{"id":751,"date":"2014-10-07T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T16:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bipaled.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2019-04-14T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T09:38:41","slug":"premio-nobel-agli-inventori-del-led","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bipaled.com\/en\/2014\/10\/premio-nobel-agli-inventori-del-led\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Prize to the inventors of LEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-752 wp-image img-responsive aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bipaled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1412675788_nobel-fisica-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"1412675788_nobel-fisica\" width=\"479\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A new light to illuminate the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With this slogan Tuesday, October 07, 2014 was awarded with the Nobel Physics Prize I<strong>samu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano<\/strong> and <strong>Shuji Nakamura<\/strong>, the three Japanese scientists who invented the efficient diodes that emit <strong>blue light<\/strong>, the first version of the most commonly known: LED. The invention is dated in the <strong>early 1990s<\/strong> while working on some semiconductors. The red and green LEDs were already available in early 1970s, but without a blue light source the possibility of creating a white light was a dream<\/p>\n<p>With their work, they have not only revolutionized the field of <strong>lighting<\/strong>, enabling the creation of a more <strong>economical<\/strong> and <strong>efficient<\/strong> lighting system, but they have also taken the first step to the latest technologies in the latest televisions generations.<\/p>\n<p>The discovered of the White Led Lights, thanks to the three Japanese researchers, have opened the way to brilliant, <strong>durable<\/strong> and <strong>efficient<\/strong> light sources.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;With the advent of the Led, more and more widespread, we now have more efficient and durable alternatives to the old light sources&#8221;,<\/em> said the jury members of the Stockholm Award. These light sources have been continually improved over the years, providing an <strong>ever-increasing luminous flux<\/strong> with the same electrical consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The recently developed LED lamps have a record efficiency of almost 20 times compared to the electric bulb and 4 times that of a neon lamp.<\/p>\n<p>This result in significant <strong>savings<\/strong> on a global scale, if we consider that a quarter of world electricity is used for lighting.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Prize of 2014 therefore embodies the very spirit of <strong>Alfred Nobel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A discovery that can be of benefit to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Like LEDs, <strong>a new light for the whole planet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bipaled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nobel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-753 wp-image img-responsive aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bipaled.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nobel.jpg\" alt=\"nobel\" width=\"237\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Short winners biography:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isamu Akasaki<\/strong> was born in 1929 in Chiran, Japan. He graduated from the University of Nagoya, where now teaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hiroshi Amano<\/strong> was born in 1960 in Hamamatsu, Japan. He graduated in 1989 at the University of Nagoya, where now teaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shuji Nakamura<\/strong> was born in 1954 in Ikata, Japan, but has US citizenship. After graduating from the University of Tokushima in 1994, he moved to Santa Barbara, California, and he&#8217;s teaching at the University of California at Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p>A little curiosity, scientist Shuji Nakamura has filed a lawsuit against his former company, Nichia Chemical Industries, who only recognized $ 200 for his invention. Nakamura worked at night for the invention because her company did not agree.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new light to illuminate the world. 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