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Newb question: since they are both electromagnetic radiation, how does Li-Fi get up to 100x faster than Wi-Fi? Are the light transmitters and sensors that much faster? Or perhaps is it able to use a wider band of frequencies?

I'm also so curious how this ends up working in practice. Even using infrared, would it interfere with things like baby monitors in night mode? The Wikipedia article says it can be tuned to be less intense than humans can perceive, but I'm curious if that's true in practice. (Granted, babies don't typically need Internet access while they are sleeping, but maybe the monitor itself does.)

parent wakamoleguy 3 years ago

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