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[โ€“] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine if he had to apply for funding

"these waves have the potential to transform how we communicate and will likely find world wide usage"

He would actually be right unlike all the other funding applications which are largely oversold.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 14 hours ago

I mean it's kind of bizarre that he couldn't think of a practical application. We literally use invisible waves to communicate already, these ones move at light speed, how could that not be useful?