I’m not bragging but I have a 65″ HD TV at home. It was the first or second generation…I think the first HD generation if memory serves me correctly. The darn thing is longer than my wife is tall! Well, the TV is great but it’s getting old. We got a great deal on it about seven years ago from one of those scratch and dent places. The only thing better than the TV was that the delivery guys carried it upstairs to the TV room for me. It saved me downtime the hernia and surgery to repair it would have caused. It has a lot of glare and is a lot bigger than the ones you find at the electronic stores today. OK, I digress…Korean researchers have gone back to the drawing boards on LED TVs to find out how to make their LEDs better. What better to research than nature’s own self-illuminating creature…the Firefly. First of all, Fireflies are pretty cool. People aren’t afraid of them and I can’t remember ever getting bit by a Firefly (Deerflies are another subject).
The Korean researchers used nanotechnology to identify how the Fireflies utilize their given exoskeleton as they are certainly the most efficient givers of light since the sun. By analyzing the three distinct areas of the Firefly’s belly the researchers are able to construct an LED that emits 98% more light. This enables the LED to be more efficient including a better picture as well as eliminating the need for the costly glare protection on the LED lenses. A total win/win solution thanks to our little friends the Fireflies and the nanotechnology tools. The article I found this information on is located here.
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