Light-emitting silicon overcomes a major obstacle to denser, faster chips
It's a solution 50 years in the making.
Photonics
Color-changing smart skin gets an upgrade thanks to chameleons
Time-lapse footage revealed new details about photonic crystals.
Holographic tech could be key to future quantum computers
You could use light pulses to encrypt data.
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Twisted light could make wireless data faster than fiber
It could be the key to bringing ultra-fast internet access to many people.
Lockheed Martin previews a future of tiny space telescopes
Its optical device offers sharp pictures in a fraction of the usual space.
Super-fast camera records light-based 'sonic booms'
The technology could help you see activity in the brain.
HP successfully tests its vision of memory-focused computing
The Machine's combination of 'fabric' memory and photonics really works.
Light-based neural network could lead to super-fast AI
Computers could not only act like brains, but respond as quickly.
NASA is making a data modem driven by light
It'll test the photonic chip aboard the International Space Station in 2020.
Researchers show off a working light-based processor
Photonic computing is no longer just a theoretical exercise.
