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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-Fi

For those like me confused about how this would even work.




Clicked into the comments hoping such a comment would be here.

Of note is that the first commercially available Li-Fi system has been available since 2014, and it hasn't gained any traction?


> Of note is that the first commercially available Li-Fi system has been available since 2014, and it hasn't gained any traction?

Probably for the normal early reasons, too big, fiddly, and pricey. Someone must have finally shrunk and/or cheapened it enough for a large segment of enthusiast or business for it to gain more attention again.


reading that, it seems to be about consumption/receiving data rather than the sending of data. or do you have light shining out of your laptop back at it?

there is an example of a school using it, and the students have a usb device in their laptop to read the light, but is it slow upload or are they also connected to wi-fi?




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