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" For people who currently have to burn fossil fuels to produce meager, polluting light, LED lighting is a game changer. "
Shuji Nakamura
Lighting
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" My dream was to work for one of the big electronics companies like Sony or Panasonic. "
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" If I had gone to a big company, it would have been very difficult for me to do research freely. At a big company, say Sony, there are very, very good researchers. So I would have to ask them what I could do. "
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" The promise of energy savings, reduced carbon emissions and affordable lighting was there from the inception. The proliferation of the technology into areas such as displays, automotive, medicine and horticulture was unexpected. "
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" The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic. "
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" The LED light bulb is more than ten times the efficiency of regular incandescent lighting, so it can save the world hundreds of billions of dollars in electricity costs. "
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" There are still people in Japan who think money is something evil. "
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" Basically, I like research because research is like to solve the quiz, you know. Always there is a problem, and I have to solve the problem. So I like those patterns. It's almost like research is sort of in a quiz. "
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" The most important thing I learned at the University of Florida is that a Ph.D. and writing papers is very important in the United States. "
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" I couldn't achieve the American dream in Japan. "
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" I am thankful to Nichia Chemical Corporation and its founder Nobu Ogawa, who gave me the research opportunity to create a blue LED. "
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" If Japanese companies don't reform drastically and implement English as their daily business language, the economy will only continue to contract. "
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" I wanted to quit Nichia. I didn't care about anything. It was OK for them to fire me. I was not afraid of anything. "
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" It's good to have high-quality competition. It helps drive research forward at a faster pace. "
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" I hope that energy-efficient LED light bulbs will help reduce energy use and lower the cost of lighting worldwide. "
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" I'm not sure whether I could win a Nobel Prize or not, but the Nobel Committee called me, and, 'You got the Nobel Prize.' So, I was so, so happy, and I was so surprised. "
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" It is very satisfying to see that my dream of LED lighting has become a reality. "
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