Veritasium - 2024-02-08
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join this list to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDEB Huge thanks to the UC Santa Barbara Materials Dept (https://ssleec.ucsb.edu/) for taking us around. Thanks to Álvaro Bermejillo Seco for reviewing the science. Thanks to these especially helpful sources: Nobel Prize Biography - Shuji Nakamura - https://ve42.co/NakamuraNobel Johnstone, B. (2015). Brilliant!. Prometheus Books. - https://ve42.co/Johnstone2015 Nakamura, S., Pearton, S., & Fasol, G. (2010). The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story. Springer. - https://ve42.co/Nakamura2010 ▀▀▀ References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8M2z2hIbag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGUteH93xNo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idwKHQEw78g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoTALRhAqWc Touchstone, L. A. (2022). Nick Holonyak Jr. University of Illinois. - https://ve42.co/Touchstone2022 Perry, T. S. (1995). The Unsung Inventor. IEEE Spectrum. - https://ve42.co/Perry1995 Chabay, R. & Sherwood, B. (2011). Matter & interactions (4th ed.), S2: Semiconductors. Wiley. - https://ve42.co/ChabaySherwood How MOCVD Works via Aixtron - https://ve42.co/MOCVD Vangala, S. R., et al. (2019). Epitaxial growth of ZnSe on GaAs. Journal of Crystal Growth. - https://ve42.co/Vangala2019 Nakamura, S. (1991). GaN Growth Using GaN Buffer Layer. JJAP. - https://ve42.co/Nakamura3rd1991 Amano, H., et al. (1989). P-Type Conduction in Mg-Doped GaN w/ LEEBI. JJAP. - https://ve42.co/Amano1989 Huang, M., et al. (2021). Defects in Mg–H‐Codoped GaN. Physica Status Solidi. - https://ve42.co/Huang2021 Schubert, E. F. (2006). Light Emitting Diodes, Ch 4: LED basics. Cambridge University Press. - https://ve42.co/RPI-LEDs Kitada, C. (2001). Blue About Japan. Japan Inc. - https://ve42.co/Kitada2001 Whitaker, T. (2002). Nakamura loses Nichia patent battle. Optics.org. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales3 Pirates Osaka. (2014). Nakamura awarded Nobel Prize in Physics. Hatena Blog. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales1 Growth Bozu via Twitter. - https://ve42.co/NichiaSales2 Rose, J. (2014). Blue LEDs – Filling the world with new light. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. - https://ve42.co/Rose2014 Pattison, P. M., et al. (2017). LED lighting efficacy. Comptes Rendus Physique. - https://ve42.co/Pattison2017 Electricity pricing via EIA - https://ve42.co/ElectricityPricing Lane, K., et al. (2023). Lighting. IEA. - https://ve42.co/LightingIEA LED Footprint via The Climate Group - https://ve42.co/ClimateGroupLED Nichia’s History via Nichia - https://ve42.co/NichiaHistory Shuji Nakamura via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/NakamuraWiki Images & Video: Lighting the World via UCTVInsight on YouTube - https://ve42.co/UCTVep2 & https://ve42.co/UCTVep3 Palo Alto Times 1971 Article via Newspapers.com - https://ve42.co/Newspapers Nick Holonyak, Jr. and the LED via UIUC on YouTube - https://ve42.co/HolonyakIllinois The Original Blue LED via Science History Institute on YouTube - https://ve42.co/OGBlueLED Maxfield, M. (2022). Compound Semiconductors. EE Journal. - https://ve42.co/Maxfield2022 M. Stutzmann, et al. (2001). Playing with Polarity. pss (b). - https://ve42.co/Stutzman2001 Isamu Akasaki in 1995 via Andrey Nikolaev on YouTube - https://ve42.co/AsakiNikolaev Pioneer TX-610 Stereo Tuner via Ian Marino on YouTube - https://ve42.co/StereoMarino Shuji Nakamura via EPO on YouTube - https://ve42.co/NakamuraEPO Nichia Campus via Nichia on LinkedIn - https://ve42.co/NichiaHQ Nichia via TDElektronik on YouTube - https://ve42.co/NichiaTDE Violeds Sterilization of COVID-19 via Seoul Viosys - https://ve42.co/SterilizationUV ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Chris Harper, Max Paladino, Balkrishna Heroor, Adam Foreman, Orlando Bassotto, Tj Steyn, meg noah, KeyWestr, TTST, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Anton Ragin, Diffbot, Gnare, Dave Kircher, Burt Humburg, Blake Byers, Evgeny Skvortsov, Meekay, Bill Linder, Paul Peijzel, Josh Hibschman, Juan Benet, David Johnston, Ubiquity Ventures, Richard Sundvall, Lee Redden, Stephen Wilcox, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Michael Krugman, Sam Lutfi ▀▀▀ Directed by Emily Zhang Written by Emily Zhang, Ricky Nathvani, and Derek Muller Edited by Trenton Oliver Illustrated by Jakub Misiek Animated by Fabio Albertelli, Mike Radjabov, David Szakaly, Ivy Tello, and Alondra Vitae Filmed by Derek Muller, Raquel Nuno, and Trenton Oliver Additional research by Gregor Čavlović Produced by Emily Zhang, Han Evans, Gregor Čavlović, and Derek Muller Thumbnail by Ren Hurley Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Pond5 Music from Epidemic Sound
