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Tiny chip enables cable-free, fast internet access via beams of light | Delivering internet connectivity in remote areas with traffic-light-sized transmitters that communicate over long distances using beams of light. The tech has now been reduced down to a fingernail-sized chip.
For years now, Alphabet's Taara division has been delivering internet connectivity in far-flung areas with traffic-light-sized transmitters that communicate over long distances using beams of light. The team behind it has now reduced that tech down to a chip the size of a fingernail.
What's cool about Taara already is how it enables local networking businesses to sidestep large internet service providers and deliver connectivity to communities in the area, while owning the infrastructure. The program also includes a platform called Taara Share, operational in Ghana and Kenya, which lets people sell fast, inexpensive data to others in the area using a mobile app and routers installed on their property. "... we see opportunities to bring high-speed internet to underserved regions, rethink the way data centers are built and operated, enable faster, (and) create safer communication for autonomous vehicles."
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