Scientists from the University of Washington recently deployed a little over 1 mile of fiber-optic cable in the Salish Sea to ...

New device emits photons in telecom fiber band from the start, so it avoids a separate converter that can waste photons.

Many of the world’s largest and most devastating earthquakes strike beneath the ocean, where the lack of sensors makes quick warnings difficult. Most monitoring stations are on land. “If we have a big ...

Simple fiber-optic cables that are essential for powering the internet can be a useful tool in spotting geohazards such as sinkholes, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. Using ...

Last year, fiber-optic drones emerged as a game-changing technology in the Russia-Ukraine War. By transmitting data through fiber-optic cables, these drones are immune to the electronic warfare ...

TOKYO -- A Philippine government agency and two telecom companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to upgrade and promote a fiber-optic spine that runs across the Philippines' main Luzon ...

A Ukrainian drone boat was found acting as a carrier for fiber-optic drones, Russian reports say. It's the first time these unjammable quadcopters have been reported in Ukraine's naval warfare. Both ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- When a communications cable is cut, it can be hundreds of fiber lines serving thousands of customers. Fixing it has been described as putting spaghetti back together. "It is ...

TOSLINK was developed in the early 1980s as a simple interface for sending digital audio over fiber optic cables, and despite its age, is still featured on plenty of modern home entertainment devices.

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Ukrainian first-person-view drones that use fiber optic cables to circumvent jamming have been found at sea, according to Russian reports of an attack in the Krasnodar region. The drones were seen in ...