Temporal Cloak Erases Data From History

ananyo writes "Electrical engineers have used lasers to create a cloak that can hide communications in a 'time hole', so that it seems as if they were never sent. The method is the first that can cloak data streams sent at the rapid rates typically seen in telecommunications systems. It opens the door to ultra-secure transmission schemes, and may also provide a way to better shield information from noise corruption (abstract). The researchers manipulated laser light in time to create regular periods with zero light intensity (a Talbot carpet) in which to hide data. Unfortunately, the current set up erases the data-adding event entirely from history. Though they are confident that future modifications will allow them, or others, to send secret messages successfully, the more immediate use of the technology will be to cut down crosstalk when multiple data streams share the same fibre." Also at Slash Datacenter.

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Since I think about it a lot.

Good thing thats all that is needed on slashdot to qualify you as an expert.

I am however not so good with school, so I never did go up to the university level. I just never bothered to do so and I do not expect to do so any time soon.

Right. Thats why your a genius but not in any field like this one.

Instead I just do thought experiments.

Clearly. One of those experiments seems to be thinking you have a clue.

The reality is, you don't know enough to even realize its a scam. You believe in cold fusion and perpetual motion machines as well I'm sure.