So he was underfunded, underappreciated and undersold, yet he almost single-handedly created one of the most important technologies in the modern world, a true legend. And I got to learn his story from an interesting, high quality source. Thanks again Derek
yeah this takes the old saying about edison creating a lightbulb to a new level
He wasn't underfunded.
They could've been more appreciative of his work. But it's not like he didn't get anything. He got the budget to immortalize his name, and now he's getting top jobs presumably.
This is such an incredible story that I stumbled upon by sheer accident.
Although I wouldn't be able to explain the theory to another, I understood enough to appreciate the hurdles Nakamura had to overcome. Unfortunately he is 1 in a billion. If even a fraction of inventors or researchers in the world had the stamina, determination, resources and insight of this man, the world would be a very different place.
It is worth noting, that despite the resulting animosity, his original company showed an enormous amount of faith and patience in him. His employment could have been terminated at any time when he was disregarding their orders.
Maybe their are other amazing talents out there, who don't get the opportunity to refine their exceptional abilities.
This is such an incredible story that I stumbled upon by sheer accident.
Although I wouldn't be able to explain the theory to another, I understood enough to appreciate the hurdles Nakamura had to overcome. Unfortunately he is 1 in a billion. If even a fraction of inventors or researchers in the world had the stamina, determination, resources and insight of this man, the world would be a very different place.
It is worth noting, that despite the resulting animosity, his original company showed an enormous amount of faith and patience in him. His employment could have been terminated at any time when he was disregarding their orders.
Maybe their are other amazing talents out there, who don't get the opportunity to refine their exceptional abilities.
@@stevendv8487 ah, you be the pawn of the MBA. MBA's are the Vampires of fair compitition. There current efforts to put up pay walls, to gouge on research, is there current step to monetize "progress" for their back row statues....meanwhile, they "inadvertently" lay waste the the very social structures that garnered their surrounding pawns support and innovation.
The MBA Zealot is contemporary histories growing destructive force...This is to say your attitude needs a reality check..."They could have...", but oopsy, profits...aka F"k off. Your ideological positioning in your statement leads those interested by innovation to interest more self serving and less societally beneficial...a new dark age...for your personal desires of greed.
It’s so dumb how it’s never just “this guy changed the world and got compensated fairly for it” there’s always some corporate bs in the way
Hooray, capitalism!
what did you expect from some upper class twat that got the company trough marrying the daughter of the company?
Greed
Well they’re the ones providing the money. If they don’t think they’re getting results they get nervous and pull funding. Same thing would happen if it was a person with their own money or a friend’s money
@@ShaunDreclin Ideal capitalism would have rewarded him. We have gone beyond that point to where past successes are use to monopolize future success. The logical end of capitalism.. It will always get here unless controls are in place.
EDIT
I was just making a sarcastic comment trolling "capitalists" and corporatists.
I am a now retired engineer and fascinated by the invention process. not economics.
I had no intension of hijacking a science based thread into some economic system debate.
I apologize to Veritasium for this getting out of hand.
Thank you for developing this documentary about the LED science.
Dang, W dono
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed!
