Though Americans like to pride ourselves on inventing everything (and we have invented some great stuff: the ice cream cones, s’mores, can openers and post-it notes). We do have Thomas Edison to thank for the light bulb, in 1879. However it was a British scientist who observed electroluminescence from a diode, H. J. Round in 1907. Twenty years later a Russian scientist, Oleg Losev, is credited with the first actual LED light. But it wouldn’t be until the 1950’s when these were put to practical use.
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To reach the point we are today, the technology used for the creation of the modern LED lights for a truck (and all LEDs for that matter) has evolved immensely. They now use a tiny semiconductor to produce light, instead of the traditional filament.
The great thing about these chips is their small size and they are programmable, they can glow in almost any color. Also the individual lights can function independent of each other. That’s why they are so popular for everything from truck LED lights to cell phones, and even medical equipment!
