He maimoatanga kore-whakaeke te whakaora rama LED e whakamahi ana i ngā roangaru rerekē o te rama infrared hei āwhina i te rongoā i ngā momo raruraru kiri pēnei i te hakihaki, ngā raina kikino, me te whakaora patunga. I whakawhanakehia tuatahitia mō te whakamahinga haumanu e NASA i ngā tau 1990 hei āwhina i te whakaora i ngā patunga kiri o ngā kairangi rererangi - ahakoa kei te tipu haere tonu ngā rangahau mō tēnei kaupapa, me te tautoko i ōna painga maha.
"Kāore e kore, ka taea e te mārama kitea te whai pānga kaha ki te kiri, inā koa i roto i ngā momo kaha-nui, pērā i ngā laser me ngā taputapu Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)," te kī a Tākuta Daniel, he tohunga kiri kua whai tiwhikete poari kei te Tāone o Niu Ioka. Ko te LED (ko te tikanga mō te Light-emitting Diode) he "momo kaha-iti," e mimitihia ai te mārama e ngā ngota o te kiri, ā, ka "whakarerekē i te mahi koiora o ngā pūtau tata."
I roto i ngā kupu māmā ake, ko te whakaora rama LED "e whakamahi ana i te rama infrared hei whakatutuki i ngā pānga rerekē ki te kiri," te whakamārama a Tākuta Michele, he tohunga kiri kua whaimanahia e te poari kei Philadelphia, PA. I te wā o te maimoatanga, "ka uru ngā roangaru o te whānuitanga rama e kitea ana ki te kiri ki ngā hohonutanga rerekē hei whakaatu i te pānga koiora." He mea nui ngā roangaru rerekē, nā te mea koinei "te mea e āwhina ana ki te whai hua o tēnei tikanga, i te mea ka uru ki te kiri i ngā hohonutanga rerekē, ā, ka whakaoho i ngā whāinga pūtau rerekē hei āwhina i te whakatika i te kiri," te whakamārama a Tākuta Ellen, he tohunga kiri kua whaimanahia e te poari i te Tāone o Niu Ioka.
Ko te tikanga o tēnei, ka whakarerekē te rama LED i te mahi a ngā pūtau kiri kia puta ai he maha ngā hua pai, i runga i te tae o te rama e pā ana — he maha ngā momo, ā, kāore he mate pukupuku (nā te mea kāore he hihi UV i roto).