Internet access with ... street lights

Scotland is conducting an interesting project: Building smart streetlights, capable of providing high-speed wireless Internet access for portable devices.

In the first phase, six solar-powered streetlights, using Internet cables, were erected inside the campus of Abertay University.

As expected, from now until the end of the year, the project developers will continue to deploy 4,000 light posts of this type in the student village.

These lampposts will use light-emitting diode technology (LED) to provide bright light, while the amount of electricity consumed by solar panels is very small. During the day, even in cloudy, overcast weather, these battery panels are still automatic, diligent and hard to make use of the light to fully charge.

In essence, this is Singapore's unique StarSight technology, with the idea of ​​integrating n-in-1 features into street lights that staggered across the street. Not only can people find light, Wi-Fi Internet access here, but in the future, they can come here to . charge cell phones, PDAs and laptops.

The goal of the manufacturer is clear: municipal and provincial governments can use this technology, both local lighting and exploiting profits.

For example, they may charge people every time they access the Internet, or charge the battery, of course with a negligible amount. But with a city of about 4 million people like Hanoi, how big is the potential of this technology?

An innovative project

Analysts say that this project is highly feasible, because the initial cost of installing technology infrastructure is not large, as the urban lighting system is available. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi technology will be set to the door of every household in the city, and people, have never had the opportunity to approach such high technology.

Now that it is over, with the clean energy use, it is clear that this project will help the government save a small amount of electricity, not to mention it also has environmental protection effects.

According to Thien Y (BBC)