Single Component Enables Optical Fiber To Transmit Equivalent Of Entire Internet’s Data
The internet has now grown to the point at which it transmits trillions of bits of information every second. Furthermore, it is estimated to be capable of growing by at least a fifth of its current size every year. In order to sustain this global data behemoth, which has become so important to so many people, technology must keep evolving and improving.
Light Computing: Nanowire-Based System Allows For Fully Optical Binary Functions
Electronic circuitry powered by transistors is a common, effective and popular form of binary computing.
Optical Clocks That Outpace Atomic Clocks
Keeping accurate time is paramount for air travel, triangulating GPS coordinates, operating telecommunication devices, and regulating world economies. Not just to the second, higher orders of precision timing are needed. The GPS system uses internal time measurements that are accurate to the nanosecond (or billionths of a second).
OrCam Gives Gift of Sight to the Blind & Visually Impaired
Reportedly 290 million people around the world suffer from blindness, more than half of that number from visual impairment in the form of age-related macular degeneration or glaucoma. These individuals either depend on handheld magnifying glasses or ineffective apps or just end up enduring the strain. Isn’t this reason enough for us, the millennials, the tech-savvy generation to give them hope, an improved quality of life by assisting them with a sense of sight?
A Revolutionary Imaging System Featuring the "Optical Brush"
Recently, scientists from the Media Lab of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibres, with no need for lenses or a protective housing.
The Future of Time Keeping Technology: TimeLoc Augments Conventional GPS Systems
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology has entered our everyday lives within mobile phones, tablets, car driving assistants, and much more. A wide range and large number of applications rely on the GPS system to retrieve real-time precise position and velocity information.
Massive Antenna System: The Passage to the Next Generation of Mobile Communications
Mobile communications are already in their fourth generation, known as 4G, whilst according to The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance, 5G should be rolled out by 2020. The continuing growth in the number of mobile devices and the increasing amount of wireless data they consume requires new technologies and approaches to address this mounting demand.