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[–] Zellith@lemmy.fmhy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Advantages of using light rather than radio frequencies"

Nobody tell em how the electromagnetic spectrum works!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup, as someone who worked with radar, I'm not really sure what they're trying to say.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

the key technical difference being that Wi-Fi uses radio frequency to induce an electric tension in an antenna to transmit data, whereas Li-Fi uses the modulation of light intensity to transmit data.