Swiss cybersecurity firm WISeKey International Holding Ltd, reported that Oledcomm, a LiFi specialist, chose WISeKey as its strategic Cybersecurity partner, to secure transmissions and ensure the safety of the ecosystems where its MyLiFiPro system will be set up. Oledcomm’s MyLiFiPro system offers an ultra-fast, wireless internet connection using LED light …
Internet of Things
Tyntek and Opto Tech to Raise IR LED Sensing Device Production Capacity
LED chipmakers and packagers Tyntek and Opto Tech plan to increase production capacities for infrared (IR) LED sensing devices, according to a DigiTimes article, which cited industry sources. According to the article, Opto Tech has set aside NT$350-450 million (US$11.6-14.9 million) mainly for growing IR LED sensing device production capacity …
pureLiFi Debuts Smaller LiFi Dongle
pureLiFi has unveild the LiFi-XC system that is three times smaller than the previous generation. Like the previous generation LiFi dongle, it offers secure, high-speed, bi-directional, fully networked wireless communications through the light. The company points out that the miniaturization of its real LiFi technology means that the technology it …
No LED Performance Downside to LiFi, According to University of Edinburgh Researchers
According to research done at the University of Edinburgh with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), found that LED lighting could help supplement wireless communications without affecting the quality of light. A team of researchers led by Dr. Wasiu Popoola concluded that transmitting digital data via …
Northumbria University Now VisIoN Project Partner
Northumbria University, Newcastle was selected to take part in a research project investigating how light could be utilized to permit electronic devices to communicate in smart homes, cars, businesses, and factories of the future. Northumbria will serve as the only UK institution associated with the €3.75m (£3.44m) Visible Light Communications …
Show Denko Extends IR LED Lineup
Showa Denko of Tokyo has expanded its portfolio of infrared LED chips (IR-LEDs). According to the company, its IR LEDs are primarily used as parts of sensors for IoT-related devices and parts of photo-couplers for gate drivers. SDK’s IR LED product has three categories including traditional LEDs fabricated with Liquid …
GLASE Consortium Formed to Reduce Electricity Use of Greenhouses by 70%
Greenhouses currently cover about 720 acres in New York state. They extend the growing season and protect crops and other plants from harsh weather conditions. Researchers at Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have formed a public-private consortium called the Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering Consortium (GLASE). The consortium …
Company Creates Patented, Lighted Zebra Crossing; Hints at Smart Crosswalks
A company in the Netherlands has devised a new method for lighting striped crosswalks with LEDs. A crosswalk with wide vertical lines, euphemistically known as a “zebra crossing” is frequently the site of accidents and even deaths at night. Conventional painted on lines are not very visible at night. The …
pureLiFi Gets Additional Funding; Hopes to Unlock Potential of IoT
pureLiFi, a company, founded, by professor Harald Haas of the University of Edinburgh, reports that it has completed its Series B Financing Round. Temasek, a Singapore-based investment firm led the round of financing. Total funding raised for the company is $10 million so far. Dr. Haas and his company pureLiFi …
Option Acquires Innolumis and Lemnis Public Lighting
Option, a wireless technology company with a focus on Internet of Things technology, reported that it has acquired the shares of the Dutch LED lighting companies Lemnis Lighting BV Public and Innolumis Public Lighting BV. Option merged the two companies into a single commercial organization under the name Innolumis Public …
