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  • Computers would be much faster, smaller, and consume less energy if they used light signals instead of electrical signals. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Computing With Light
    Paul Patton
    Computers would be much faster, smaller, and consume less energy if they used light signals instead of electrical signals. That's why many scientists are racing to figure out how to make computers that use light.