Watch a Documentary on the History of the LED – Video

Make Magazine has produced a great documentary on the history of LEDs. It turns out the Light Emitting Diode was discovered by accident, during an experiment at Marconi labs. The documentary shows you how to recreate that initial experiment yourself, if you are so inclined. Maybe if we all get together, we can make an LED display bigger than the one in front of that Walgreens in Times Square, NYC.