Optical Computer Made From Frozen Light

neutron_p writes "Scientists at Harvard University have shown how ultra-cold atoms can be used to freeze and control light to form the "core" - or central processing unit - of an optical computer. Optical computers would transport information ten times faster than traditional electronic devices, smashing the intrinsic speed limit of silicon technology. This new research could be a major breakthrough in the quest to create super-fast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information. Professor Lene Hau is one of the world's foremost authorities on "slow light". Her research group became famous for slowing down light, which normally travels at 186,000 miles per second, to less than the speed of a bicycle."

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Re:wtf!!!

[brontus3927]

You're just a fucking karma whore anyway, earlier you bitched about being modded "funny" instead of informative or interesting. Then, a couple minutes later you post the text of the article

Actually, you got that backwards. This is the second post I made for this article, the first being the one where I made a comment that was modded down. Several minutes after posting the article (and other posts) I complained about being modded down. I was quickly modded funny after that point, and then I made the point that funny wasn't what I meant.

BTW, my Karma is already excellent, why would I need to Karma whore?

Oh, yeah: if you feel the need to "enlighten" the slashdot masses with the popup free verson of the article, post it anonamously like everyone else does.

I'm sorry, I hadn't noticed that that's the way its normally done. From now on I shall, because, despite what you think, credit isn't my point, sharing information is