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Ref: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/sci...eut/index.html "Phil Hobbs" Sorry, it's a bit older than I thought: http://www.darpa.mil/baa/baa04-01.htm I know it's natural to poo-poo all things new, but this NG takes the cake sometimes. CNN, "Until now, no one had been able to make a device small enough to act as an antenna for [visible] light." ['visible' light is from the CNN article's lead paragraph]. Seems pretty clear that the news is the size. Other than scale, they've simply made some good ole' fashioned vertical monopoles. That DARPA link (above) leads to 'blah, blah, blah' about millimetre wave and IR - not visible light. And they're looking for someone to invent same - it wasn't exactly a purchase order for an off-the-shelf product. And (apparently worth repeating) it wasn't for visible light scale. If anyone can provide any 'old' news for actual 'EM' antennas for ~visible~ light, please post the link and be sure to alert Boston College(*) and CNN and DARPA. Insect eyes don't count (not even close) - not EM technology. (* OMG - Let's quickly put any obvious fractal derivatives into the public domain here and now.) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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