Li-Fi Probably Won't Be The New Wi-Fi For Most People

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Researchers are hoping that the invisible band’s vice-like hold on wireless communication will soon come to an end. Long restricted to the academic domain, Li-Fi, a light-based data delivery method, was recently tested as a commercial technology by Estonian startup Velmenni. Velmenni’s technology, called Jungru, uses an LED bulb and transmitted data at gigabit speed, with a theoretical speed of 224 gigabytes per second, the BBC reported. While the Jungru product is commercially viable, it is still based on what seems to be a laboratory-grade MATLAB and Simulink setup paired with photodiodes as opposed to a final product. Li-Fi was first demonstrated by University of Edinburgh Professor Harald Hass, as a part of the D-light project within the school’s Institute for Digital Communications starting in 2010. Hass brought the technology recognition with a 2012 TED Global talk, but despite several companies being interested enough to start a Li-Fi consortium, the technology ...