Solar street lights and other street light solutions using advanced solar technology

Scots Scientists Discover New Uses of Solar Street Lights

I can’t imagine how to live without street lights in city. Since invented, the street lights have become a part of our life. But how to make full use of these expensive and seemingly single-use stuff, it is always a problem for city planning engineers. Now several Scots scientists give us a good idea: to provide wireless internet access. There is a most important common ground between the two: the street light and wireless internet transmitter will both cover every corner of the city.

Researchers at Edinburgh University believe data can be transmitted through cutting-edge "D-Light" bulbs - which could be used in homes and as street lighting.

The new light-emitting diode bulbs would remove the need for wireless routers and cables. A central modem would beam data into the bulbs and then to devices in the home.

Project leader Dr Harald Haas said: "You can piggyback existing wireless services on the back of lighting equipment. It should be so cheap that it's everywhere."

The new technology sends data through light, using flickering which is invisible to the human eye.

Dr Haas believes it could be capable of sending one gigabit a second - more than 10 times faster than current network speeds.

A prototype is due to be built next year and the development is being backed with funding from Scottish Enterprise.

Just imagine that, someday we could get access to wireless internet if there is a solar street lights. It will bring us great convenient. And that day may come soon.

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