Scientists bent light to curve 6G beams and it might make the internet unstoppable. The quest for perfect connectivity has taken a giant leap forward.
* The promise of next-gen 6G infrastructure is high bandwidth but that requires higher frequencies
which are notoriously easy to disrupt due to various physical obstacles.
* A new study tries to get around this limitation by creating a transmitter capable of manipulating
"self-accelerating beams" in order to curve signals around these obstacles.
* Although this technique doesn't solve all of the shortcomings of high-frequency communications,
it's the best method so far for maintaining a reliable data connection.
With the ever-increasing need for higher bandwidth, telecommunication companies are now working hard on future 6G technologies (and if some foreign governments are to be believed, that transition is already underway). Much like 5G before it, this standard will use higher frequencies for the ability to pack more data into higher bandwidths.
But creating these networks isn't as easy as just bumping everything up to terahertz frequencies and calling it a day. That's because higher frequencies are more easily disrupted by obstacles (ie. walls, buildings, people). So, if you have line-of-sight on a theoretical 6G router, you're living the data-rich life of your futuristic dreams. But if you decide to move to another room, you're back in the stone age.
Courtesy. DARREN ORF in Popular Mechanics
My take
The technological gallop is simply awesome!
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a quarter to 10. The maid was at work.
Drove to the petrol pump to check tyre pressure.
A quiet Saturday.
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