Good :)
Please please can i get a dollar please
Get some work dude @@nischalkhadka126
What a success story! I wish he was successful in compensation side in Japan, but I guess they lost him because of that. Happy to see him thrive now.
kek
😮
doesn't surprise me Japan is a garbage country when it comes to human compassion
hi mehdi
I love your vids mehdi ❤
In the mid 1990s, I was working in a research lab where we were in competition with Nichia in the development of GaN blue LED and lasers, also using our home-grown MOCVD machines. Dr. Nakamura was always 2 (or more!) steps ahead of us. I still vividly remember when we got our hands on a prototype of his deep blue LEDs after a conference. We turned it on in the lab, with lights down, expecting a weak blue emission, as we got from our own devices. It came on so bright and so blue, it illuminated the whole room! It blew our mind, we couldn’t believe it. How had he done that? He was the blue LED magician. Nobel prize well deserved, and then some.
Yeah, I was at HP Labs at that time, and we were contemplating spending $10 for a wimpy blue LED to detect yellow ink dots on paper in an inkjet printer, to determine if the inkjet printhead was working. And then came along Shuji Nakamura’s blue LED from Nichia. A mind blowing achievement!
That's really cool
It 'blue' your mind! 😉
@@pandoraeeris7860I don't understand pons 😢
Nakamura single-handedly changed the world. And he only got a $170 bonus for that. 😢
Mr. Nakamura is a hidden giant everyone should know more about. Incredible tenacity and great video.
hikaru has over 1m subs so i think hes known well enough
I love hikaru too
@@parzingtheasianbro ,he is not talking about Hikaru Nakamura,he is talking about the man who invented blue LED
Dr.
@@Creator0369 r/woooosh
In 24:00, when Nakamura appears, we are literally looking at his invention, not virtually, but physically through the blue light of our cell phones and monitors.
I came here to learn why blue was so difficult to make… I didn’t know this was the story of a man who discovered a landmark piece of technology. Just the thought of him staring at a small blue light, completely understanding it was his life’s work and his masterpiece. True happiness in a blue glow.
Seriously, with a physics lesson in what makes semiconductors work thrown in the middle.
yeah BLUE LED is amazing for sure!!!! 🔵🔵🔵🔵
Had he listened to his shortsighted bosses and not been stubborn then we would still be using incandesceng lightbulbs like Trump wants us to.
His life's work and his masterpiece... So far... I am interested to see what his contributions will be to nuclear fusion now!
blue is my favorite color as well.
I'm so glad this story didn't end with "and then he died penniless and alone" because it feels like so many of these stories often do. Warms my heart to see him alive and recognized for his genius and thriving still!
i was hare for this comment!
Thank goodness 😢
It felt like the script was heading that direction 😂 soooo glad it ends well in the end🎉
Before I finished the video, I was betting that the company was gonna screw him over and he wouldn't get compensation. Lo and behold I just became a prophet. It's a sad state when everyone is expecting a screwjob to happen and it happens. Lawmakers are so head over heels with companies, when they ask for copyright laws, lawmakers would pass bills in a heartbeat. But when an individual citizen is asking for fair policy, nothing ever changes.
He's basically an emeritus professor at one of the biggest universities in the world and a Nobel Peace price winner. Now that's a dream.
I have a PhD in physical chemistry, studying the energy levels of semiconductors, and I've never heard as concise and clear explanation of semiconductors from any of the courses I've taken, and then that information is made tangible in this human story. Great story telling, great science communication, great animations. I absolutely love your videos.
yeah, I'm a 20 year engineer in Japan and felt the same.
That is amazing to hear from experts in the field. It seems that experts usually find shortcomings in these simplified explanations of complex phenomena.
It made dummies like me understand it so it did a good job.
I never took physics past high school, and I understand the mechanisms behind electricity, conductors, and semiconductors a hell of a lot better after this video. It had never occurred to me that I'd never really seen blue LED's until I was in high school. The green and red ones were all over the place of course, but I don't remember blue ones. I'd wondered before about why LED technology seemed to just suddenly be *there*, and this video answered that for me.
Do you know that structured water can pool electrons and that mercury can act as a greedy semi conductor?
Thank you for this video! I worked for a company that designed and manufactured optical oceanographic instruments. When Nichia announced the blue LED in the early 90's we immediately started using them for the light source of an in-situ chlorophyll fluorometer. It was revolutionary in reducing the power requirements and size of the instrument. The LED's were insanely expensive. Amazing story. Thank you Mr. Nakamura... despite Nichia.
