A New Device May Have Just Made the Internet 10x More Powerful

Record-Breaking Data Transmission Could Transmit Everything On Netflix In Less Than A Second

Data was sent at a whopping 1.02 petabits per second.

A New Device May Have Just Made the Internet 10x More Powerful

The internet’s fiber optic backbone already travels at the speed of light, but researchers have found a way to drastically increase its bandwidth.

Netflix in 1 Sec? New Fiber Tech Hits 1.02 Petabit/s Speed!

Hello there, fellow science enthusiasts and curious minds! I'm Gerd Dani, and as President of the Free Astroscience Science and Cultural Group, I'm thrilled to welcome you to our corner of the internet: FreeAstroScience.com. Have you ever imagined a world where downloading your favorite movie series, or even an entire streaming platform's library, happens in the blink of an eye? It sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? Well, we're here today …

World Record as 1.02 Petabits Per Second Sent Over 1808km of Optical Fibre

A Japanese team has today set a new world record for long-distance high-capacity transmission in optical fibre communications, which saw them achieve a data speed of 1.02Pbps (Petabits per second) over a distance of 1,808 km using a 19-core optical fibre cable with a standard 0.125mm cladding diameter. The feat was achieved by a joint team of researchers from Sumitomo Electric Industries and the National Institute of Information and Communicatio…