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th E Ev o L v I n g LEd
No book focused on an evolving technology would be complete
without considering where we might be going with respect to
future technology. In this chapter, this author looks into his
crystal ball and attempts to predict a few fresh developments that
can be expected to occur in the development cycle of light-emit-
ting diode (LED) technology. Some of the topics we will discuss
in this chapter were previously mentioned in this book, whereas
other topics may be pure speculation based on educated guess-
ing by this author. Regardless of the topic, the intention of this
chapter is to make readers aware of the growth potential for the
use of LEDs. at growth potential is envisioned by this author
in three key areas: lighting, ...