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Original – Nick Holonyak, Jr. (1928–), an American electrical engineer, who invented the first practical light-emitting diode in 1962
Reason
Inventor of the LED. Though not of the minimum size required, but it has good clarity and high EV
Articles in which this image appears
Nick Holonyak, Laser diode, Timeline of United States inventions (1946–91)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering
Creator
Deglr6328

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:31, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]