> BELL LABS SCIENTISTS FIND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO
> OPTICAL LENSES
>
> Posted August 28, 2001 01:45 Pacific Time
>
> LOOKING INTO THE deep sea, researchers at Bell Labs may
> have discovered a new way to design lenses for optical
> networks and thereby boost traffic speeds.
>
> According to Bell Labs, the skeleton of the
> brittlestar, an invertebrate starfish, contains
> calcite crystals that both provide structural support
> and act as optical receptors for the starfish.
>
>
> For the full story:
>
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/08/28/010828hnbelllabs.xml?0904t
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