Journey to a Brilliant Discovery - Lighting the World (Ep. 2)

3/3/2014; 8 minutes

In this episode of Lighting the World, we meet UC Santa Barbara's Shuji Nakamura, creator of the white LED, and explore the decades-long quest to develop the white-light emitting LED. (#24739)

Brilliant Discovery UCTV has released the second episode of its four-part series, "Lighting the World: Shuji Nakamura and His Brilliant Discovery", telling the story of the UC Santa Barbara professor's efforts to develop the white LED and the lighting revolution that followed. The new segment introduces viewers to Nakamura and explores the genesis of his quest.