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…
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…
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).