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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

  • boredtortoise@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    It seems that the blue led is picked by many manufacturers now for its coolness factor. There are so many appliances people have in sleeping areas with blue lights glaring and disturbing sleep

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      It’s such a big problem that there’s literally LED dimming tape on the market. It’s semi-transparent tape that you stick over the blue LEDs, to knock them down to a more reasonable brightness. It’s akin to putting sunglasses on your appliances.

      • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I just layer on masking tape until it’s dim enough, usually 2 layers

    • AtmaJnana@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I carry a bit of gaffer’s tape everywhere for those little obnoxious blue bastards.