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The birth of fiber optics – Faust, fountains and crossbows

As you may already know, fiber optics are kind of important. They are the linch pin that currently holds our massive high data rate internet together. Without fiber optics, we’d all have spent the summer watching Stranger Things at a resolution of about 4 pixels, instead of being able to Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 4 years2 years ago
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What is a Langmuir monolayer?

So a while back, I wrote a quick piece describing surface tension. I had hoped to develop that further in future blog posts, and I was partly busy with other things – but mostly I forgot. So today I’d like to carry on from that article and explain what a Langmuir Read more…

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 7 years2 years ago
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Fiber/re optic infographic

I still plan on doing a detailed follow up to my previous post about fiber optics and their history but, in the mean time I have made a nice little infographic with some interesting facts about fiber optics, enjoy! (click on it to make it larger).

By Matthew (@MCeeP), 8 years2 years ago
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