Important Digital Era Scientists Recognized

As I scour CNN.com this morning to try and find something of interest and value to myself to blog about, one thing pops into the foreground of my attention.  “3 Win Nobel in physics for digital devices.”  As I read this, I thought to myself, “Wow, what on earth kind of digital devices would be so revolutionary that their creators would receive the Nobel Prize?”  So I decide to look into the winning digital devices.  When I read it, I do not at all disagree with the choice of granting the prestigious prize to the scientists that initiated the breakthroughs of FIBRE OPTICS and DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.  I figured that that is kind of a big deal.

I shouldn’t have to remind you that these technologies are strongly present in today’s technologies, but let’s just take a brief look at the uses of fibre optics.

• Medical
  Used as light guides, imaging tools and also as lasers for surgeries
• Defence/Government
  Used as hydrophones for seismic and SONAR uses, as wiring in aircraft, submarines and other vehicles and also for field networking
• Data Storage
  Used for data transmission
• Telecommunications
  Fibre is laid and used for transmitting and receiving purposes
• Networking
  Used to connect users and servers in a variety of network settings and help increase the speed and accuracy of data transmission
• Industrial/Commercial
  Used for imaging in hard to reach areas, as wiring where EMI is an issue, as sensory devices to make temperature, pressure and other measurements, and as wiring in automobiles and in industrial settings
• Broadcast/CATV
  Broadcast/cable companies are using fibre optic cables for wiring CATV, HDTV, internet, video on-demand and other applications. 

(taken from http://www.timbercon.com/Uses-of-Fiber-Optic-Cables/)

And to find a digital camera, all you have to do is take a look at your cell phone, your webcam, or your good ol’ point-and-shoot.  I know I sure appreciate not having to develop film anymore, and I am also quite a fan of digital photography and manipulation.  (WOOT PHOTOSHOP!) 

(Here’s the CNN article about the 3 Nobel Prize-winning scientists http://bit.ly/ZV4Z6) 

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Word of the Day: burgeon:

\BUR-juhn\ , verb:

1. To grow or develop quickly; flourish.

2. To begin to grow or blossom.

transitive verb:

1. To put forth, as buds.

noun:

1. A bud; sprout.