Optronic Laboratories : Light Measurement Experts

July 14, 2009…The University of California Riverside will receive funding for a five-year project investigating electronic communication capabilities of lights. The researchers point out that in airports, and especially in hospitals, RF communication is prohibited. UCR’s Center for Ubiquitous Communication by Light (UC-Light) will be funded with $3.5 million from the Multicampus Research Program and Initiatives (MRPI) competition within the University of California system.“PDAs, HDTV, information kiosks, computers and laptops all can be interconnected wirelessly through visible light,” said Zhengyuan Xu, a professor of electrical engineering at the Bourns College of Engineering, the principal investigator and director of the new research center. He will investigate the use of LED lights for communication with the help and expertise of researchers in communication, navigation, transportation, networking, and circuit integration from UC Riverside, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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