[lemonberry]

Do recall the specific problem he was trying to solve?

It's amazing to me how much thought and work has gone into the seemingly trivial things we encounter on a daily basis.

I think of this every time I see a blue LED. Or a rice cooker!! So easy to take for granted.

[genewitch]

Haha the blue led story is literally people going against the grain, a great example. Worked on it after being ordered not to. The original owner of the company believed in the inventor, too, which probably helps.

Is the nifty part about the rice cooker the temperature cutoff at 105C? Induction? That my cats turn on my zojirushi three times a day and open the lid and it doesn't harm it because it knows there's nothing in the pot?

One of these days I need to track down who actually got the patent for using IR LED in a ring around a camera lens to see in the dark.

If it was at&t I am gunna be pissed.

[tomcam]

Decreased weight and dimensions