Energy saving and the fantastic possibilities that LED technology has brought to our lives had to receive recognition. And it has done so in the best possible way, in the form of a Nobel Prize.

Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura and Isamu Akasaki, the three Japanese researchers, considered to be the fathers of blue LED, were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics at the beginning of this month for their great contribution to LED technology.

In this sense, it is important to highlight that, before the discovery made by these three physicians, LED technology was “incomplete” and with limited potential. Both red and green LEDs already existed, but without the blue ones, it was impossible to produce white light based on LED technology.

Thanks to the discovery of Amano, Nakamura and Akasaki, which had already been pursued by many researchers in previous decades, LED technology was able to reach its full application potential to daily life, displacing traditional light bulbs in energy products.

And, much more than that, as LED technology has currently added numerous applications, permitting, in all cases, considerable energy saving. From light bulbs to LED screens, as well as traffic lights, urban lighting and mobile phones… today LED technology is an essential part of our lives.