Since the late 1950s, optical fibers have emerged as revolutionary tools in the fields of medicine and telecommunications. They are capable of transmitting light pulses containing data up to 13,000 miles (20,917 km) without significant distortion. They...

Fiber optics is the set of technologies that enables the point-to-point transmission of signals in the form of light—instead of in the form of electricity. The main component is optical fiber, the thread of glass-like material that carries the...

An optical fiber (or fibre) is a glass or plastic fiber designed to guide light along its length. Fiber optics is the overlap of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers. Optical fibers are widely used...

Corning Inc. is finding its way around very tight corners to help high-speed Internet service reach high-rise apartments and condominiums.The world's largest maker of optical fiber said Monday it has developed a new fiber that is at least 100 times more bendable than standard fiber,...

Undersea fiber-optic cables were damaged by a powerful earthquake off the southern tip of Taiwan, causing the largest outage of telephone and Internet service in years and demonstrating the vulnerability of the global telecommunications network.Two residents were killed and more than 40 injured in the...

The European Commission said Monday it was suing Germany over a law allowing Deutsche Telekom AG to keep rivals off its high-speed Internet networks.EU spokesman Martin Selmayr told reporters that a letter "of formal notice" was sent to Berlin after it ignored repeated warnings not...

Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity.The "brain-machine interface" developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals.A cap...

The importance of fiber optics. Discusses the advantages and advances that it will provide.