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Comments on: Shining a light on data transfer https://news.mst.edu/2022/02/shining-a-light-on-data-transfer-2/ Your source for the latest from Rolla Mon, 28 Feb 2022 20:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 By: Emmett Redd https://news.mst.edu/2022/02/shining-a-light-on-data-transfer-2/#comment-316437 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:02:38 +0000 https://news.mst.edu/?p=41766#comment-316437 Dr. Cen, keep pushing the technology forward. You are standing on some good shoulders. In 1880, Alexander Graham Bell built and patented the photophone using reflected sun beams but a reporter scoffed at the invention wanting number 12 sun beams (pretty big for optical fiber) strung around. Circa 1968, my brother sent open air audio via a $10 infrared LED and solar cell.

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