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Carbon nanotubes, with their superb electron-emitting properties, are the latest nanotech wonders of the display world. These tiny structures could have a big impact on flat-panel displays.
Liquid crystal on silicon brings together silicon and liquid crystals to produce displays with unprecedented resolution and image quality. But have they arrived on the display scene too late?
What will optical communications be capable of in the next decade? Transmission of 10 Tbit s−1 over a single fibre and a reconfigurable transparent network are two possibilities.
As data rates continue to spiral upwards, electrical interconnects based on copper traces and wires are struggling to keep up and optical solutions are looking increasingly attractive.