- Solar LED lanternRecorded · 2008enables
- LED streetlightsRecorded · 2009enables
- Glare-free matrix headlightsRecorded · 2013enables
- Li-Fi data by lightRecorded · 2014enables
- 40 Hz flicker therapy for Alzheimer'sForecast · ~2028enables
- LED lamps near the efficiency limitForecast · ~2035enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.