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Mike Lee: “We are limited by nature and the laws of the universe in…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

Fireside Chat with Tim Cook and Senator Mike Lee

Published February 9, 2023 | Video Starts at 23:45

And a lot of that is limited by the electromagnetic spectrum. By the way, this is a great project for Apple. We are limited by nature and the laws of the universe in terms of the electromagnetic spectrum. We have a limited amount of it. You can utilize it more effectively, but you can't just create new spectrum. (23:45–23:53)

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