Imagine that in the blink of an eye, your favourite movie is
downloaded on an electronic device. Sounds like science fiction? Light
Fidelity is set to make that a reality soon
Imagine that in the blink of an eye, your favourite movie is downloaded on an electronic device. It may sound like science fiction now but promises to be reality soon, thanks to Light Fidelity (Li-Fi)—a revolutionary new technology that transmits high-speed data using lights.
It is touted as being nearly 100 times faster than the traditional Wi-Fi technology based on transmission of radio waves.
Li-Fi technology, which achieved an amazing speed of 224 gigabits per second in the laboratory, is now rapidly moving to the real world. Last year, it was tested in an office in Estonia and achieved a speed of 1 GB per second.
Once customized to the requirements of users, the technology may finally satiate consumers’ appetite for faster data. It is already being hailed as the technology that will change the way we use the Internet. It has been estimated that it will become a $113 billion industry by 2022.
Imagine that in the blink of an eye, your favourite movie is downloaded on an electronic device. It may sound like science fiction now but promises to be reality soon, thanks to Light Fidelity (Li-Fi)—a revolutionary new technology that transmits high-speed data using lights.
It is touted as being nearly 100 times faster than the traditional Wi-Fi technology based on transmission of radio waves.
Li-Fi technology, which achieved an amazing speed of 224 gigabits per second in the laboratory, is now rapidly moving to the real world. Last year, it was tested in an office in Estonia and achieved a speed of 1 GB per second.
Once customized to the requirements of users, the technology may finally satiate consumers’ appetite for faster data. It is already being hailed as the technology that will change the way we use the Internet. It has been estimated that it will become a $113 billion industry by 2022.
