That we could make the quality of glass fiber necessary to transmit long-distance signals.
The other 85 went bankrupt, were liquidated, were acquired or were left behind as the economy rushed ahead on its threads of glass fiber.
"This year at CES, Corning will demonstrate its industry leadership in specialty glass and fiber optic technologies with the introduction of two products designed to enhance and extend the capabilities of consumers' favorite devices, " said Wendell P.
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Some trading firms measure their competitiveness by the speed in which they can connect to financial exchanges and complete transactions, and even at the speed of light that data travels along the glass of fiber optic lines, locating even a few miles closer to the exchange could provide an edge.
She would divide her paintings into squares, halving and quartering, before working and she used a similar technique with her sculptures which she made out of stone, plastic and fiber glass and on which she concentrated from the 1960s.
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The light itself comes out of four LEDs that pass through a fiber optic glass designed to distribute the light evenly throughout the screen.
We have billions of new microprocessors, millions of new miles of fiber-optic glass and a vast new infrastructure of wireless communications.
The challenge now: a broadly weaker economy that is hurting everything from sales of fiber-optic glass to the filter technology Corning manufactures for diesel automobiles, a business hurt by the popularity of diesel engines in Europe.
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Eastman Kodak, once a pioneer in traditional film cameras, ended up in bankruptcy after more than a century in business, while Corning keeps on going churning blockbuster products like the fiber optic cable and flat glass.
The typical fiber-optic cable now holds 144 strands of glass, enough to accommodate 57.6 terabips.
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