Stealthy radar systems and the ability to transmit large amounts of data over long distances are a step closer thanks to a technique that could improve the efficiency of modern optics by a factor of 1000. More »
It seems like it’s taken an age, but the Labor government has today released the business plan for the NBN. The big numbers: $24 uniform wholesale price for the minimum 12Mbps download speeds, 10 million homes connected within the next 9.5 years with 1.7 million of them connected by June 2013. More »
A new form of “shape memory polymers” have the ability to return to their previous form once damaged, thanks to embedded fibre optics that let them warm themselves back to health with light. More »
When there’s no deer or quail or whatever it is hunters shoot up in The Dalles around, bored gunmen have been playing target practice with the insulators on Google’s electricity distribution poles. It’s so problematic Google’s moving their fibres underground. More »
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It’s 2010, which means it’s almost the future, which means pretty soon your speaker wire-stripping and Cat 5 cable-crimping skills will about as useful as knowing how to cobble a pair of shoes. Here’s how you splice fibre optics. More »
I thought that I was pretty hot shit when I climbed on a stool and double-sided-taped glowing stars to my ceiling, but their waning green light never captured the night sky like DIY fibre optics. More »
You may not be lucky enough to have fibre optic in your home, but at least you can feel its powerful pulses of light all over your body when wearing the LumiTop Sophia.
The “Mist Bench” from designer Gwenael Nicolas utilizes coarse knits of optical fibre that respond to human movement. As you get closer, the bench glows brighter.
