Li-Fi: Edinburgh prof seeds LEDs for communication
Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—"We believe wireless communications should be as reliable as lighting." That is a company motto of startup PureVLC (Visible Light Communication), which aims to connect the two—communications and light. They have an approach that could be an alternative to radiofrequency spectrum, as there are worries about "running out of gas" because demand grows for space. "We talk about the Internet of Things where every device is interconnected, but without more bandwidth it will be impossible to provide reliable communications to all of these 'things,'" say company sources.