Everything else aside, your explanation of semiconductors & the stadium seats synergy made this complex topic so easy to understand. I hope they show this in schools.
Estoy triste porque es me cumpleanos y no tuve ningun suscriptor
yess! recently learned abt semiconductors and this video was icing on the cake
I never really got how doping worked... but the explanation of energy-bands helped a lot
@@beamshooter yeah it's a bit messy at first, even with animations and all but they way I understood doping is literally the meaning of word itself. It's like the production quantity of free electrons (or even holes) is on steroids, so the semiconductor has more functionality!
I'm not a boron, you are!
Don’t ever go back making “television”. This is so much better. A great story from beginning to end with a spectacular entry of the main character. No spoilers, no previews. YouTube at its best. TV will never reach this level of storytelling. Hats off to your illustrator too.
The narrator is a scientist he understands what he is talking about. TV is mostly made up of journalists with basic information on many topics generally
Couldn’t agree more about the great storytelling 😊
I agree. This was so thrilling
@@asstacoI'd also like to know
@@hawdgeal In his life story video, he mentioned that he wanted to become a filmmaker.
This video is literally golden, I was focused the whole time, not a single minute was boring. I have learn huge amount of information, but not too much. This should be shown in schools.
True
Well, literally it's a bit more blue than golden, but...
(Sorry :P)
Yes! Is the right amount of entertainment, education and story
This is real education
It’s even bigger.. the blue ray laser came from this too. Toshiba freaked out cause they had just wasted years on HDDVD that was obsolete before consumer release. The blue ray could put 50 gig (dual layer) while the Toshiba HDDVDs max was 30 (dual layer). Sony would invest in the blue laser and Nakamura. Toshiba terminated the HDDVD in 2008. Wikipedia has it all if you search high definition disc wars .
Hats off for his ability to not succum to pressure, as a technician, what at times take much strenght from you is peer pressure from our bosses, and it usually comes with frustration and most often we give up. But not this man, I'm glad the world is giving you the recognition you deserve
Science dissemination is a thousand times better when historical and personal contexts are included. Very good job.
I love that guy he seems friendly and open to talk to everybody who knows about his story.
and humble enough to pretend he wasn't the sole reason there still exists research facilities dedicated to LEDs
Bloody bots everywhere
@@kiruthikpranav5047 yes. I almost didn’t notice how humble he was truly a hero for the modern tv screen age.
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@@sudarshan3965 I ain’t no bot bud lol
Can we appretiate how Nakemura basically changed the world and yet he seems to be so humble ?
I finished the video and am sitting here like why isn’t this guy talked about more? He’s literally the reason the world is as it is today. Like working on something that long that was thought to be impossible? Makes me wonder what other big technological barriers we have right now that haven’t been solved
@@justinmaxon12 Anti-matter or dark energy. The moment anyone figure them out, humanity will bend physics to its core.. But lets not get too far a head of ourselves. A true perpetual motion mechanics isn't even been solve yet.
True change begins with a humble heart. It is only through humility that we can fully grasp the complexities of our world and its flaws.
@@justinmaxon12 Modern society is built on countless invaluable discoveries in various fields. Transistors, fertilizers, plastics, radio, cryptography and lasers are all of life-changing but most people (myself included) don't talk about their inventors.
@@justinmaxon12 This story is amazing, but there are countless of similarly amazing stories throughout our history!
I watched this a few weeks ago and I found myself wanting to watch this again as if it was a movie. Not only is the narrative delivered perfectly - it feels like a 90 minute drama, not the 30 minute science history presentation it is - but the animations are seriously emotionally captivating. Amazing work.
This is my favorite Veritasium video. It goes betond the science and takes us through the life of a hard working man. He started from a fishing village, ignored his companies orders, and changed the world. He still has his values to thank Nichia despite the scum of a CEO, and saved himself from a lifetime of bitterness.
100% my favorite too, this channel seems to never miss with it's content; but this one stood far and away above all others. Incredible work Veritasium team
Same. Taught the diode process way better then anything I've seen before, and that was just the first 10 minutes.
