Hi friends, many of you know about the subsea fiber optic cables that carry the internet, right? Recently I got into a discussion with a chemistry professor about the "cable bacteria" phenomenon and I became fascinated after taking a look at the works done by Lars Peter Nielsen/Annette Rowe/Moh El-Naggar regarding these bacteria that eat fiber optic cables. They are well-protected by metals like steel or copper, but at 4,000 meters deep, things are different and no one can know for sure if there is a crack somewhere where the bacteria can infiltrate and create chaos, and the seawater will fry the network. It’s not an apocalyptic scenario, but it can cause a lot of material damage as well as natural disasters.
As I said, I worked on a small 7-minute video research with the help of the professor it’s not very academic so it won’t bore you but if you’re interested, I left a link in the comments.
Posted by BreakPositive4017
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I’m waiting your feedback and my eastern european accent might bother you a bit, but here is the link to the yt video: https://youtu.be/lt6yOC8LzB8
The truth is that those cables dont really exist. If they did they would be too fragile and fiber optic cables would completely shatter at that depth. In reality, there are two antenna stations located at opposite sides of the globe that send RF waves through the core. The geomagnetic field guides the waves so internet signal looks alot like the magnetic field force on earth.
In the future, this bacteria is what finally stops the reign of AI.
Uh.. They’re not eating the fiber optic cables.