Yera, 42, is slightly built, and his wire-rimmed glasses give him a professorial air.

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Lucent's 30, 000 techies work on such advances as plastic fiber flexible enough to wire your home, a new over-the-air laser system for local optical transmission and routers with mind-boggling capacity.

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Wallenda, a U.S. passport tucked in his pocket, pumped his fist in the air and sprinted the last few steps on the two-inch-wide wire.

CNN: January 29, 2013 -- Updated 1437 GMT (2237 HKT)