Li-Fi, a super-fast alternative to Wi-Fi, is finally moving from research labs to the real world after an Estonian startup implemented the technology within a commercial context.
Velmenni revealed that it has begun trialling the technology within offices and industrial environments in Tallinn.
The Li-Fi technology used by Velmenni in the pilots is able to send data at up to 1GBps - more than 100-times faster than current Wi-Fi technologies.
At these speeds, a high-definition film could be downloaded in just a few seconds.
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Deepak Solanki, CEO of Velmenni told,
"We are doing a few pilot projects within different industries where we can utilise the VLC (visible light communication) technology,
Currently we have designed a smart lighting solution for an industrial environment where the data communication is done through light.
We are also doing a pilot project with a private client where we are setting up a Li-Fi network to access the internet in their office space."
While Li-Fi may not completely replace Wi-Fi, the technologies could be used in parallel to create more efficient networks.
According to Solanki,
The success of the pilot projects could see Li-Fi technology rolled out for consumers within the next three to four years,
allowing people to access the internet using the light bulbs in their home.
Before mass adoption of Li-Fi can be realised, techniques need to be developed to retrofit current devices with the technology.
Solanki said,
"It is very difficult to create a whole new infrastructure for Li-Fi so somehow we need integrate our system with the current system"
Professor Harald Haas(The inventor of Li-Fi) from the University of Edinburgh, has previously claimed that in the future every LED lightbulb could be used as an ultra-fast alternative to Wi-Fi.
In a TED talk describing the technology, he aslo said that current infrastructure was suitable for the integration of Li-Fi.
"All we need to do is fit a small microchip to every potential illumination device and this would then combine two basic functionalities: illumination and wireless data transmission,
in the future we will not only have 14 billion light bulbs, we may have 14 billion Li-Fis deployed worldwide for a cleaner, greener and even brighter future."Haas said.
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