Laser Highways: Taara’s Free‑Space Optics Bring Fiber Speeds Without the Dig
Open-air laser links are no longer a laboratory curiosity. Taara, a spinout from an experimental research lab, is shipping systems that aim to deliver fiberlike throughput across streets, between buildings, and even over urban kilometers—without the expense and delay of trenching fiber. The appeal is simple: where fiber exists nearby but legal, financial, or logistical barriers prevent a direct connection, a carefully steered beam of infrared light can bridge the…