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A Brave New World of Photonics

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Gary Boas, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

We’ve talked about current trends in the industry, about the optics of tomorrow. But what about tomorrow’s tomorrow? What technologies will shape our lives in the next 20 to 50 years? Let’s just get this out of the way now: We aren’t going to see flying cars in the next 20 to 50 years. I know, I know, Back to the Future Part II (1989) told us we’d be rocketing around in souped-up DeLoreans within Marty McFly’s lifetime. But that movie told us all kinds of things – such as faxes would be the preferred form of communication in the 21st century. ...Read full article

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    Published: January 2012
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