Li-Fi is a wireless data system remarkably similar to Wi-Fi, but uses light to send information. Data rates can hit a gigabit ...

Li-Fi is likely to reshape the world in ways Wi-Fi didn’t, by transmitting data through lamps, streetlights, and more. Philips Lighting just unveiled a small coup. It’s providing internet to an entire ...

We’re all familiar with Wi-Fi, the ubiquitous RF-based connectivity standard which has stitched together so many untethered, wireless devices since its introduction and commercialization in the late ...

Even if you’ve never heard of Li-Fi before, you can probably work out what it is. Instead of accessing the Internet wirelessly using radio frequencies, like Wi-Fi does, you use the visible light ...

Back in 2011, during a TED Talk in Scotland, professor Harald Haas introduced a revolutionary idea to the world: what if a wireless Internet system could run on nothing but an LED lightbulb? Back then ...

WLAN is the most-used data-transmission method in industry, but it poses some limitations and security risks. Li-Fi technology, the transmission of data via light, could now offer a safe alternative.

CEA-Leti’s optical transmission of 7.7 Gbps positions Li-Fi to replace wi-fi and potential 5G interoperability. CEA Leti says Li-Fi is a possible replacement for less-secure wi-fi. Researchers at ...

The term Li-Fi or light fidelity, was coined by Professor Harald Haas of Edinburgh University during his 2011 TED Talk “Wireless Data from Every Light Bulb.” Like all optical wireless communication, ...