Optics

Microsoft, Cisco, and others create 'Consortium for On-Board Optics'

The Consortium for On-Board Optics (COBO) develops interoperable specifications to lower power consumption and increase bandwidth for optics in the next generation enterprise and cloud datacentres.

Future computers could use light instead of wires to transmit data

Researchers have designed and built a prism-like device that can split a beam of light into different colours and bend the light at right angles.

Rochester Cloak: A device which puts Harry Potter's 'invisibility cloak' into practice