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

  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    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
      7·
      11 months ago

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