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The speed of light was broken again by researchers at Universities in Germany and in the US. As reported on the Discovery channel website and at other places.
Technically I suppose what travelled faster than light was "information" but that still has to ultimately be an actual signal of some sort. Very odd but wonderful!
I only wonder what would happen if they lengthened the erbium laced fibre optic?
At some length does the amount of speed exceeding c slow down? Or does the transmission still occur in the same way? And then if it does not slow down, then how far could a cable be laid where the light is transmitted still above c?
Technically I suppose what travelled faster than light was "information" but that still has to ultimately be an actual signal of some sort. Very odd but wonderful!
I only wonder what would happen if they lengthened the erbium laced fibre optic?
At some length does the amount of speed exceeding c slow down? Or does the transmission still occur in the same way? And then if it does not slow down, then how far could a cable be laid where the light is transmitted still above c?
2 Comments:
At 25 May, 2006 08:56, Unknown said…
cool!!! Hope they start building them spaceship soon.
At 30 May, 2006 20:53, Kate said…
hmmm... wonder what this means for the theory of relativity... in mathmatical terms...
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