Wireless Internet Access Uses Visible Light, Not Radio Waves 264
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that a company has demonstrated a new form of wireless communication that uses light instead of radio waves. "Its inventor, St. Cloud resident John Pederson, says visible-light embedded wireless data communication is the next step in the evolution of wireless communications, one that will expand the possibilities in phone and computer use. The connection provides Web access with almost no wiring, better security and with speeds more than eight times faster than cable."
light hax (Score:4, Funny)
im in ur bawx stealin ur photons
Radio waves... (Score:2, Funny)
... are light, you insensitive clod!
Warning! (Score:5, Funny)
Looking at the access point can cause severe retinal burns. We are not responsible for retinal damage or permanent blindness as a result of using our product. Thank you, and have a nice day.
WARNING! (Score:5, Funny)
WARNING!
Do not look at the internet with your remaining eye.
huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Radio is just another color of light--a very, uh, extremely red color.
Re:WARNING! (Score:5, Funny)
Now I guess we need ... (Score:5, Funny)
Tinfoil glasses :)
Re:Warning! (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, but retinal damage only occurs when using P2P protocols to share pr0n according to this flashy brochure the preacher man gave me.
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
This is where you are wrong, sir. And you can test it yourself. Create an HTML document and set the background color past "#FF0000". Crank it up to "#ZZ0000" and your monitor will then begin blasting radio waves at your face.
Re:Warning! (Score:1, Funny)
One has to wonder about the feasibility of a protocol that strobed the access point in time with illegally-downloaded music.
feldicus
Re:He needs to think twice (Score:5, Funny)
Can you image how annoying it would be to have light flickering around you all the time from your communicating devices?
Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We all have our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with. At this very moment I surrounded by hundreds of thousands of blinking and beeping lights, blinking and beeping and flashing and flashing and I can't take it anymore! They're blinking and beeping and flashing! Why can't anyone stop it? Why doesn't someone pull the plug?!
Re:Warning! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Next step?? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, but it would be easy to gain unauthorized access to your wireless network if you have windows.
Why does that sound familiar?
Re:But... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Next step?? (Score:5, Funny)
Great, now I can watch the girl next door change AND leech her wireless with my telescope.
You're right beside me? (Score:3, Funny)
"Because light does not travel through walls, cell phones and government and banking information would be more secure."
It's not a bug, it's a feature, really - it is, please believe me.