Li-Fi has just been tested in the real world, and it's 100 times faster than Wi-Fi

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My Daily Flaneur.

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.
... With an added bonus of additional security.

The benefits of Li-Fi over Wi-Fi, other than potentially much faster speeds, is that because light cannot pass through walls, it makes it a whole lot more secure, and as Anthony Cuthbertson points out at IBTimes UK, this also means there's less interference between devices.
Bold is mine.



Li-Fi has just been tested in the real world, and it's 100 times faster than Wi-Fi - ScienceAlert


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  • Profile picture of the author Vladan1989
    is this joke? first time i hear
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      If this means I can get my reply in before Frank, I'm all for it.
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        Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

        If this means I can get my reply in before Frank, I'm all for it.
        You'll need to boost the bit-rate of your brain.

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        • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
          Yep, typical scientists going ape s***!

          They crapped on forever about how wonderful digital tv would be!!!

          But what did we end up with, a pixulated picture, and the tv stations constantly fiddling with the signal settings and strengh, so you have to buy a new tv, (which has a quality tuner) or have to run through all of the stations again, which, not surprisingly, brings up all of the crap, infomercial stations with super loud volume again?

          No, the message at least for tv, is "we will, scr*** every cent we can get, from you, by offering a wider selection of B grade crap"!

          I would like to know what is wrong with it, before getting all exited?

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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by BigFrank View Post

          You'll need to boost the bit-rate of your brain.

          Cheers. - Frank
          If you had your way, it would be called "ifi"
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          • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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            Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

            If you had your way, it would be called "ifi"
            And if your brain ever improved it would be sci-fi. :-)

            Cheers. - Frank
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            • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
              Originally Posted by BigFrank View Post

              And if your brain ever improved it would be sci-fi. :-)

              Cheers. - Frank
              Those Whore-Moans your getting are really kicking in!

              Hope there not too expensive
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              • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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                Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                Those Whore-Moans your getting are really kicking in!

                Hope there not too expensive
                Yes, they are and the best thing about it, like all the care and benefits I get, you're paying the bill. lol Once, years ago, I sat down and started to attempt to calculate what I have received from the government over the decades. At that time it was knocking on $1.5M.

                Be sure to have your taxes in, on time. Uncles Sam thanks you and I thank you.

                Cheers. - Frank

                P.S. Is this a great country, or what???
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                • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
                  Originally Posted by BigFrank View Post

                  Yes, they are and the best thing about it, like all the care and benefits I get, you're paying the bill. lol Once, years ago, I sat down and started to attempt to calculate what I have received from the government over the decades. At that time it was knocking on $1.5M.

                  Be sure to have your taxes in, on time. Uncles Sam thanks you and I thank you.

                  Cheers. - Frank

                  P.S. Is this a great country, or what???
                  Well your welcome, just as long as you don't get Hookered on them. :-)
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                  • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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                    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

                    Well your welcome, just as long as you don't get Hookered on them. :-)
                    It's against VA regulations to use your disability income for drugs or prostitutes. I use the money that I panhandle for those purchases. :-)

                    Cheers. - Frank
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          • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
            This would be amazing.

            I'm already picturing my perfect solar powered house, set to efficiency with li-fi usage.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Well, the BULL about light not passing through walls is garbage. What about the wiring, and EMR? ALSO, if you want that security, why not use HARDWIRE? I mean the method they speak about is ****MORE**** invasive than hardwire. WIFIs primary attractiveness, that has caused it tobe adopted WELL over 1000 times as fast is that it is FAR less invasive! My entire property, and 10s of yards past it, is WIFI! How hard was it? It was RIDICULOUSLY simple and CHEAP! HOTELS now have wifi all over! HOW HARD? SIMPLE, and CHEAP! PLANES! HOW HARD? S&C! BTW HOW LONG to setup a fairly simplenetwork? LESS than an HOUR! MESS? 1 simple wastebasket!

    OK, let's talk about the type here, and hardwire! Complexity? HARD and EXPENSIVE! It could take a month, and cost THOUSANDS! You ever see a state of the art retrofit network center? THEY can do it in DAYS! WHY? channels! Raised floors! DROPPED CEILINGS! STILL, you see a lot of organization, wires, and people climbing ladders and lying on floors.

    BTW WIFI could probably go faster ALSO! The goal is to make it cover a larger area. OH, and there is ALWAYS cross device interference. That is common with ALL networks. It can't grow with the devices, so devices must SHARE!

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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Claude uses Bi-Fi.

    He said it works both ways.
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    • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Claude uses Bi-Fi.

      He said it works both ways.
      Claude went to the doctor the other day complaining of a hot spot on his butt.

      The doctor referred him to a Web MD.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I'm all for this if they can actually make it work. Our planet is screwed using wi-fi. It's not "safe" energy and I resent being dowsed in the radiation at every step. People bitch about "climate change" then they soak the planet in microwave for a little bit of convenience. Now that's just smart, huh?
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