fiber optics

  • Scientists Made Working Fibre Optic Cables Out Of Wood

    Scientists Made Working Fibre Optic Cables Out Of Wood

    Given how quickly technology advances and becomes outdated, there’s a good reason to develop electronics from materials that will break down and biodegrade when discarded, instead of filling up landfills for centuries. So researchers in Finland found a way to make functional fibre optics from wood-based fibres, that, when disposed of, will break down all…


  • The Promising (But Problematic) Future Of Ultra-Fast Internet

    The Promising (But Problematic) Future Of Ultra-Fast Internet

    While you weren’t looking, the internet got super fast. I’m not talking Google Fiber fast. I’m talking Star Trek fast. Today, it’s not just possible to download a movie in seconds. New technology makes it easy to download dozens of movies in fractions of a second. Fast is almost too slow a word to describe…