Yeah, this was an awesome video. I hope folks can stomach some electron lessons to hear the rest in the video
by far in top 5 best youtube videos I ever seen
I think what adds the cherry on top of this video is that Derek visited and interviewed the creator in person.
Dude, you're out there interviewing people who actually moved our species years further in terms of progress and seeing him connecting with you so well and talk about his love for physics and knowing that you will definitely match the vibe is just heartwarming specially for a person who had such a huge impact on everyone's life yet never compensated properly for it. Bless your soul, Derek.
We aren't a species. We're humans. One of a kind. We've always been human. If you believe we evolved, you must believe that humans didn't all evolve equally all over the planet and some must be behind others on the ladder of evolution. Darwin certainly did.
@@SpicyTexan64Wow, every word of what you just said is wrong!
@StayStrapped2A well, I kinda agree with the different pace of evolution you mentioned, to be honest (take remote tribes who refuse to/can't communicate with the rest of us), but that wasn't exactly my point. It's just that english isn't my first language, and sometimes I struggle to make my point come across clearly😅
@@SpicyTexan64are you saying arctic inuits and african savannah tribepeople have the same adaptation?
@@SpicyTexan64 If you're a science denying religious nut why are you even here watching the evil devil's work? Don't you know the earth's flat, only six thousand years old and these so called LEDs are actually dark magic? Put down the desert cult fanfiction and use your brain.
I got to see Dr. Nakamura give a talk about his career at UCSB. It was fascinating. He got a big laugh from the audience by claiming that the secret to winning a Nobel prize is apparently "working on something nobody else thought was a viable research direction". He comes across as very humble and personable in person.
I want to know how the people felt who talked him down after his discovery😂
That had to be an honor to meet such an important person in today's society. The majority of things we use today were shunned by investors during their initial research and development days. Dr. Nakamura is among the few great examples of great minds who ignored investors. I hope he's heavily invested in the blue LED stocks.
Lol, it should be obvious, but most people don't think about the fact that chasing trends usually won't work for most people, you have to be the one to set them. I guess the humor here is that it's so obvious that most people don't really realize it.
I saw him speak in New Jersey back in 2016. He’s an incredible person and told us about how everyone above him dismissed his efforts
@@fireared9244 They are still coping
Hats off to sir Shuji Nakamura for dedication. what a inspirational story.... such a humble person after all of this achievement .
Being an electronics engineer, I would say this is one of the best animations that I have ever seen to explain the LED conduction mechanism using band diagrams. Perhaps for me, this story conveys that grit, determination, and passion towards a particular problem statement can solve any obstacle faced.
It seems a typical historical issue, the actual inventor of a particular item tends to get the shorter end of a large stick, while the upper levels of the ladder get the best rewards.
well, if money is the best reward for you, for me, what he ended up with is much more valuable than all the money in revenue for the whole LED industry.
an achievement of that scale, having spent your whole life for a purpose and achieveing the greatest of successes is far more valuable than all the money you could get, because in the end you'll die regardless, so being able to make a contribution that size to humanity, something bigger than yourself and all of us and that will outlast us, that is the ultimate reward for me, because as long as it serves a purpose for the advancement of the civilization, it's gonna be not just worth it, but truly meaningful, even if no one remembers who made it, just as long as somebody, like you and me, can take the time to appreciate what you gave to everyone else, i think that is far more success than some green paper tickets, and that is something none of the people in the upper levels of the ladder could even fathom to assess
History will forget their names, while he will go down as one of the greats
They won the battle, he won the war
With that said, people who progress humanity in this kind of way should be entitled to financial comforts. It's not a question of whether or not they are being exploited, of course they are- and they will hopefully be recognised fondly by the people in the know (that's the scientific and engineering communities). But they should still be rewarded with a good standard of living no matter their circumstance or future positions. @@candyman7084
That's all very nice but I gotta imagine if the guy had a few million free and clear, it would still feel pretty good. Financial security and all.
@@unclejoeoaklandHe had plenty of job offers from the US and now is a professor at UCSB. I'm sure he is more than secure financially.
It wouldn't be a Veritasium episode without Derek explaining something like the P-N junction better than I understand it after my semester of solid state physics. This was a good one, and touching! I am glad he is getting the recognition he deserves.
