International Internet Day: "Smart Lighting" to replace WiFi?
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Today at the International Internet Day, let’s throw some light on emerging wireless communication technologies. The Smart Lighting Center at Boston University is currently working on LED lights that could replace standard WiFi radio waves. This technology is said to be more energy-efficient, more secure, and faster.
“Imagine if your computer, iPhone, TV, radio and thermostat could all communicate with you when you walked in a room just by flipping the wall light switch and without the usual cluster of wires,” said BU Engineering Professor Thomas Little. “This could be done with an LED-based communications network that also provides light – all over existing power lines with low power consumption, high reliability and no electromagnetic interference. Ultimately, the system is expected to be applicable from existing illumination devices, like swapping light bulbs for LEDs.”
for more information, see:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006130548.htm
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