I feel like I read this same headline like 10 years ago too, it's neat and I can think of some specific uses where it would make sense. But probably not really for home use.
Yee, Li-Fi's been around for a while now, plus IEEE 802.15.7 has been on the books for about five years. Though this time it's in the big famous .11 one so that's kinda cool. Light Communication is super fun, but outside of a few very niche industrial settings it's not going to be a huge industry-changing revolution. But pretty lights go bleep bloop so I like it anyway :3 ^except^ ^this^ ^is^ ^IR^ ^so^ ^boo^ ^:P^
What happens when you put your phone in your pocket? I'm assuming that if this tech ever manifests it will be run in parallel to other technologies, not a replacement?
I'm feeling like this is going to be useful for someplace where you can't run Ethernet but have a fixed device that needs networking capabilities. ... Maybe. I'm just spitballing here
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