Optical system promises to revolutionise undersea communications
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 08:28
in Mathematics & Economics
In a technological advance that its developers are likening to the cell phone and wireless Internet access, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists and engineers have devised an undersea optical communications system that - complemented by acoustics - enables a virtual revolution in high-speed undersea data collection and transmission...