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The Inventor of the LED is praised
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Friday 23rd of April 2004 gave the Lemelson-MIT-award to Nick Holonyak
because he was the first to develop practical red LEDs (light-emitting diode).
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Nowadays LEDs are common in our society and more applications are found for these little light sources.
The LEDs are often used to replace conventional lights.
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He also has been a mentor for technical students for a long time. This contributed to the improvement of science and technology.
This prize was awarded for the 10th time. The winner gets 500.000 dollars, which makes the Lemelson-MIT-prize the largest for an invention.
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Nick Holonyak, inventor of the red LED and winner of the Lemelson-MIT-prize.
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