optic
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Helming says he has fielded interest from companies that want to use his tunnel boring machine for power and fibre optic cables, or pipelines that could transport water, natural gas, or ammonia, for example.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
He said the current build-out reminds him of the dot-com era of the late 1990s, when huge investments were made in building fiber optic networks that remained unused for 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
They also installed advanced sensors that can detect movement up to one-billionth of a meter by using fiber optic cables that can extend or compress if any ground deformation occurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The optic nerve then exits through the back of the retina, creating a blind spot just below the horizontal level of the eye where no vision is possible.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Then she placed her hands, vertically, over her eyes and pressed the heels hard, as though to paralyze the optic nerve and drown all images into a voidlike black.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
