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'Twisted light' carries 2.5 terabits of data per second_ this is dope! bad ass! pure science! f minus to myths!

Bad ass!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18551284

Researchers have clocked light beams made of "twisted" waves carrying 2.5 terabits of data - the capacity of more than 66 DVDs - per second.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on June 25, 2012 at 4:06pm

LOL I don't even know what this means, but I am in AWE of science!!!! ~ Melinda

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on June 25, 2012 at 4:13pm

In other words ... 2.5 tbps ... 2.5 TRILLION Bits Per Second.

Ooooooooooooooookay ... if this can be made stable and reliable ... I think the phrase you're searching for is ... HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on June 25, 2012 at 5:30pm

Awesome!

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Permalink Reply by Idaho Spud on June 26, 2012 at 10:00am

Science is Awesome and I second the HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jedi Wanderer on June 26, 2012 at 12:30pm

Oh yeah! Holy guacamole, holy moly, holy..., all that!

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Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on June 26, 2012 at 1:16pm

A further point: the fastest protocol out there right now is 100 Gigabit Ethernet which operates obviously at 100 gbps - 100 billion bits per second. The routers, switches, and other hardware which support that signal have to be as fast or faster (for error margin), and that's where there can be a considerable problem with such a new standard. For what I read in that Wikipedia article, the issue of support for 100 gbps is rough as it is, and now someone is talking about something which is 25 times FASTER.

It'll be a bit of work yet before 2.5 tbps is practical, I suspect ... but I also suspect that someone or other will get there!