Li-Fi is the next big thing in connectivity as it uses light to transmit and receive data.
Imagine a connectivity option for your phone that requires you to simply turn on a light to connect to the internet. Called Li-Fi for Light Fidelity, this technology uses light waves to transmit data as opposed to Wi-Fi which uses radio waves. The big advantage that Li-Fi has is speed; Li-Fi can deliver data speeds 100 times faster than what can be achieved using Wi-Fi. Li-Fi’s light signals are invisible to the human eye.
We already alerted you about Li-Fi a little over two years ago and it was German physicist Harald Haas who discovered that data can be transmitted and received via light. Experiments using Li-Fi began in 2008 under the lead of French company Oldecomm. When Europe sent the Ariane 6 rocket into space last month, it was charged with running four experiments including one dealing with Li-Fi.
