aelwero t1_j1607aa wrote on December 21, 2022 at 10:35 PM Reply to comment by CrackBingeIdea in TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek It's an understandable assumption IMHO. My mind goes directly to algae when bioluminescence is mentioned, simply because it's the only form I've seen firsthand, and was around it quite a bit. Permalink Parent 6
aelwero t1_j1607aa wrote
Reply to comment by CrackBingeIdea in TIL in 1962 a General Electric engineer named Nick Holonyak developed the first LED light bulb capable of emitting visible red light. The same bulb was used in the 1964 stop animation animated TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Rudolph’s bioluminescent nose. by undergroundgeek
It's an understandable assumption IMHO. My mind goes directly to algae when bioluminescence is mentioned, simply because it's the only form I've seen firsthand, and was around it quite a bit.