Naked Scientists Special Editions Podcast
How light can transmit WiFi
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:03:53
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Synopsis
Anyone who has struggled with a lousy WiFi connection in a busy public space knows only too well that there are limits to how much data can be beamed over the airwaves like this. Now scientists have come up with a new technology that uses the room lighting to transmit data: effectively by causing the lights to blink billions of times per second using a form of visual morse code. Mark Peplow spoke to Chris Smith and shed some light on the process... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists