Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The internet is a technological wonder, but ever-increasing demands on this optical communication system—from AI to the ‘internet of things’ and everything in between—require bandwidth solutions. A new amplifier, developed by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, can increase the bandwidth of fiber-optic communications tenfold. The evolution of the internet is a startling thing to behold. The dawn of AI, the ever-increasing demands of the ‘internet of things,’ and our endless need for streaming content is putting a big burden on bandwidth. Although a tenfold increase sounds great, it doesn’t mean much if you also increase noise.