Forget WiFi, Connect To The Internet Through Lightbulbs

[Alpha]

Pretty interesting!!

Forget WiFi, Connect To The Internet Through Lightbulbs

Whether you’re using wireless internet in a coffee shop, stealing it from the guy next door, or competing for bandwidth at a conference, you’ve probably gotten frustrated at the slow speeds you face when more than one device is tapped into the network. As more and more people—and their many devices—access wireless internet, clogged airwaves are going to make it increasingly difficult to latch onto a reliable signal.

But radio waves are just one part of the spectrum that can carry our data. What if we could use other waves to surf the internet?

One German physicist, Harald Haas, has come up with a solution he calls “data through illumination”—taking the fiber out of fiber optics by sending data through an LED lightbulb that varies in intensity faster than the human eye can follow. It’s the same idea behind infrared remote controls, but far more powerful

Harald Haas: Wireless data from every light bulb




http://www.ted.com What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more data than a cellular tower -- and do it in a way that's more efficient, secure and widespread.

[Topper]

Amazing uses of the LED light

[Project]

...and what effect does that flickering have on humans?

[Judee]

...and what effect does that flickering have on humans?

That's exactly what my first thought was Project. It is an interesting concept though, and perhaps there's a way to make it safe...?

[Project]

Pretty easy to eavesdrop on as well I guess, but so is WIFI and cell phones etc.

[maryals]

Flickering faster than the eye can "see" might still be "seen" by the brain.
There are people who get headaches from the flickering of florescent bulbs about to get to the point where the flickering is obvious and the bulb needs to be changed.
I admit I use my Smart Phone for "Cool Things" like Browsing, texting, using it like the tiny computer that it is, because it still blows me away. The technology I mean.
But I'll probably get bored and use it less for the Fun Stuff.
Unfortunately, the Younger Generations will be...probably are already...as dependent on it as we are dependent on running water.

Mary and Baby