Everyone has experienced the frustration of slow internet speeds. The amount of devices capable of utilizing Wi-Fi is increasing every day and it is congesting the airwaves. This congestion in return is making it increasingly difficult for users to acquire a reliable signal.
Currently, radio waves are the only ones carrying data. But what about the other waves? Can we use these to transmit as well?
Well, if your German Physicist Harald Haas, the answer is yes. Haas has created a solution which he calls “data through illumination”, that sends data through LED light bulbs at various intensities faster than the human eye can follow.
The current commercial light bulb available by Haas’s, company pureLiFi, is called Li-1st. Li-1st, has shown that a 10W bulb using 0.5W of power can transmit 1.1 Gbps of data over a 10m distance. This data rate is also when the light is dimmed.
The Li-Fi truly showcases the incredible possibilities of LED lighting. The creation of data gathering street lamps has already been put into work, as well as security camera lights in airports. And I don’t know about you, but the idea of auto-piloted cars communicating through headlights sounds amazing!
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