Tuesday, 26 June 2018

The Perks Of Li Fi Technology Products

By Melissa Young


Thank professor Harald Haas for being the brains behind the neologism, Li-Fi. He dreamt of being the leader in visible light communication technology and subsequently light fidelity is a visible light communications system which runs wireless communications. Like Wi-Fi, LI Fi Technology Products are facilities that allow computers, smartphones, and other devices to connect to the internet or communicate with each other wirelessly.

We all familiar with Wi-Fi which generally works by using radio waves to change data into content but in the case of that system, light waves are used instead of radio waves. For the light fidelity system to work, the data had to be converted using light signals. Light waves work because the LED light bulb works as a semiconductor allowing for a constant flow of electricity supplied to the LED bulb can be dimmed at very high speeds. The thing about LED bulbs is that unlike other halogens and light bulbs, these LED bulbs have no warm up time and can be switched on rather quickly. Quickly enough to not even be noticed by the naked eye.

Light fidelity technology has jumped onto the popularity bandwagon with a big boom. The creators of those appliances, Pure-Li-Fi have begun to join forces with French lighting companies such as Lucibel to launch their head-turning creation. The Pure-Li-Fi company has since launched products which allow for li-fi connections to be established.

The light fidelity system is known for its speed. With 224 gigabytes per second download rate, its undeniable that the li-fi system has changed the way we chose to connect to the internet. The speed rate alone is enough to be a deciding factor in choosing the li-fi system or the Wi-Fi that we are used to. We ought to remember with every perk, there are downfalls too and the li-fi system as promising as it may seem is in no way without downfalls.

Public Wi-Fi is still seen as ideal because people in public places can easily and effectively connect to Wi-Fi. With the light fidelity system, this ease of connection in public spaces is much more complicated. In areas where there is limited light bulbs or an outage of light bulbs than obviously, the light fidelity connectivity system suffers the brunt.

A perk of using this system is that it is highly beneficial especially in areas which cannot catch radio frequency easily. In these specific areas, it is ideal to depend on light frequency entirely.

The theorem behind which li-fi was created entails the idea that with li-fi the possibilities are unlimited. This means that where ever there happens to be LED lighting, there happens to be connectivity and data. The li-fi system is based upon the idea that it will extend wireless connections far beyond its current reach. This system seeks to establish safe connections even in environments you cannot even begin to imagine.

With advancements being done to both Wi-Fi and the Li-Fi connectivity system it s hard to chose the better option between the two. Li-Fi has promised to evolve and better the way we receive and disseminate information and data. Light fidelity may certainly be one way forward towards connection advancements, ease, and speed of downloads. Haas and his company believe that Li-Fi will solve issues of energy efficiency, availability, capacity, and speed, and we all are waiting for that.




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