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Hollow Optical Fibres Can Now Process Signals

Posted by timothy on from the computer-is-the-network dept.

Ami_Chan writes: "According to Nature, researchers at Bell Labs have created a new type of optical fibre. This fibre is hollow, and can be tuned to different wavelengths of light using 'plugs of fluid' and temperature changes within the fibre. This allows the fibres to process signals as well as transmit them. The full article is here."

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  1. SETI by dirvish · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This story has been up for a few minutes and still not a single intelligent post.

    I certainly don't want to break the trend.

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  2. Re:FP by Lemon+Wacky+Hello · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nah, just kinda checking how low a karma one can get, already on -2

  3. Re:AMAZING! by EvilAlien · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    UBER-NINJA!

    Of course,I missed the obvious... GIANT ROBOT TECHNOLOGY. That is what this could be used for, although I'm pinning all my hopes of bioelectric systems, including myo-electric mechanics. Giant. Robots.

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