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Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized (arstechnica.com)

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224GB/s, killer security, no radio interference—but you can't block the beam.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Imagine if they encased this light beam in some kind of fiber encasing so it retain it benefits but not worry about getting blocked. We could even call it a fiber optic cable or something

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

It's benefit compared to current technology is that it isn't contained in a cable.

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