Hackaday Links: August 4, 2024
Good news, bad news for Sun watchers this week, as our star launched a solar flare even bigger than the one back in May that gave us an amazing display …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 4, 2024
Tag Archives: Fiber Optic
Blazing bits transmitted 4.5 million times faster than broadband
An international research team has sent an astounding amount of data at a nearly incomprehensible speed. It’s the fastest data transmission ever using a single optical fiber and shows just how speedy the process can get using current materials.Continue… Continue reading Blazing bits transmitted 4.5 million times faster than broadband
Record-breaking fiber transmits 20x global internet traffic per second
Everybody feels like they could use a faster internet connection, and now engineers in Japan have shattered the record for data transmission. The team managed to transmit more than 20 times the global internet traffic per second through a single optical fiber.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Data, Data Transfer, Transmission, World’s Fastest, Communications, Fiber Optic, Optics
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Smart Pants use fiber optics to discreetly track wearers’ activity
While it’s often important for doctors to monitor a patient’s physical activity throughout the day, placing cameras in that person’s home is a pretty obtrusive way of doing so. Scientists have now developed an alternative, in the form of activity-track… Continue reading Smart Pants use fiber optics to discreetly track wearers’ activity
Groundbreaking optical fiber blazes new data transmission speed record
A team of international researchers say they’ve set a new world speed record for an industrial standard optical fiber that’s as thick as a human hair and contains a groundbreaking 19 cores.Continue ReadingCategory: Telecommunications, TechnologyTags: F… Continue reading Groundbreaking optical fiber blazes new data transmission speed record
Tracking whales with existing fiber-optic cables may reduce ship strikes
Global warming has caused many large whales to move from warmer waters, increasing the risk of being struck by ships. Norwegian researchers have converted existing fiber-optic cables into hydrophones, enabling them to track Arctic fin whales in real ti… Continue reading Tracking whales with existing fiber-optic cables may reduce ship strikes
Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings
It’s a rare person who can pick up a cheap laser pointer and not wield it like a lightsaber or a phaser, complete with sound effects. There’s just something about …read more Continue reading Properly Pipe Laser Light Around with Homebrew Fiber Couplings
“SuperGPS” ditches satellites for radio towers for cm-scale tracking
GPS has been a crucial technology for decades, but it does have its limitations, particularly in urban areas where signals can get noisy. Now, engineers in the Netherlands have developed “SuperGPS” – a hybrid positioning system that combines wireless a… Continue reading “SuperGPS” ditches satellites for radio towers for cm-scale tracking
Speed record shattered for data transmission over standard optical fiber
Engineers have set a new speed record for data transmission through a standard diameter optical fiber. By beaming 55 “modes” of signals down a single-core optical fiber, the team was able to transmit at a data rate of 1.53 petabits per second (Pbit/s)…. Continue reading Speed record shattered for data transmission over standard optical fiber
Record-breaking chip can transmit entire internet’s traffic per second
The speed record for data transmission using a single light source and optical chip has been shattered once again. Engineers have transmitted data at a blistering rate of 1.84 petabits per second (Pbit/s), almost twice the global internet traffic per second.
Category: Telecommunications, Technology
Tags: Photonics, Optical, Fiber Optic, Internet, Data, Data Transfer, World’s Fastest, Technical University of Denmark, Chalmers University of Technology, Light
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