| Declan O'Mahoney, the CEO of Firecomms, says that Ireland is a great base for a photonics start-up as there's an abundance of venture capital and good research staff (left). The use of RCLED transceivers could enhance the performance of low-cost data communications. Firecomms' red-emitting devices support data rates of up to 250 Mbit/s - five times faster than today's LEDs (top right). Images: Firecomms. Renault has just used Firecomms RCLED technology to demonstrate an in-car IEEE 1394 plastic optical fibre network that pipes video, audio and navigation data to a series of LCD screens (bottom right). Image: Renault. |
