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Hollow fiber optic cable tops 73Tbps, promises near-light speeds

Hollow fiber optic cable tops 73Tbps, promises near-light speeds
  • Posted March 26, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Researchers hailing from England's University of Southampton claim to have discovered a method for transferring data near the limits of our Universe -- 99.7 percent the speed of light. Their secret? A flexible fiber optic cable with a vacuously hollow…

MIT develops ultra-fast camera that captures the motion of light

MIT develops ultra-fast camera that captures the motion of light
  • Posted December 13, 2011, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web With Video
  • In everyday life, we take for granted how instantaneous light seems. In reality though, the photons which make up the light we see travel around 186,280 miles per second. Researchers at MIT have developed a digital camera capable of capturing…

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