Im in EE so I havent gone too deep into the actual physics of pn junctions, but I have never understood why holes and electrons have different mobilites. Makes a lot more sense now that I know the holes are in the valence band and the electrons are in the conduction band.
Right?! I never really got pn junctions in school. FETs made more intuitive sense. This would have been great back then.
I'm in high school and nothing about the pn junction was new. In fact it's all in my finals☠️
I watched the hole video thrice times, but I still don't understand even though I am trying :(
Man the video makes all the difference.
The textbooks diagrams can't come close.
まさか海外のドキュメンタリーでこの人のとんでもない苦労を知るとは、この発明に出して彼がほとんどお金をもらえなかったことは当時はニュースになったけどここまでの壮大(という言葉では表しきれないくらいに)な苦労があったのは初めて知った。
As someone who works in semiconductor design: Hats off to the visualizations in this video.
I have never seen such an amazing view of how semiconductors and their band gaps work.
Not only is this story fascinating, it is an actual learning resource. Kudos!
How does he even make them
Lmao like tons of semiconductor people saying this
@@GrodharHe spent a long time studying how to make videos. Videography.
He has explained his story in one of his videos.
@@Submersed24 rightfully so!
Very good visualization for laymen. Exceptional actually. But the physics depicted are misleading because electrons never pass through the band gap. They can't or they would be observed in this region, which they never are. This is why and how the band gap is defined. When the molecule is excited an electron will essentially vanish from the lower energy band and another electron will appear in the higher energy band. When the molecule shifts to a lower energy state the opposite happens and the energy is released as a characteristic photon.
Every time I watch a Veritasium video, I get thrilled and impressed by the same 3 things:
1. How complex are the fundamentals behind solutions that we use on our daily lives. We shouldn't take them for granted.
2. How incredible are the people stories behind them. Humans can be awful and/or awesome in truly impressive ways.
3. How well scripted and executed are his videos, and how a good didactic, storytelling, and animation can make complex topics become understandable.
Thank you Derek. I would pay hundreds for your content, and here it is: free. You rock.
Exactly. Even as someone who studied electrical engineering (so the terms are not new to me), we don't pay enough attention towards the human side of it. In the end it's always about humans. Very inspiring video indeed.
These videos are growing in quality incredibly
I got to thinking the other day that these videos are better than the KPBS Nova series...
There is only one "s" in Veritasium. EDIT: Fixed now. Jrodartec had originally put "Veritassium." Too much "ass" for my taste.
We don't deserve someone like Derek but he is someone who we definitely desperately need.
This is great, I knew the story already, but the presentation is excellent.
If you see this thanks for the KSP tutorial!
I didn’t know the story, and his explanation of the concepts is so clear that even peons like me could get it
I didn't know it -- and am very thankful for having learned it.
Love your program, too. Perhaps you could do a new take on this story?
Hey, it's scott manley here!
Fly safe Mr Manley!
The way his company treated him makes so unbelievably furious. Such cowards hiding behind those walls smh
Usually, your videos are 15-20 minutes long but this one almost felt like a short documentary. It covered Nakamura's whole career and still focused on all the technical aspects of his work very well. All the electron energy band explanations and animations felt very intuitive with the subtle details like rotations being used to depict electric fields. The explanations neither felt too dumbed-down nor did the video feel overly technical and dry.
You are one of the few people capable of creating this kind of content on such a technical topic. Excellent storytelling without letting the science take a backseat.
I mean, it was a short documentary
not even that short, and definitely with better pacing and production than most stuff you see on TV
pretty dang good stuff
I’d say about a 1/3 of his recent videos are 30 min long.
Everyone already said basically what I'd say about this brilliant presentation, so I'll just say this.... l love science and technology underdog stories... gives me hope at 3am staring at code, a blank page, an empty canvas, or a bereft music staff. My pastor and I call this, when perseverance and faith meet opportunity... and God balances the scales. "I will bless the WORK of your hand" 😅 DJ xSUBn {(-_- )}
There was some BobbyBroccoli energy here
He does periodically drop this type of video. The channel is diversified with a few video format like on-site interview tours, but these videos are the real gems.
I absolutely love the way Nakamura walks while wildly swinging his hands.
I thought it was so goofy and kinda reminded me of an excited little kid 😂
I also noticed that 😂
The gojo walk
I would 100% trust any person who walks like that. I believe its the ultimate way of telling if someone is genuine.
