Scientists Discover 'Miracle' Mineral That Could Make Internet 1,000-times Faster

[Moltuae]

Scientists Discover 'Miracle' Mineral That Could Make Internet 1,000-times Faster
Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...l-that-could-make-internet-1000-times-faster/

The specific type of perovskite used is both inorganic and organic and can be thinly layered on a silicon wafer. The system's unique ability is that it uses light instead of electricity to transfer data, allowing transfer speeds 1,000 times faster than current technology.

 

[glennd]

Scientists Discover 'Miracle' Mineral That Could Make Internet 1,000-times Faster
Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...l-that-could-make-internet-1000-times-faster/

wow! can someone let Malcolm Turnbull know please!

 

[GTP]

What would he do with it?
I suppose he could incorporate it into our "world class" Copper to FTTN to WiFi to Copper to Wet Rag to FTTC to Copper to Fibre to Copper to Fibre Hybrid Superfast NBN network?

 

[glennd]

What would he do with it?
I suppose he could incorporate it into our "world class" Copper to FTTN to WiFi to Copper to Wet Rag to FTTC to Copper to Fibre to Copper to Fibre Hybrid Superfast NBN network?

you might be right. he'd probably mandate some watered down version which would make us pine for our 56K modems again.

 

[timeshifter]

Looks like it might have a big influence in solar power right now.