Visible Light Communications Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz Institut, Germany Data travelling by light Ceiling lamps aren’t just for lighting rooms, they can also bring films in lossless HD quality rapidly and safely to your smartphone or laptop! Visible Light Communication, or VLC for short, makes it possible: just install a few components to turn off-the-shelf LEDs into an optical WiFi! This has a broad array of possible applications ranging from hospital operating theatres, where safety is at a premium, to trade shows and factory halls where radio communication is problematic. Experiment in the InnovationSpace – access data from your own device using a light source at speeds of up to 500Mbit/second. About HHI The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute is a global leader in the development of mobile and fixed broadband communication networks and multimedia systems. From photonic components and systems and fiber optic sensor systems through to high-speed hardware architectures, the Heinrich Hertz Institute works together with international partners from research and enterprise and for global markets on developing the infrastructures for the future Gigabit Society. At the same time it also develops future applications for broadband networks. Key focal areas of research are 3D TV, 3D displays, HDTV, gesture-controlled human-machine interaction, image signal processing and transmission, and interactive use of media. www.hhi.fraunhofer.de InnovationSpace: The Lab 7