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A Brilliant Idea: Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LEDNick Holonyak, Jr. is called the godfather of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. We interact with Holonyak's inventions every day. The technology in visible LEDs, household dimmer switches,…
From Joel Steinfeldt
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Spark of Genius: The Story of John BardeenImagine a world without computers, cell phones or all modern electronics. This would be a world without John Bardeen. In 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the transistor which amplifies…
From Joel Steinfeldt
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Quantum-Well LaserNick Holonyak Jr., John Bardeen's first graduate student at Illinois, invented the first practical Light-Emitting Diode (LED) at General Electric before returning in 1963 to Illinois as a…
From Drew MacGregor
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Spark of Genius_ The Story of John Bardeen at the University of IllinoisImagine a world without computers, cell phones or all modern electronics. This would be a world without John Bardeen. In 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the transistor which amplifies…
From Drew MacGregor
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