@@shirtstealer86lol then you probably never seen a meth junkie.... All of them swing their hands like that
This was surprisingly emotional. Watching someone go from shunned by everyone to the cover of all those magazines and then the Nobel Prize. Jeez dude. Made me teary. What an amazing human.
this is what genius is about, hard work and endurance, what a Chad.
I was just coming to say the same; teary-eyed from Derek's storytelling is becoming the new normal for me. He does such a great job showing the human side of science and engineering, and he treats them with care and respect. I love his videos like this.
@@ivanleon6164 Hard work, endurance, and LUCK. Don't forget there are thousands out there like him who will never find their breakthrough.
no such thing as shunx or for or etc
@@zes3813 Take a deep breath and type that in English.
Truly an unsung hero. Thank you for highlighting his story! I got quite emotional realizing just how much this man has changed the world with his innovation. And stubbornness. I wish he'd gotten the recognition he deserved. At least he received a nobel prize, that is awesome to hear and makes me quite happy. As someone who's done a bit of work on costumes with LEDs of different colors, thank you, Nakamura-San.
The animations used to explain how diodes, and specifically LEDs work, is the best and most clear explanation I've EVER seen.
There were multiple moments while watching that I said out loud: "Oohhhh, of course, that's why!"
Completely agree
Did not understand it at all..
I was about to say the same thing. The animation did a better job explaining LEDs than an entire semiconductor course did for me in undergrad!
I agree!@@nathansegers9293
I'm still lost, not sure what's atom and what there XDD, and the animations of the layers fade quickly. Might rewatch.
"And this is because of you"
I'm honestly glad you said that - I feel like Nakamura doesn't get enough credit for (and might downplay) how much of a part he's played in modern technology
The only ones who have gained from his tireless work are his old company and the parasitic lawyers who gobbled all his compensation.
Yes, this is what happens daily. They would keep him in court until he would be in financial ruin. That is why he settled for the money that probably paid for his legal fees and perhaps some minor payout, but that is IF anything was left. These companies can keep you in court for as long as they like, just to prevent you from getting some. They must make an example of your, otherwise everyone would be suing companies for giving you a tiny piece of what you give them in the end.
Now as your employer of course needs to profit from you in the end, but the ratio should be FAIR to some degree.
Hikaru Nakamura
@@acmhfmggrueven if so, it was not initiated by the company 😄
Applies to most technology and inventions to be fair.
Thanks!
Thank you!
This was better than most Hollywood biopics and Netflix documentaries. Absolute genius and such a great man.
My gripe with most tv documentaries nowadays is they linger on some scenes without narration for unnecessarily long time. Like I get it, please continue with the story
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this could honestly be an amazing movie or a show if they execute it well
Most documentary will show the history of semiconductors for first 20 minutes, gloss over the minute details and cut out the fallout with the CEO.
My biggest gripe with modern documentaries is the docu-drama. Either make a straight up documentary or a biopic, none of these in-between stuff. They usually have bad acting, bad dialogue, and they can become repetitive because the actors just repeat what the narrator has already said. It really kills the pacing because you have this 10-minute badly acted scene when the narrator can just explain it in 2 minutes.
I have always heard about "The inventors of the blue LED won the Nobel Prize" but never understood WHY it was so complicated and important. SUPER interesting video and deep dive on the subject.
I remember the time when he was awarded nobel back in 2014 (and i was in college), but I had no idea of the multiple decades of struggle behind this. Mind blowing resilience and consistency. This is what younger generation should take inspiration from, instead of tik-f***g-tok.
One inventor and two highly reluctant business owners..
@@jesser9134 Including the genius who kept trying to kiil the project.
As an EE graduate, you explain semiconductors, diodes and doping in such an intuitive manner, I finally understood how these things work. Kudos to probably one of your best produced videos of all time
Truly. Why did I never fine such visualizations before. I'm final year in IT though.
Why not just use blue transparent plastic?
@@__Mr.White__ I will have to watch video first to think if I could possibly answer it or not 💀
@_Mr.White_ they did. When they were showing the 70s stereo when the competitions "pseudo_Blue" were much less luminous. And how when they added yellow translucent caps to get a "pseudo-white" light.
