Chosen Invention: Fiber Optics

Fiber Optics is the technology that is used by internet services in order for them to transmit information as pulses of light through strands of fiber that are either made of glass or plastic over long distances.

Progress was first made during the 1790s when the French Chappe brothers invented the first "optical telegraph" which is a system that is comprised of a series of lights mounted on towers where the operators can relay a message from one tower to another. It was not until 1991 when Desurvire and Payne demonstrated optical amplifiers that were built into the fiber optic cables itself, wherein a system called the "all-optic" system was made that could carry 100 times more information than a regular cable with electronic amplifiers can at that time.

This invention is important in the field of computer science as we regularly work with computer systems and the like. For example, if you were to build a data center, you would need a lot of computers and storage, and with a lot of computer systems and storage to work with, there will also be a lot of information bouncing across all the different systems. Using fiber optics cable in this case will make the process more faster and efficient.

In conclusion, I think that there is always room for innovation and improvement regarding fiber optics and it may even be bottlenecked with the current level of technology we possess but in the near future this could be the key to faster data transfers.