Shuji Nakamura already transformed the world once. His invention of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) changed everything about our daily lives.
Computers, phones, big screens, traffic lights and electronic billboards light up because of his invention.
Nakamura earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014, along with two other Japanese scientists, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, for their contributions to his LED breakthrough.
Some experts have hailed his invention as important as Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb.
And so, it’s big news when one of the world’s greatest inventors says his next invention will far surpass the importance of his previous one.
His goal: To create a power plant that uses a new kind of high-pulse laser for nuclear fusion, producing an “endless” supply of efficient, clean energy. With nuclear fusion, there is no uranium involved and no chance for a meltdown.
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Shuji Nakamura earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for his breakthrough invention with blue LEDs. He told CNN his next endeavor — to create an "endless" supply of clean energy with nuclear fusion — will be even more transformative.