smooth wombat's Journal: Ultra-flexible fiber optic cable on the way

As my submission has been Pending for over two weeks now, I might as well post it here so folks are aware.

Anyone who has ever dealt with fiber optic cable knows that you can only bend it so far before the signal degrades or drops all together. That situation has now changed with Corning's announcement that it has developed fiber optic cable which can be bent at nearly any angle with virtually no signal loss.

From the article:

"This design relies on nanostructures that serve as a mirror or a guardrail, and as the fiber is turned or bent, the light doesn't leak out. We have wrapped the fiber around a ball point pen and it retains its effectiveness."