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University. he calls it lifi. we can't see it but huge amounts of data are firing across this space? >> across this space. >> reporter: just by light? >> just by light. >> reporter: let's try this then. wow, there you go. that is fast. almost any light can be fitted with a lifi transmitter like here in this classroom in the uk where schoolchildren are trying the new technology. >> i think the light gives internet, it's quite amazing. >> reporter: and at this year's mobile world congress grown-ups got to try it, too. >> i never knew you could get wi-fi from a light. >> reporter: lifi says the

Professor, can be used where conventional wireless technology fails or is forbidden. and because light doesn't go through walls the way wi-fi is lifi is ideal for data protection, here being tested in a server room within the u.s. health care service. >> we're actually controlling that from the lifi workstation here. >> reporter: and it's fast, very fast. up to seven times faster than conventional wi-fi. >> you can download an entire dvd in a couple of seconds. >> reporter: the end of download frustration? >> the end of download frustration. >> reporter: it is an illuminating thought when you'...