In recent years, I don't think I've spent a month without a report about a new way to exceed the speed of light. Yesterday, University of Pennsylvania researchers announced a theoretical way to increase the speed of pulses of light which could bring optical computing closer to reality. The scientists claimed that their metallic nanosized particles could reach 2.5 times the speed of light. As said the research team, 'application of this theory would use nanosized metal chains as building blocks for novel optoelectronic and optical devices, which would operate at higher frequencies than conventional electronic circuits.' So when will see high-speed optical computers? Expect a few years, but read more...