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Title: Li-Fi
Post by: zappaDPJ on Nov 25, 2015, 07:56:54
QuoteLi-Fi has just been tested in the real world, and it's 100 times faster than Wi-Fi

Expect to hear a whole lot more about Li-Fi - a wireless technology that transmits high-speed data using visible light communication (VLC) - in the coming months. With scientists achieving speeds of 224 gigabits per second in the lab using Li-Fi earlier this year, the potential for this technology to change everything about the way we use the Internet is huge.

And now, scientists have taken Li-Fi out of the lab for the first time, trialling it in offices and industrial environments in Tallinn, Estonia, reporting that they can achieve data transmission at 1 GB per second - that's 100 times faster than current average Wi-Fi speeds.
http://www.sciencealert.com/li-fi-tested-in-the-real-world-for-the-first-time-is-100-times-faster-than-wi-fi
Title: Re: Li-Fi
Post by: Simon on Nov 25, 2015, 07:58:52
They will probably find out in years to come that it causes cancer.   ::)
Title: Re: Li-Fi
Post by: Steve on Nov 25, 2015, 08:43:17
I presume it needs line of sight which may limit it's use in the home environment
Title: Re: Li-Fi
Post by: Technical Ben on Nov 29, 2015, 19:28:13
Quote from: Simon on Nov 25, 2015, 07:58:52
They will probably find out in years to come that it causes cancer.   ::)
No nothing that bad.

However it would allow the rockers to not feel alone in loosing one of their senses... I predict a lot of blindness in our future.  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Li-Fi
Post by: Technical Ben on Nov 29, 2015, 19:28:40
Quote from: Steve on Nov 25, 2015, 08:43:17
I presume it needs line of sight which may limit it's use in the home environment

And anywhere outside with pigeon or seagulls!