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COMPUTING SPEED. "Research into high-speed computing and AI has led to breakthroughs in software and hardware that mimic brain functions and signal protocols, effectively improving the efficiency of computers." https://lnkd.in/ehcfzCX View in LinkedIn

SPRAYING PLANTS WITH ASPIRIN water (2 tabs/2gals with five drops of mild liquid soap) helps plants fend off diseases by imitating the plant stress hormone response of releasing salicylate acid. Finally, gardening tips make sense. Rose gardeners can now be excited about a non-toxic aphid solution. https://lnkd.in/ekm_HxA View in LinkedIn

DARPA's PHOTONIC CRYSTALS. "The secret to hollow-core fiber is doing away with the cladding and replacing it with photonic crystals. The light shoots down the hollow core, and when it strikes the edge, the photonic crystals bounce the photons." (2013). https://lnkd.in/eTNdXzT View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT IN NATURE continues this weekend with how plants detect danger, and then react to it. These defense strategies include cunningly attracting the enemies of your enemies. For a creature with no eyes, no ears, no nervous system, stuck in one place, this is a sophisticated strategy and speaks to their deep perception of the world about them. View in LinkedIn

ADVANCED FIBER OPTICS. "DARPA has succeeded in creating hollow-core photonic-bandgap optical fiber, which allows light to travel along its length at around 99.7% the speed of light, or a 30% improvement over conventional (silica glass) optic fibers." https://lnkd.in/eTNdXzT View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC CHIP DEBUT. "This is a big step towards commercial computer chips that support both electrical and optical circuits on the same chip package, and ultimately the same die." (2015). https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

PHOTONIC CHIP DEBUT. "IBM demos first fully integrated monolithic silicon photonics chip. At a conference in the US, IBM has demonstrated what it claims to be the first fully integrated wavelength multiplexed silicon photonics chip." https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

NEW MANTRA. "The first step is to bring optical channels onto the motherboard, then onto the chip package, and ultimately onto the die so that electrical and optical pathways run side-by-side at a nanometer scale." https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

NEW MANTRA. "This approach has worked well so far, but as bandwidth and energy requirements continue to soar, research labs around the world have been looking at ways of bringing the optics ever closer to the electronics." https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn

DILEMMA. "On the other hand, when it comes to actually doing stuff with that data, electronics are where it's at. This dichotomy has resulted in a very pronounced split between optical and electrical technologies: optics are used for networking between computers, but inside the chassis it's electronics all the way." (2015). https://lnkd.in/e9kkuQJ View in LinkedIn