I guess the technology to produce blue must be different, cause it would take some mental coaxing to get me to accept that one can now patent a color. That and the fact that R/Y/G has been around for so long, but not blue. Last time I ran into a hard-to-accept patent, it was the PBJ. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael brown" To: Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [BUY]: LED sources... > > >(2) What's up with blue LEDs? Why are these things 10x to 20x the price > > >of their R/Y/G counterparts? > > > > Because it's new(ish) technology. With time comes higher quantity & lower > > price. > > Regards... > > That and the fact that there is still a valid patent on them (they were only > recently invented). Plus they look really good. ;-) > > michael brown > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body