Perhaps the fishermen can't imagine this future spectacle, but "a scholar who doesn't leave his home can still handle affairs of the world." The saying is really the dream of scientists for the 21st century, and the optical cable is making this wonderful dream ever so real. (Daisy Shieh / photos by Chung Yung-ho / tr.
海面上好奇觀望的漁民，也許無法從一根海纜，想像出這麼豐富的遠景，但是，「秀才不出門，能理天下事」，的確是科學家們寄望在廿一世紀的夢想；而光纖電纜，將帶我們接近這個美夢。