In this highly advanced age of technological communications, getting connected with the ends of the earth is becoming increasingly common and optical fibers are expected to fulfill the major role as a means of communication during the 21st century.
未來學家埃文．托佛勒曾在他的暢銷書「第三波」中，介紹一個革命性的新材料，它可以省下驚人的能源、負載巨量的訊息，帶我們接近未來「電子住宅」的理想。