skwirlinator
20-May-2005, 09:47 PM
One day our electronic technology, which is based on the manipulation of electrons, could be supplanted by photonics, which is based on the manipulation of light waves (photons). If the promise of photonic technology is realized, the high-speed processing and movement of data today will seem so sludgelike, people of the future will wonder how we ever got anything done. Photonic technology is still a long way down the road but the goal is a few steps closer now.
http://www.physorg.com/news4186.html
It's incredible and astounding that we are learning things like this. Imagine what we will know at 500,000 years (If we last that long)
http://www.physorg.com/news4186.html
It's incredible and astounding that we are learning things like this. Imagine what we will know at 500,000 years (If we last that long)