Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
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How light can transmit WiFi
3 minutes Posted Mar 15, 2015 at 12:00 am.
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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