Incredibly Fast Laser Could Speed Up Your Internet

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Researchers in Germany and London have made what may now be the world's fastest laser, and it could be used to make the Internet quicker.


The laser turns on and off at a record-breaking speed. It's uncertain what the real-world impact may be, but the researchers behind the laser say that it could be a big leap for communication technology and data connection speeds.



When Mashable reached out to the researchers for more details about how the laser would work, one scientist confirmed it could impact the web


"If one can now switch the laser on and off very fast, then more information is transported for a given time frame," Carsten Ronning, a scientist from Germany's Friedrich Schiller University Jena, told Mashable Read more...


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