The new single-laser fiber-optic speed record was set using a technique called fast Fourier transform that pulses light at an incredibly high rate with data encoded in 325 distinct colors across the spectrum.
From GEO, LCRD will enable two years of continuous high data rate optical communications tests.
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The "Mona Lisa" experiment was transmitted at a slow data rate of about 300 bits per second, but the "pathfinding achievement sets the stage for ... high data rate laser-communication demonstrations that will be a central feature of NASA's next moon mission, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, " said Goddard's Richard Vondrak, the orbiter's deputy project scientist.
Built with a focus on high quality audio and video reproduction, with a compatible TV, the new line offers pristine 3D video via the latest HDMI standard, 1.4a, allowing for passage of the high data transfer rate required by the Blu-ray 3D format.
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In fact, data center energy use is rising at such a high rate that the trend could spur consumer surcharges for data use.
Stepping back from all the data, the big picture still shows a high rate of unemployment for young people, even after the recession.
The U.S. economy shed jobs in June for the first time this year and the unemployment rate remained high at 9.5%, according to data released Friday.
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Within the euro area itself, the unemployment rate reached 11.1% in May, a record high on data going back to 1995 for the 17 countries now in the monetary union.
Ms. Bonaffini examined a sampling of data from these states and it showed "an extremely high failure-to-report rate, " the document said.
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