The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-da...
  • lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world
    45·
    9 months ago

    This video makes me not want to buy anything from Nichia. Nakamura invented a commercially successful product they made billions from, and Nichia rewarded him with nothing.

    • xkforce@lemmy.world
      471·
      9 months ago

      They harassed him for years to stop working on the things that saved them then gave him 170 dollars per patent and 60k a year then sued the shit out of him when he left. He basically only got enough money from the countersuit to cover his legal expenses after they fought tooth and nail to appeal.

      That company deserved to go bankrupt due to their shitty company culture and they punish the one guy that saved them from themselves.

        • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          3·
          9 months ago

          Just like any other user through a history containing high-enough-quality interactions.
          It is a flag set manually, so a malicious/undercover bot would not have it set. It’s more odd than suspicious.

          I did look into your comments and saw no bot-like ones at all, which is why I asked. Is it like a stylistic decision or are you procrastinating actually developing the bot?

  • palitu@aussie.zone
    14·
    9 months ago

    Interesting watch. I never rally understood the concept of holes when learning about the. At uni. This made a lot more sense!

    • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
      2710·
      9 months ago

      I’m not downvoting, but neither am I seeking out Veritaseum videos

      • muhyb@programming.dev
        62·
        9 months ago

        Well, I don’t know anything about the creator of this video but it was a nice little documentary. However if they have/had some controversial things, I see where you’re getting at.

        • Alto@kbin.social
          10·
          9 months ago

          I haven’t heard anything controversial about him, and I feel like I would have. Obviously I could have missed something though.

    • kalkulat@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      Yeah… well (we have to admit) the ‘hole’ quantum part was very long and VERY nerdy for a whole lot of people. (Their loss.)

    • GONADS125@feddit.de
      76·
      9 months ago

      I didn’t downvote, but I hate videos being posted in the science community. Should be articles. This post belongs on a video community.

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
    276·
    9 months ago

    “Almost impossible”, aka produced by the billions for RGB displays. Harder then R & G? Sure. Almost impossible…?