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mark-r
on April 3, 2021
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Isamu Akasaki, inventor of first efficient blue LE...
I always have trouble with the official story of the blue LED, because I had a 1985 Volkswagen Golf that had a blue LED for the high-beam indicator. It might not have been as bright as today's blue LEDs, but it was bright enough to be useful.
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It wasn't an LED, but was made to look like the LEDs next to it:
https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=h...
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Could have been electroflorescent, like the timex backlights?
LgWoodenBadger
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How do you know it was an led?
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