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ByteLight Solves Indoor GPS Mapping Problem With LED Lighting
By Gina Clifford http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2013/01/bytelight-indoor-mapping/ We’ve taken something that’s been around since Edison and turned it into a way of transmitting information.” -Dan Ryan, CTO of ByteLight Dan Ryan and Aaron Ganick, both Electrical Engineers, met at Boston University as undergrads. They became quick friends as they continued to bump into each other in class and […]
Boston University LED Lighting Retrofits
from BU Sustainability website Have you noticed the lights on campus are changing? Over the past few months the University has been upgrading outdoor lights on buildings across campus and replacing the old metal halide bulbs with more energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. LED bulbs use less power (watts) relative to the amount of […]
Thomas Little Appointed Associate Dean for Educational Initiatives
By Mark Dwortzan Dean Kenneth R. Lutchen has appointed Professor Thomas D.C. Little (ECE, SE) as the College of Engineering’s associate dean for Educational Initiatives. Little will be responsible for overseeing, implementing, catalyzing and designing new and existing College-wide and cross-college or school educational initiatives that involve innovation in curriculum design or course delivery […]
ByteLight Emerges from Stealth Mode with $1.25 Million in Funding for “GPS-like” Indoor Positioning System
The company, founded by Boston University alumni, can pinpoint indoor location and movement in real-time with market-leading accuracy using LED lighting, creating a new mobile-based services platform for retail, commercial, and corporate enterprise customers. CAMBRIDGE, MA, October 16, 2012 – ByteLight, a provider of LED (light-emitting diode) based indoor positioning technology, today announced that it […]
Using Overhead Lights for Wireless Communications Promises to Substantially Increase the Capacity of Existing Wireless Networks
Outcome/Accomplishment Researchers from the NSF Smart Lighting Center have demonstrated the capacity for novel energy-efficient LED lighting to provide data access networks that are complementary to existing wireless systems. By modeling the line-of-sight characteristics of light and the capacity for light to be used to communicate data bits, LED lighting has been shown to have […]
LEDs Could Lead You Right to a Discount
Monday, February 13, 2012 A startup believes combining LED technology and smart-phone apps will offer precise indoor location data. When you go to the grocery store, chances are you find yourself hunting for at least a couple of items on your list. Wouldn’t it be easier if your smart phone could just give you turn-by-turn […]
ENG Alumni Develop Indoor ‘GPS’ Through LED Lighting
From an office building in Kendal Square, two Boston University alumni have developed technology that can connect people with the businesses and environments around them through LED lighting. Aaron Ganick and Dan Ryan , 2010 graduates of College of Engineering, will soon launch a company called ByteLight. Their startup focuses on transmitting information from LED […]
Registration Available for Smart Lighting ERC Conference
Smart Spaces: Smart Lighting ERC Industry-Academia Days 2012 February 13-14, 2012 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Register Online Learn more about the Smart Lighting Conference at RPI Imagine a world where efficient, digital lighting makes us healthier and more productive, produces significant energy savings, and even provides wireless, optical access to the internet. The […]
Moving Mapping Technology Indoors
By Scott Kirsner November 20, 2011 We’ve all had the experience of trying to find a particular product in a big box store apparently devoid of employees, or roaming the aisles of a vast convention center searching for a booth. While GPS displays in our cars or mapping apps on our phones can guide us […]
Postdoctoral Research Opportunity
For start date of September 1, 2012 We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the Multimedia Communications Lab (MCL) supported by our research program in optical wireless communication, networking, and immersive lighting as part of the NSF Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center. Our research is focused on a broad set of systems topics including […]