Showing posts with label University of Southampton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Southampton. Show all posts

Thursday, March 28, 2013

This optical fiber transfers data at nearly the speed of light

The optical fiber is very rapid, indeed, is faster than any other type of connection when data is transferred. At the University of Southampton , UK, has been created an optical fiber unusual. It is a hollow fiber having air inside and is capable of transferring data at nearly the speed of light . More precisely, fails to reach 99.7% of that speed. To give us an idea, this transfer rate is about 10 terabytes...