Comments on: Let There Be Light

Let There Be Light

paladin — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:36:32 -0800

Let there be light - Canadian researchers have devised a new polymer material by manipulating buckyballs (carbon atoms that look like soccer balls). The technology could be used to create optical (light based) switches to replace electronic network switches. It could lead to an Internet based entirely on light.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:54:37 -0800

Translating the technology into practical applications, however, could take a very long time. Almost as long as I've been hearing about optical computing. It's cool to hear they are making progress though. "Personally, I don't think we've seen anywhere close to what the Internet can offer us," Agree with that. Once everything is pure light end to end the latency goes down and the handwidth goes up. It is like the jump from a 28.8 modem to a cable, but more so, it will create a whole new revolution like the dot-com era. But.. we still seem a ways off.

By: NGnerd

NGnerd — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:15:48 -0800

hey, maybe it'll be ready about the same time as i pick up my desktop quantum computer

By: kenko

kenko — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:20:08 -0800

my desktop quantum computer Thought this said "my desktop quonsar computer".

By: abcde

abcde — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:52:22 -0800

Wow, it's nanotech, fiberoptic and (kinda) quantum, all at once! Too bad it's not "meta."