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Nano-Scale Optical Co-Axial Cables Announced
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."
muh diKKK
Actually, do due general relativity, the speed of light does not equal the speed of light. Ignoring all the complex maths, theories, proofs, and whatever else, ill instead put all of this into layman's terms so you can understand.
This is quit simple really, the Furtssenvrietig equations (derived from from Einstein's and Maxwell's equations) states that light (donated by c), travels at ct=((S^s-2*n)/cos(0.1947295))^(c*km-3)+lsc clearly, if you look over the equation, you shall see that the speed at which light travels, is not the speed at which light travels. The equation clearly defines that as light travels, it bends and twists in a fashion not unlike Shakira's hips. You could say light dances across the sky. These motions by light make it so that at any point in time, light doesn't know how fast it travels, and in fact can even travel back and forth really fast (rather then only moving forward). The light wave then travels at different speeds in different areas of space, according to Einsteins general relativity equations.
To put it simply: light doesn't travel at the speed of light, because its constant fluctuations within space-time make it impossible to know how fast it travels (and indeed, light can even skip around, further making it impossible to know where, when, or how fast its traveling, even if you know every other possible variable).
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