10 Facts About Li-Fi

Li-Fi is a wireless communication technology which utilizes light to transmit data and position between devices.

Li-Fi is a light communication system that is capable of transmitting data at high speeds over the visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared spectrums.

In terms of its end user, the technology is similar to Wi-Fi — the key technical difference being that Wi-Fi uses radio frequency to induce a voltage in an antenna to transmit data, whereas Li-Fi uses the modulation of light intensity to transmit data.

Bg-Fi is a Li-Fi system consisting of an application for a mobile device, and a simple consumer product, like an IoT device, with color sensor, microcontroller, and embedded software.

Li-Fi is a derivative of optical wireless communications technology, which uses light from light-emitting diodes as a medium to deliver network, mobile, high-speed communication in a similar manner to Wi-Fi.

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The first commercially available Li-Fi system was presented at the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

In June 2018, Li-Fi passed a test by a BMW plant in Munich for operating in an industrial environment.

Since light can travel through water, Li-Fi based communications could offer much greater mobility.

Li-Fi's utility is limited by the distance light can penetrate water.

Anywhere in industrial areas data has to be transmitted, Li-Fi is capable of replacing slip rings, sliding contacts, and short cables, such as Industrial Ethernet.