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Nano-Scale Optical Co-Axial Cables Announced

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hairy-logic dept.

toybuilder writes "Reuters reports that scientists have published their work on nano-scale optical coax in the most recent issue of Applied Physics Letters. The coax cable is only about 300nm wide, and is able to transmit optical signals using a carbon center conductor, transmitting light at about 90% the speed of light."

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  1. I have problems with regular coax... by ArcherB · · Score: 4, Funny

    The coax cable is only about 300nm wide,...

    How do you plug it in?

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    1. Re:I have problems with regular coax... by 0racle · · Score: 4, Funny

      Carefully

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    2. Re:I have problems with regular coax... by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Doesn't matter, some kid with a Tonka backhoe is just going to end up dyking off the network anyway.

      KFG

  2. huh? by macadamia_harold · · Score: 5, Funny

    The coax cable is only about 300nm wide, and is able to transmit optical signals using a carbon center conductor, transmitting light at about 90% the speed of light.

    methinks the speed of light is whatever speed the light travels at.

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