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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/17/190cfvmkhxi6jjpg-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601714Thanks to improvements in fibre optics, most of the information that you consume on any given day is transported by light. Quite inefficiently, however, most computer chips need electricity to operate, and scientists haven’t quite figured out how to make the leap to more futuristic materials. At least not until graphene came along.