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One of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize for physics is the cabling expert behind the advancement of fibre optic lead data transmission.
Charles Kao, figured out how to send wavelengths of light over long distances using fibre optic cables, which are now the backbone of high-speed data transmission networks around the globe.
Kao made the discovery in 1966, while at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories as the company's director of engineering.
The scientist calculated how to transmit data over distances as big as 100km using the purest of glass fibres.
Up until that point, light signals sent down fibre optic leads could only be transmitted 20m.
Richard Epworth, who worked with Kao at Standard Telecommunications Laboratories during the 60s, told the Associated Press: "What the wheel did for transport, the optical fibre did for telecommunications."
Kao shared the Nobel Prize with Willard Boyle and George Smith, who discovered how to turn light into electrical impulses – paving the way for digital cameras.
Last Updated: 07/10/2009 12:03
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