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This is for all you tech heads out there. This stuff is just SICK!
Jan 13, 2015 20:13:29   #
Grugore
 
For the first time beams of “twisted” light have been used to transfer data through optical fibre. A team of researchers from Boston University and University of Southern California succeeded in transmitting 1.6 terabits per second using one kilometer of optical fiber. Last June, a team of researchers transmitted data through the air at 2.56 Tb/s using twisted light, but this is the first time the method has been used to send data through optical fiber.

Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/twisted-light-sends-data-through-optical-fiber-for-first-time

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Jan 13, 2015 21:17:34   #
angery american Loc: Georgia
 
Grugore wrote:
For the first time beams of “twisted” light have been used to transfer data through optical fibre. A team of researchers from Boston University and University of Southern California succeeded in transmitting 1.6 terabits per second using one kilometer of optical fiber. Last June, a team of researchers transmitted data through the air at 2.56 Tb/s using twisted light, but this is the first time the method has been used to send data through optical fiber.

Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/twisted-light-sends-data-through-optical-fiber-for-first-time
For the first time beams of “twisted” light have b... (show quote)


O K....thanks

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Jan 13, 2015 21:25:17   #
PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco
 
Grugore wrote:
For the first time beams of “twisted” light have been used to transfer data through optical fibre. A team of researchers from Boston University and University of Southern California succeeded in transmitting 1.6 terabits per second using one kilometer of optical fiber. Last June, a team of researchers transmitted data through the air at 2.56 Tb/s using twisted light, but this is the first time the method has been used to send data through optical fiber.

Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/design/twisted-light-sends-data-through-optical-fiber-for-first-time
For the first time beams of “twisted” light have b... (show quote)


I'm confused by your headline Grugore. Why is this SICK?
Are you using some youthful slang term for "cool"?

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Jan 13, 2015 21:47:27   #
Grugore
 
PaulPisces wrote:
I'm confused by your headline Grugore. Why is this SICK?
Are you using some youthful slang term for "cool"?


You would be correct.

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Jan 14, 2015 00:13:06   #
PaulPisces Loc: San Francisco
 
Grugore wrote:
You would be correct.


Thanks for clarifying! I'm usually tuned in to slang, but I wasn't certain this time.

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