How Can Light, Plus Glass, Equal The Internet?

Published: 17 February 2017
on channel: Nat and Friends
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Fiber optics, a.k.a. strands of glass the width of a human hair, transmit billions of pulses of light every second, to help these words, this video, and everything else on the internet reach your screen. But what does this actually mean? In this video we’re zooming in to reveal the magnitude of what’s happening at the microscopic level of the internet.

Want to watch some more videos about fiber optics?

Here’s an awesome video by Physics Girl called “How to control light with water” → https://goo.gl/P0lIHv

Here’s a cool video about how fiber optic glass is made → https://goo.gl/JbPd8R

Great video by Minute Physics explaining how lasers work → https://goo.gl/g3X1ra

Thanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations.

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