The seemingly mundane lightbulbs brightening your home might have a surprising connection to the vast network connecting the world: fiber optics.
Fiber optic cable transmits data as pulses of light traveling through thin glass strands. These same principles are used in LED light bulbs, where electricity creates light emitted through an optical fiber.
So, the very technology illuminating your living room also plays a crucial role in powering the internet, enabling super-fast data transfer for everything from streaming movies to online shopping. The next time you flick on your LED light, remember the intricate web of light pulses silently carrying information across continents.
Prompt:
What groundbreaking scientific discovery or technological advancement from the past 50 years relies on a phenomenon that most people wouldn’t even think twice about in their daily lives?