The benefits and drawbacks of using fiber or cable for home internet broadband may not be immediately obvious. Here's a ...

Google X has introduced the Taara chip, a fingernail-sized invention that taps the "virtually limitless" potential of light-based internet connectivity.

Applications such as self-driving vehicles, 6G mobile communications and quantum communications are pushing fiber optic networks to their limits. Fraunhofer researchers have joined forces with ...

A thin strand of glass designed for light transmission ... According to KMI Corporation, specialists in fiber optic market research, by the end of 1990 there were approximately eight million ...

At the other end, the strands are then ... different wavelengths of light right next to each other without issue. We’ve featured some other great fiber optic hacks over the years, like this ...

Fibre optics and optical communications is the use of thin strands of glass for sending information encoded into light over long distances. Total internal reflection prevents light inserted into ...

The demand for high-speed internet is growing fast, with technologies like self-driving cars, 6G mobile networks, and quantum communication pushing fiber optic networks to their limits. Researchers at ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s ... are designed with translucent areas consisting of hair-thin strands, arranged in bundles, that deliver light deep within.