Innovation and Modernity at the Barracco Museum
The Barracco Museum is one of the first worldwide to implement LiFi technology.
LiFi, which stands for Light Fidelity, is one of the most advanced and innovative communication systems for wireless data transmission, which uses light modulation. This technology works through a light sequence that is not detectable by the human eye. Not only can LiFi promote our cultural heritage, but it can also enhance the visiting experience of people with disabilities and impaired mobility.
Our work at the Museum is progressing, and soon we will implement a total of 14 points of interest, 9 of which will be in the rooms on the ground and first floors, and 5 of which will be located in the ancient Roman House, in the undergrounds. These points will be illuminated by the LiFi lights and will provide users with a unique and engaging visiting experience.
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RAI Culture and Li-Fi
LiFi joins the informative “STEM” program Rai Culture. With the science communicator Davide Coero Borga, we had the opportunity to tell the story and evolution of this wireless technology, which uses LED light modulation to transmit data.
Progetto Scienza – STEM is Rai Culture’s informative science program. In Progetto Scienza, Davide Coera Borga meets several innovation and research experts at a global level. This program aims at showing people how science and technology can improve our lives and how they can be a good investment for the future of the youth.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is everywhere, even where we don’t think there is. The episodes of this program want to show countless STEM fields of applications.
In the third episode, the focus is all on light and its potential. Among the solutions that the program talks about, we find our innovative technology: Li-Fi, which stands for Light Fidelity.
“Light is very important to us. Not only does it illuminate our space, but it also makes it alive.”- With these words, our CEO Francesco Paolo Russo embarked on a journey with Davide Coero Borga, in which light and innovation were the protagonists.
Li-Fi is a wireless technology that uses light modulation to transmit information. It is an innovative method of wireless data transmission that works through the signal emitted by every LED source: a 0/1 sequence non-detectable by the human eye that allows data transmission. Li-Fi falls within “5G connections” and is a fast, secure, and radio-wave-free technology. Li-Fi is emblematic of light making space alive. All the LED sources are potential data transmitters, and every device is a potential user.
Li-Fi can have several fields of application. For example, with computers, Li-Fi can allow a bidirectional connection to the network, with the name of LiFi S (streaming). Computers, equipped with a USB key, are able to detect and elaborate the signal emitted by the illuminating body, and, in turn, can upload data to the modem, which is actually the illuminating body itself. This light source is equipped with a photosensor that can detect Li-Fi signals.
The beauty of this technology is that it can be applied to so many different sectors: from retail to marketing of proximity to cultural heritage, continuing with healthcare, cybersecurity, smart city, energy & utilities, and so on.
To watch the episode on RAI Play, you’ll find Li-Fi at the minute 30: https://bit.ly/3wzGPRM
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