The Optical Networks Group (ONG) feature on a BBC CrowdScience podcast

Ever wondered what a ‘yottabyte’ is? 

The EEE Optical Networks Group (ONG) were approached by the BBC for their research expertise in determining the weight of information for a CrowdScience podcast entitled 'How low-carbon can CrowdScience go?'…and were left stumped by Prof Polina Bayvel’s response: a ‘yottabyte’. 

Find out more by listening to the podcast here. Fast forward to ONG at 27:04 minutes. 

BBC CrowdScience is a weekly podcast, taking questions about life, earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.

For more about the Optical Networks Group. 

If academics or researchers within EEE have a research question that can potentially be turned into a podcast for CrowdScience, please contact Navta Vij n.vij@ucl.ac.uk for an informal chat.