Metamaterials may help speed up the Internet. Light travels quickly on fiber-optic networks. But separating the light slows data transfer. Metamaterials could help by slowing parts of the light down.
The net's speed limit comes about not in transporting information, but in routing it to its various destinations.
As data nears the end of its journey, the bulky and slow electronics will do the routing and send them to their destinations.
Metamaterials could replace these electronics, thus paving the way for lightning fast speeds.
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