London Press Service, 16 April 2013

Multi-tasking micro-lights now being developed could initiate an amazing transformation for the future of communications.

Tiny light-emitting diode (LED) lights could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while simultaneously displaying information and providing illumination for homes, offices and many other locations.

Over the next four years, a consortium of universities in the United Kingdom will be developing this innovative technology to help unleash the full potential of “Li-Fi” - the transmission of internet communications using visible light rather than the radio waves and microwaves currently in use.

The project is being led by the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, with funding from the UK’s Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Although the potential possibilities offered by Li-Fi are being explored all over the world, this EPSRC-funded consortium is pursuing a radical, distinctive vision that could deliver enormous benefits.

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