I have a very annoying cat who likes to chew on thin cables. So far, it managed to destroy a couple of headsets, several phone chargers and the chord that went into my Wii's sensor. Since all my friends make fun of me on this subject, you can imagine how thrilled I was when I heard that other people have even bigger issues with cables that are being normed.


Recently, Google decided to invest $300 million in a fiber-optic system situated under the ocean, which is designed to speed up the Internet in Asian countries. However, the system called FASTER has a major flaw: sharks find its cables irresistibly delicious.

Yup, you heard it right. Apparently the sharks had no problem with the copper cables that were on the ocean floor, but the optical fiber is just yummy. While researchers can't make up their minds if the sharks bite the cables simply because they are curious or because the current flowing through them makes the predators think that they encountered a living creature, Google has to react.

This is why Google's Product Manager Dan Belcher announced that the multinational company is wrapping the Internet cable in a material that is similar to Kevlar to ensure that the sharks can't damage the line. FASTER is the 3rd project of this kind for Google who currently owns more than 100,000 miles of fiber optic on the ocean floor. Besides sharks, the Internet line must also withstand other possible dangers such as earthquakes or anchors or ships.

Source:http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2014/08/15/how-google-stops-sharks-from-eating-undersea-cables/

wow. Nature is fighting back.

And now this project's cost is going to exceed budget.

And who are the sharks?

i thought sharks are attracted to blood, but i nor say wire dey attract them too

3rd in like not too shabby for my 3rd week on nairaland

uken73: wow

wetin dey wow there? na to report you give seun remain

Hmmm interesting

Good move

donnypool: .

What is this?

uken73:
What is this?

i dey observe your movement

Hehehem...wat a diet. I tot it was rats dat do eat cables. Sharks too seem to av found a new recipe... How interesting.

so the cables are under water hmmm
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donnypool:

wetin dey wow there? na to report you give seun remain

Wow is an exclamation.

Ok

Now we must first report any abusive coment before we are given opportunity to coment...

Space booked

Wonders shall never cease

cool

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Man, I love the faces of those sharks! Are they smiling on those sharp teeth?

Me think its because of the current dat pass tru d wire.

Meanwhile the sharks dey smile sef

google dey battle shark wey dey chop their cable.

Me i dey kill cockroaches wey dey chop my book.

Google expend much, while i spend zero kobo.

Anyho anyhow, all enemies of success must die!

However, the system called
FASTER has a major flaw: sharks find its cables
irresistibly delicious.

I shall wan comment, that's all. I don't H̳̿A̳̿V̳̿E̳̿ any meaningful thing to contribute, sowie.

Ok noted

donnypool: i thought sharks are attracted to blood, but i nor say wire dey attract them too

Sharks can sense electric pulse. They use it to locate prey, so as long as you have a heart (or current in the case of those cables) you are food

au google take put d wire under water go reach asian country, who swim put d wire, shey d wire reach bermuda triangle? did d wire pas tru atlantic ocean, india and malaysian ocean? And d last, wat is d NAME of d shark and d yr wey dem born d shark. Dis r d answer i want someone to giv me bf i blv

Google wht is googu


Insult me nd I will curse u

Ok

Chai! Am I at liberty to drop my comments here as well?

Impulse80: Sharks can sense electric pulse. They use it to locate prey, so as long as you have a heart (or current in the case of those cables) you are food

aha thank God say i nor sabi swim, so i nor dey near even swimingpool

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