Seems our friends in the white coats at Corning, Inc. have done it again! Bendable Optical Fiber! Turns out that this new scientific creation does not lose its signal even at a 90 degree bend. Awesome stuff!

But don’t get to excited staff writer Sam Scott of StarNews.com mentions:

“But a couple of 90-degree corners and the signal is lost. The pulses of light that carry information through the glass strands travel in straight lines, a big problem in the nooks and crannies of high-rise apartments where copper’s flexibility is often still the best option.”

“Corning’s new invention keeps light on track even when the fiber is coiled tightly around a pen, as company representatives demonstrated Wednesday at the company’s Wilmington plant on North College Road.”

We could be on the brink of major developments in the residential sector of the fiber optic industry.

“This has the potential to be very large,” said Wendell Weeks, Corning’s chief executive officer.

Hold on tight as we all look forward to a prosperous future!