Rope Light WiFi?

This link talks about improved security and greater communication connectivity. I wonder though if it might lead to easier clandestine/covert monitoring of our personal private communications.

Blue LED WiFi

It would seem that right now, today, this could query our cell phones and computers, if they were so equipped. In the future, who knows. Economical visible light spectrum wifi could lead to tracking you rather easily.

Maybe I’m wrong, and it’s less intrusive than the current invisible and (penetrating) radio spectrum of today…but there still seems to be something sinister about it.

And 5 or 10 years down the road will they be able to monitor how we (our bodies) affect the modulation of visible light, and by matching us to a database established at our last physician visit (remember government healthcare?) tell who we are, and where we are, and what we are doing or saying?

I used to embrace new technology…now I look at it with a jaded eye. I need light to see, and I am concerned TPTB will use that light to see also!

240 MB Per second wooow.

For those that don't know,(for comparison) a full length movie is usually around 750 MB.

Will probably be tied into Internet 3 somehow.

Interesting indeed, however I should warn you. Instead of looking at this new technology from a negative standpoint, try first looking at it from a positive one in which it enhances the future that we may come to live in.

I agree, on the surface this looks good. And it'd be a giant step forward for connectivity.

I can't however quit wondering just how giant a step it might be...

I am certain that most of the things we have to worry about in the future are going to come out of the "tech sector".

It's interesting but I doubt that it will get used much, it's a step down in connection speed firstly, and won't people or objects block your signal if they are moved between the LED and the receiver?

It reminds me a bit of when those devices came out that could make use of the mains electricity loops in a building to route networks, nice simple and cheep idea, thing is the speed was too low and if your 2 computers were on separate loops then you were screwed.

Bring on quantum entanglement routers I say! - those baby's should allow instant communication over millions of miles, instant and completely free of degradation or interference....

wont this waste a lot of energy...

if these lights are constantly blinking!

Read this link, and see if you can make the logic jump I'm making.

Link

The fact that this LED wifi is slower than what we have now makes me wonder what it is for.

It all makes me think, and after all is said and done, that's what I come here for! That in mind, thanks all of you for the posts!

Neat idea but I don't really see the advantages of it over typical wifi from the average home user.

Also this wouldn't work for people who like to use their internet or play online games with the lights off.

I would like to know how they plan on getting information back from the user. I can see how they could possibly use the electric lines leading into my house to cause the lights to flicker but what would allow the light bulb to receive and send a signal back? And I would like to know how they will prevent someone from just pointing a device like the one I would have to use to connect to the internet at one of my windows and record everything I do?

Not near enough information for me to decide. I think its more along the lines of a solution in search of a problem(funding) than some nefarious doings of the lizard people to monitor our health without concent.




The_Zomar

Its 240Mb and not 240MB. It works out to about 30MB.

Originally posted by The_Zomar
240 MB Per second wooow.

For those that don't know,(for comparison) a full length movie is usually around 750 MB.

Will probably be tied into Internet 3 somehow.

It's measured in megabits, not megabytes. There's a huge difference. Bits are used for measuring transfer rates, bytes measure storage capacity.

One byte is made up of 8 bits, so it's actually 31,25 MB per second.

It is however quite impressive for being wireless. Regular 802.11b is about 54 Mbit/s. Cable ethernet however can support speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s.

Also, it does not mean you'll be able to download a movie at that speed. It's only the speed at which you can communicate locally with your router. Things go alot slower over the internets...

Originally posted by rotorwing
And 5 or 10 years down the road will they be able to monitor how we (our bodies) affect the modulation of visible light, and by matching us to a database established at our last physician visit (remember government healthcare?) tell who we are, and where we are, and what we are doing or saying?

We already have that, it's called a camera.

Seriously though, that would not be possible since the light source would be a one-way communication link. And visible light does not pass through solid objects, so if they want to see you, they would need to physically put a camera somewhere.

Someone pimped a tv remote...

That is basically what it is... a tv remote capable of 240Mb a sec communication.

[edit on 16-3-2010 by ALLis0NE]

Originally posted by The_Zomar
240 MB Per second wooow.

For those that don't know,(for comparison) a full length movie is usually around 750 MB.

Will probably be tied into Internet 3 somehow.

full length of a movie....I dont quite remember my numbers but that movie would have to be highly compressed....and Im assuming you mean a MPAA movie?

A dvd disc is 4.7gb so Im guessing your 750mb is a movie ud find on Kazaa or limewire? Thats the only time Ive seen movies that compressed.

Anybody help ?