Sustainable Innovation Meets the Barracco Museum!
Starting from January 6th, ancient art will meet sustainable innovation with the new LiFi project: a new way to experience art, a visit guided by light.
The Li-Fi project, which was promoted by Roma culture, Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, will bring Li-Fi to Museums: sustainable innovation will land at the Barracco Museum in Rome, with a cutting-edge visitor experience thanks to wireless technology. This project was implemented and presented by To Be Srl, DB Ingegneria dell’immagine Srl and Tecno Electric Srl and with the support of the European Union.
The project was one of the 43 winners out of a total of 126 participants of the Contest POR FESR 2014-2020 “L’Impresa fa Cultura”. This contest was promoted by Regione Lazio to enhance our cultural heritage through innovation.
The Barracco Museum is one of the first museums worldwide to implement LiFi, which stands for Light Fidelity. It is an innovative and advanced communication system that allows wireless data transmission thanks to LED light sources. This data is received by visitors through their mobile devices with a camera. To enjoy the additional content related to the art exhibition, visitors will simply download the specific app and will position their device under the LED light source.
"We founded To Be because we had a dream and a vision: to imagine a world where every light source can transmit data. This is our idea for LiFi Revolution. LiFi is a technology that allows data transmission in a fast, sustainable, and safe manner. During these first years at To Be, we implemented several projects in so many different fields thanks to the unique features and flexibility of this cutting-edge technology.”
Francesco Paolo Russo, CEO & Founder of To Be
Introducing the Project
The project was presented on January 5th, 2022, on the occasion of the press release that took place at the Barracco Museum, and that was moderated by Mr. Gianni Todini, Askanews director. After the greetings by Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Superintendent of Cultural Heritage, several speakers intervened: Roberto Pollari, Head of the Cabinet of the Regional Council President Regione Lazio; Francesco Paolo Russo, Founder and CEO of To Be srl; Giancarlo Brasini, Project Manager DB Ingegneria dell’Immagine; Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio, President of Fondazione Univerde; Gabriele Ferreri,President of ANGI- National Association of Young Innovators.
The implementation of the project involved 14 selected points of interest. 9 of these are located in the rooms of the ground floor and the first floor, while the other 5 points are located in the ancient Roman House, its first structures dating back to the IV century A.D. The Roman House is located in the museum's undergrounds, which will be reopened to the public on the occasion of this project, after being closed for more than 20 years. The accidental discovery of the ruins in the undergrounds can be traced back to 1899. They were brought to the surface during the demolition of the Renaissance buildings to implement a new road axis in Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
In addition, the Domus, which has been closed to the public since 2000, will be extraordinarily opened every day (only closed on Monday) until January 9th, and, following, it will be open until the end of February on the weekend, from Friday to Sunday. The temporary reopening of the Domus, related to the LiFi project, represents the first step towards a complex and important journey to enhance the exhibition that will be developed in the next months.
This technology will be experimented with at the Barracco Museum until February 20th, 2022, with the possibility of being extended.
To learn more about LiFi, read here.
If you are interested in bringing LiFi to your school or to your children's school, contact us.
Rome, the First Italian City to Implement Li-Fi in School
Rome keeps working on innovation and development, aiming at achieving a “smart” urban model, also by implementing Li-Fi or Light Fidelity. Li-Fi is a wireless technology using LED light modulation for internet connection.
Yesterday, in Rome, the project "Li-Fi in School" was implemented at the Rosetta Rossi Institute. This project was made a reality thanks to the collaboration between our startup and Roma Capitale, along with the support of industrial and strategic partners such as Signify (previously called Philips Lighting), and TecnoElectric Srl.
“Rome is the first Italian city, and one of the first worldwide, to implement Li-Fi in school. We were very enthusiastic to take this opportunity, as it further increased our willingness to bring a “smart”, innovative, and sustainable future to Rome. I am particularly proud that this technology, which is faster, more innovative, efficient, and secure than Wi-Fi will be implemented in a school in Rome. Our students will be at the core of innovation."- These were the words of the mayor Virginia Raggi.
