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LED Inventor Receives Award

Postby NZcaver » Sep 11, 2006 8:32 pm

Top prize for 'light' inventor

Shedding light on the world

A Japanese scientist who invented environmentally friendly sources of light has been awarded this year's Millennium Technology Prize. Professor Shuji Nakamura was given the 1m Euro (£680,000) prize at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. Finnish President Tarja Halonen presented the prize.

The award recognised his inventions of blue, green and white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and the blue laser diode. White LEDs could provide a sustainable, low-cost alternative to lightbulbs, especially in developing countries. His other inventions such as blue LEDs are used in flat-screen displays, while blue lasers are already being exploited in the next generation of DVD player.

"Professor Nakamura's technological innovations in the field of semiconductor materials and devices are groundbreaking," said Jaakko Ihamuotila, chairman of the Millennium Prize Foundation.

The Millennium Technology Prize is the world's largest technology award, equivalent to the Nobel Prizes for science. It recognises technological developments that have a positive impact on quality of life and sustainable development.


From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5328446.stm September 8, 2006
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