Nobel Prize Winner Sheds Light on the Future of LEDs

Advances in lighting technology are improving the quality and safety of everything – from cars to computer screens and cell-phones – and some day may make ubiquitous Wi-Fi net works obsolete.That’s the message Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, delivered to a packed audience recently at University Crossing.  “Laser diodes are the light of the future,” said Nakamura, who was on campus to deliver this year’s Tripathy Endowed Memorial Lecture and receive an honorary doctorate. More than 100 students, faculty and staff were on hand for the event.