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PicoLED

Kyoto-based electronic component creator, Rohm, announced today that the world’s smallest LED, the PicoLED will go into mass production in April.

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[Via FujiSankei Business if you can read Japanese]

I am now rather keen on the word “pico” meaning 1. one trillionth, part of 2. very small.  I wonder if it’s smaller than “micro” which is also defined as “very small.”

Posted by emily chang on 02.13.07 at 03:03 AM
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  1. pico is technically 1000 times smaller than micro...which is one millionth...AND it also sounds smaller, doesn’t it?

    Posted by alex  on  07/23  at  01:32 PM

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