The Smart Lighting Centre has succeeded in grabbing everybodies attention with the idea to use LED lighting for communication. Modulating the light output at relatively high frequencies will be invisible to the human eye, the LED will seem to be burning constantly. Ofcourse there might be some questions to answer: how to keep the perceived light intensity constant while modulating, how fast can you modulate LED’s designed for a different applications, etc.
The most interesting application in my mind is in cars. Imagine if LED headlights and taillights are constantly communicating with their environment, about distance, speed, direction and some more. Cars could react to each others movements, pedestrians and cyclists could have an early warning of imminent collisions.
Hyperconnectivity in mobility. My imagination lights up immediately.
