Boston University Working On LED Wireless Networks

Madas writes "This article on Absolute Gadget details how researchers at Boston University's College of Engineering are working on devloping wireless networks that use LED lights instead of normal radio waves. This research apparently has other uses in the automobile industry. Apparently the LEDs could warn you if the driver in front has put the brakes on so could avoid hitting the car in front. Personally, I'd use the vision balls that are in my thought box."

Comments

Brake Lights

[arizwebfoot]

Apparently the LEDs could warn you if the driver in front has put the brakes on so could avoid hitting the car in front

Dude aren't those called brake lights?

--
Oh Well, Bad Karma and all . . .

Re:Brake Lights

[internerdj]

So you are the guy driving most every car that was on the road with me this morning?

Re:Brake Lights

[Deadplant]

One with a pair of vision balls.

Vision Balls?

[dmomo]

> Personally, I'd use the vision balls that are in my thought box."

Personally, I think the zipper gets in the way.

Trust issues

[psydeshow]

But the question is, do you REALLY trust the car in front of you? What if it just randomly transmits a "braking now!" message in order to cause other cars in the vicinity to put on their brakes?

It would be cool to see what you could do with this to improve traffic flow and autopilot in a controlled environment, but out in the real world the trust issues get pretty dodgy.

Hey, I've got a great idea!

[XxtraLarGe]

They should make the LED's look like characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force!

Amazing

[Dan East]

This is amazing. Maybe they can put this technology in a small box that I can point at my TV so I don't have to get off the couch to change channels. Maybe they can use IR LEDs to reduce interference from ambient light which is mostly in the visible spectrum.

2005: Been There Done That

[cmholm]

I knew I had seen an led-based point-to-point networking system described somewhere, and after a few minutes on hackaday, here it is, straight from 2005. Best part is, the linked to Ronja project is open, free speech-wise (and free beer for the major league scrounger).