Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura

male (Japan)
MillenniumTechnologyPrize, led, US$, University of California, Santa Barbara, Tokushima, Blu-ray Disc…Millennium Prize Foundation, Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Shuji Nakamura, who developed the world's first gallium nitride (GaN) LED, led the UCSB team, which focused on resonant cavity light-emitting...
Jarkko Oikarinen

Jarkko Oikarinen

male, 42 years old
Bitnet Relay, Dvorak Awards, Ph.D., University of Oulu, BitNet, telemedicine…MillenniumTechnologyPrize
Jarkko Oikarinen (born 16 August, 1967), known on IRC as WiZ, was the developer of the first Internet chat network, called IRC, short for Internet...