Optical Data Transmitted Over 1,500 Miles At 16.4 Tbps
Alcatel-Lucent researchers disclosed researches that are most likely going to revolutionize the internet transmissions, by increasing speeds dramatically. Those researches were presented at the Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference and Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the company stated that they’ve used some new technologies, “including a highly linear, balanced optoelectronic photoreceiver and an ultra-compact, temperature-insensitive coherent mixer.”The researches broke a record, by managing to transmit optical data over 2,550km at an incredible speed of 16,b Tbps. For this to be possible, 164 wavelength-division multiplexed channels modulated at 100 Gbps were used. Also they have presented three photonic integrated circuits, able to reach speeds of up to 100Gbps with a high spectral efficiency.
George Rittenhouse, a VP researcher from Bell Labs stated that “these breakthroughs highlight the depth and breadth of the work done by Bell Labs researchers in optical networking and physical technologies around the world, and show how they must constantly improve and innovate across various technical areas to pave the way to the future of communications.” Due to their work we might soon have no worry about the size of a movie, audio file, website or document. Hopefully this technology will be implemented and commercialized soon enough.
Category: Gadgets
Now the MPAA will have someone new to blame for enabling movie piracy. :) That is wicked fast.
Gentle People:
I am an extreemly creative but poor human being who lacks the funds to experiment with new ideas. For example, I would like to drill several hundred holes in my roof and place within those holes,fibre optic cables. These cables would funnel natural light into my small and dimly lit apartment. How much would such fibre cables cost me?
Creative eh?
Protip, drilling a hundred holes in your roof is at best inefficient, at worst stupid.
Creativity not only means finding an idea, but I would hope a method to do it that doesn’t negate its benifits. A single point taking in light, and then sending the tubes where you want them would be much more affective. Remember, these aren’t windows, they are tubes reflecting the light almost like a water hose.
Besides, it’s already been setup;
http://pesn.com/2005/07/27/9600139_Fiber_Optics_Bring_Sun_Indoors/
This was found by going to google (I’ll assume you’ve heard of it) and typing: fiberoptic lighting sunlight
It is the first response, but there are several others.
Do your own homework
Side note, the second one (http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/246/) looks to be exactly what you were talking about.
Sorry if I sound bitchy, but;
A: This thread isn’t about your homes lighting
B: Learn to google
C: See “B”
Whats the point people??..These are just studies. Fiber optic cables have not been laid for the average households in the north America..Guess what??? Most homes in asia have access to Fiber optic data transfer. I am talking about the normal households..The average income, 1 storey, 1 car per house people..Whereas in the states and in canada, we stil depend on the telephone lines or the cable providers..Even the cost of a DSL line in NorthAmerica is “Fukin Ridiculous” compared to the asian countries. lets compare.. DSL line with DL/UL speeds of 5Mbps/800Kbps in the North Aerica costs around 30-40 bucks per month..Wanna guess how much it costs for the same service in asia?? 10 to 15 US dollars..And we say ourselves, that they are third world countries..We must have like 5 times the number of satellites up in space compared to them..and still the money is squeezed out of us..WHY??WHY??WHY??..Aonther example…Imagine a postpaid cellphone connection, Average monthly rent-20 dollars, call disp: $5, Voice Mail: $5, misc: $5..total of 35 to 40 bucks per month…Now lets go to India.. Average postpaid monthly rent: 10 bucks..Call disp, voicemail, and whever..all included in the 10 bucks..lol…Still we call them a 3rd world country. PS..did I mention that almost all roads in India has a fiber optic cable under them ready to give internet connectivity to anyone who wants it?? This was 7 years ago that these cables were laid..Here we sit and say that someday we might get such a connectivity for a humongous price..They already get it for a meager price.. around 30 bucks a month..Did I also mention that in these countries, there are no taxes whatsoever?? all taxes are “INCLUDED” within the price..which means, if you are using a cell phone plan for 10 bucks in asia, the total price is the 10 dollars itself..here in canada, the same service costs 40 bucks a month+TAX?? thats around 45 bucks a month…WTF??? a 4.5 times raise..What do we have to brag about..