Li-Fi is an innovative wireless technology that uses light waves emitted by LED sources for data transmission. Compared to Wi-Fi, Li-Fi does not emit radio frequencies, and thus it has several advantages. Transmitters can offer a larger bandwidth and eliminate human health risks. In addition, Li-Fi prevents potential external hacker attacks and provides a safe connection, because one can connect to the Li-Fi hotspot only if located under the related light source.
“LiFi is a sustainable connection that eliminates electrosmog. Roma is the first Italian city, and one of the first worldwide, to implement the most innovative version of LiFi technology. We founded To Be with a dream and a vision: to make every light a source of information. This is the LiFi Revolution! Our startup had tremendous growth in the last few months. We are looking for new talents to expand our team and, at the same time, we are working to accelerate our growth by collecting capital from investors"- At the end of his statement, our Founder and CEO Francesco Paolo Russo also announced that we will donate two devices, able to sanitize the environment through light, to the school. These devices will remove fungi, bacteria, and viruses, including COVID-19.
It was an honor to bring LiFi Streaming to the Capital, and in particular to the academic world, which is extremely important for culture, innovation, and our future. It takes courage to work on real innovation and to be the first one to do so.
We hope that starting from the young talents we met yesterday, the light of innovation will bring technological development to our country and will increase the trust in investing in startups.
We still have many dreams to make come true, keep following us and we will do it together!
Li-Fi Arrives in Rome’s Schools
Li-Fi lands at the “Rosetta Rossi Institute” to bring a fast, safe, and sustainable connection.
Li-Fi, which stands for Light Fidelity, is a wireless technology transmitting data through LED light modulation. Li-Fi landed in Rome: the “IC Rosetta Rossi” Institute will be the first Italian school, and one of the first worldwide, to implement LI-Fi!
This project represented another milestone achieved by To Be Srl. Others were the first Li-Fi Museum, Li-Fi ship, and Li-Fi smart office.
For this specific project, we collaborated with industrial and strategic partners such as Signify (previously called Philips Lighting) and TecnoElectric Srl, to implement a Li-Fi system able to connect up to 20 computers and to guarantee modern, innovative, and safe wireless data transmission.
How Does Li-Fi Work?
Li-Fi is a technology working through signal modulation. This signal is emitted by every single LED source: a 0/1 sequence not detectable by the human eye that allows data transmission. Li-Fi falls within the so-called fifth-generation connections, reaching data transmission speed that can be compared to 5G speed, and with a more reliable performance. Using light as a tool for connectivity, in fact, guarantees an affordable and sustainable service.
Li-Fi Characteristics
Light has a spectrum 10'000 times wider than Wi-Fi. Thus, not only does it allow an extremely fast connection, but it also offers a band that is never saturated.
Think about it: today light is an integral part of every indoor environment. It is indispensable, and, thanks to Li-Fi, it can also become a data transmitter without causing interferences in particular environments, hostile to radio waves, such as hospitals. In addition, not emitting radio waves, Li-Fi also represents a safer connection for human health.
All these characteristics make Li-Fi a fast, green, and safe alternative to Wi-Fi.
Another great feature of Li-Fi is that, by using light infrastructure for data transmission, this technology would drastically reduce energy consumption, particularly in the telecommunication and lightning engineering industries. Li-Fi would incentivize the use of cutting-edge LED lamps and would eliminate the energetic consumption related to radio wave emission.
We are talking about a fast, safe, and electrosmog-free connection.
Li-Fi Streaming is a real game-changer.
We are honored to be able to cooperate with Public Administration to spread the light of innovation in our country. Particularly, we aim at bringing innovation to schools, that are a symbol of academic and personal growth, and hope for the future.
With great pleasure, we will donate two devices, capable of sanitizing the environment through light, to Rome's "Rosetta Rossi” Institute.
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