If you have a fancy home theater system with a soundbar and surround sound speakers, then how you connect it to your TV is an important consideration. There are legacy options you may be more familiar ...

Tiny circuits can go the distance. Researchers have mapped a noise-reducing magneto-optical response that occurs in fiber-optic communications, opening the door for new materials technologies. Optical ...

Already in its second generation, the Thunderbolt I/O protocol has been around for three years, but only recently did manufacturers begin production of optical cables to deliver the tentpole feature ...

As Verizon's large-scale program to install fiber-optic cable rolls across Northern Virginia, with it comes the possibility this summer of more churned-up yards and ruptured gas, electric and other ...

Approximately 25% of Internet data usage is over fiber-optic cables, according to a recent technical blog from The Bookmark. Its new animated guide on How Fiber Optics Work includes facts about ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they’ve become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one ...

China’s Huawei started work this past Saturday on a 4,000-kilometer fiber-optic cable project that will deliver high-speed Internet access to residents of Guinea, and could serve other West African ...

Unlike traditional sensors, optical sensors use light. From aircraft to industrial systems, a sensing method is promising ...

Recently another group in my building did a "cleanup" and there were a few boxes of random stuff they were throwing out. After looking through some of it the only thing I found that may be of any ...