In 2009 the Physics Nobel Prize was awarded to Charles Kuen Kao, Willard Sterling Boyle, and George Elwood Smith for their amazing advances in optical fiber technology. This technology is used by people everyday : telephones and all data communication technology. Over 40 years ago, Kao was able to predict the advances technology was going [...]
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Nobel Prize for High-Speed Optical Links and Digital Technology
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Physics
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When is fast is too fast?
October 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Physics
Thoerists have come to the conclusion that if we keep on creating our computers to go faster, we will soon hit a wall. There is a limit and we may be closer than you think.A pair of physicists has shown that computers have a speed limit as unbreakable as the speed of light.The fastest processor [...]
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