Flickering lights at the work place are annoying to say the least but offices in Minnesota will be using flickering light for data communication. The LVX System, designed by LVX, will transmit data to specially equipped computers on desks below by flickering faster than the eye can see. The system puts clusters of LED’s in a standard-sized light fixture. The LEDs transmit coded messages - as a series of 1s and 0s in computer speak - to special modems attached to computers. A light on the modem talks back to the fixture overhead, where there is sensor to receive the return signal and transmit the data over the Internet. Those computers on the desks aren't connected to the Internet, except through these light signals, much as Wi-Fi allows people to connect wirelessly. While the LVX System can theoretically match today’s typical DSL speeds it still lacks behind Wi-Fi speeds available, however LVX Chief Executive Officer John Pederson said a second-generation system that will roll out in about a year will permit speeds on par with commercial Wi-Fi networks. It will also permit lights that can be programmed to change intensity and color. For more information on the LVX System please visit: http://www.lvxsystem.com/pages/Home
Do they realize that flickering light cause hazardous subconscious effects on the brain? Similar to the way people with epilepsy are effected by flickering light, such light fixtures have been known to cause tension, hostility, light headaches, and fatigue. I wonder what data fixtures will do to people.
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