Tyndall Institute advances at the speed of light ... literally

Tyndall National Institute, Ireland’s leading research facility based at University College Cork, is advancing at the speed of light — literally.

The institute, which was visited by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in 2011, is to lead a European consortium to develop higher bandwidth in order to cope with the increasing demands of data traffic.

The ‘Thermally Integrated Smart Photonics Systems’ (TIPS) project has secured €5.2m in EU funding to develop the next generation of photonic devices to meet business and society’s digital needs.