Seriously! Like the whole N-type vs P-type which I will no longer confuse...!
Truly what a great man. Imagine the greed of the company to not even give this man his due while they make billions. He deserves a statue in from of the company headquarters.
This guy is the definition of resilience! What a humble personality glad his story is reaching more people
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He should have his own film
@@Thatonepersonyouheard this IS the film
His resilience is pretty normal when it comes to innovative fields. It’s just that a lot of the time, or most of the time when talking unsolvable problems , even resilience doesn’t get the results and you have to decide to stop. Remember, people before him tried for 30 years.
I dont know why but this story enthralled me in a way that no other science story has. The determination and will power to keep going is staggering. Needs to be turned into a movie for REAL.
It's also the editing and writing of this video, absolutely expertly done. Proper documentary level work.
I've been ignoring Veritasium lately. But today I was reminded why I subscribed.
If you haven't, watch the first season of cosmos with Neil degrase Tyson. It's full of theses types of stories. A masterpiece!
This would have definitely been perfect movie material decades ago, but with the current attitude of using movies to push garbage anti White race propaganda just doesn't bode well. OK perhaps give it to the Japanese or Korean movie base, but for fucks sake do NOT let hollywank touch it.
And the impact it had on the world too
“in front of the house was ocean. blue always” that statement made me cry. love this story
Oh yes, that was right in the feels for me too! Especially after seeing what this man went through and achieved, and seeing how modest he still seemed to act.
Why?
It’s amazing to find out these little details and motivations behind people. After so much work, he was able to recreate his favourite color, one that had been missing in mankind’s technology for decades. After he did his work, we were able to share in experiencing the blue that he liked so much from his childhood.
Why?
@@VodHighlights Probably hormones out of whack.
Man great guy and a hero. He should have been given millions. Thank you for being so nice to him.
Even though it's frustrating that he wasn't compensated properly, I appreciate you taking the time to spread this man's story. He deserves it.
There is no better pay than satisfaction! Have you ever seen a rich person? Living happy, and living rich are worlds apart.
@@LarryHahn-gk2npyou can't have enough a shot of happiness without access to your material needs. Which costs money
It's his own fault for doing that. He was going to get 180 mil before he appealed it.
@@brandonnesfan ? The company appealed it not him.
@@LezlyBeetz The video clearly says he appealed it m8
This guy is awesome. He wasn't just doing some cutting edge research and happened to figure something out that lead to massive changes. He was specifically targeting a certain technology, going head to head with everyone else on Earth, and achieved his goal, which lead to his technology being used across the entire planet. What a legacy.
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Well said.
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@@DoNotPirateNoPiracywdym fake?!
@@Internetontheperson Story propagated just to try to give us hope, even though it's all over now, time to give up and hand over the planet to AI and big companies. No one person can make a difference like this anymore.
Finally an extensive video on Nakamura and his invention. He deserves it! This was a real revolution (which took years and years of research), with an enormous impact. A Nobel prize is nice, but it's better when people really understand the importance of what he did.
And here we are today basking in the light blue LED's, and using high efficiency Gallium-Nitride switching power supplies for mobile phones.... the future is bright blue. :) I remember back in 1994 hearing about the blue LED in the new, but didn't make much of it... silly me. heh
@matthewrayner571 - 2024-02-08
One of the greatest examples of how we only see the end result of hard work.
My man worked 84 hour weeks for over 18 months just to hit the first clue that he was on the right path. That's a level of tenacity that I cannot help but admire.
@jaredf6205 - 2024-02-08
I am so thankful for people like this.
@igx_s2745 - 2024-02-08
I love how you described this, " first clue that he was on the right path " I mean all what I was thinking about is how is he sure about the path he is into.
18 months had the chance to be a waste of time, but now and thankfully he made it .
@takumi2023 - 2024-02-08
@@igx_s2745 i think Thomas Edison's quote applies here. he found 1000 ways not to make a blue LED but found 1 after 18 months of non-stop trial.
@fuzzy3440 - 2024-02-08
No Unions would have prevented him from working all those hours. Never would have happened with a Union. All Unions achieve is wealth for Union leaders.@@geraldhosepipe
@MrNicePotato - 2024-02-08
Now this should be the inventor's "perseverance" story, not Thomas Edison.