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MAKE presents: The LED (video)

— youtube.com — Take a tour through the world of the light-emitting diode and learn - who invented it, how... to use it, and how to make your own. (more) MAKE presents: The LED (video)

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Make presents: The LED
MAKE Magazine — LEDs are in technology all around us, familiar and helpful for sure but you may wonder - Who invented them? How do I use one? Is it possible to make my own LED?!? Learn the answers to these baffling questions and more in - MAKE presents: The LED Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!

MAKE Presents: The LED - A movie about the origins of the LED and how to make your own from carborundum!
MAKE Magazine — LEDs are in technology all around us, familiar and helpful for sure but you may wonder - Who invented them? How do I use one? Is it possible to make my own LED?!? Learn the answers to these baffling questions and more in - MAKE presents: The LED. Suscribe to the MAKE podcast for more great movies and videos from MAKE! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!

Make's LED History Movie Is Pretty Cool, Includes DIY Instructions [LEDs]
Gizmodo — We all take LEDs pretty much for granted, but the guys over at MAKE have done a good job with this movie that shows the history behind the little glowing things. Turns out the Light Emitting Diode was one of those devices that was more or less discovered by accident, during an experiment at Marconi labs into a Cat's-Whisker Schottky barrier diode made from a chunk of silicon carbide: so MAKE, of course, shows you how to recreate that for yourself. Check it out: it's fascinating stuff. [Makezine] ...

How to make your own LED
Core77 — Make Magazine take an in depth look at the origins of the ubiquitous light-emitting-diode (LED) and even show us how to one. (more...)

Make video about LEDs
Boing Boing — Collin Cunningham of the MAKE blog put together a wonderful video about the history of LEDs, along with a demonstration on making a primitive LED out of silicone carbide.

Lost Knowledge: Homemade electronic components
MAKE Magazine — The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, "lost" technology, and the make-do, improvised "street tech" of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. "Lost Knowledge" is also the theme of the current issue of MAKE, Volume 17 (on newsstands now) ...