Li-Fi Illuminates the Future

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LiFi (Light Fidelity), also known as wireless visible light communication, also known as optical fidelity technology, is a technology for transmitting data using light bulb light. A tiny chip implanted on a light bulb can produce wireless internet connectivity similar to Wi-Fi hotspot devices. LiFi is designed to challenge existing Wi-Fi technology, but has limitations at this point in time.

LiFi, was originally conceived and later patented by Herald Haas and his team at the University of Edinburgh in 2011. Haas noticed that LED retrofit bulbs flash very quickly. Light bulbs blink at a rate of a million times per second. Such flashes are not visible, and only a sensitive receiver can detect them. Using a microchip attached to the bulb, these flashes can be used to send data. In this way, the LED bulb can quickly transfer a binary encoding. This code can be understood by a Wi-Fi router. This is similar to a flashlight sending Morse code, but much faster, and using a computer to understand the alphabet.

Using standard LED lights, Haas and his colleagues created an internet connectio...

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