This time scientists from Japanese Sakura State managed to create a new invention that is small electronic lamps that can float in the air. The Luciola project is the name of this lamp as a result of its resemblance to a small, glowing animal at night, a firefly.
The lights of this very small size are 3.5 mm in diameter, and using very lightweight materials that weigh only 16.2 mg, do not forget to also add a red light as a light source of the tool, as quoted by Reuters.
1#. Small lights that can drift by using ultrasonic waves
This new discovery has made the development of technology in the world more advanced in the future. The small lights can float and move anywhere, using just 285 microspeakers (small / micro loudspeakers) that can generate ultransonic waves.
This wave that will make light 'fireflies' can float and move wherever when ordered through a computer system. The microspeaker itself has been programmed in such a way as to have a sound frequency that can not be heard by the human ear, and this makes the Luciola Project work in total silence.
2#. It takes about 2 (two) years of development for the Luciola Project to reach so far
According to Makoto Takamiya Circuit Design Specialist who is incorporated in ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project team, they will need at least 2 (two) years to develop the Luciola Project until finally reaching this point.
Although it is not completely perfect yet and still needs a lot of developments and further renewal, they still believe that in the next 10 (ten) years this Luciola Project can be a micro light that changes the world. Makoto also hopes the 'firefly' lamp will have a connection to the smartphone, thus creating the ideal conditions for their creation to help people find answers to their everyday problems.
3#. Can be used for moving display to projection mapping
Developers of the Luciola Project hope this tool can be applied to various types of platforms that are often remembered as "The Internet of Things", such as cars and home appliances that can connect to the network to send and receive data. But the initial goal of making this tool is to assist humans in making the display move up to projection mapping.
The Luciola project is equipped with moving sensors or body temperature, so that these small lights can fly to a particular object or create a moving display with some light that can detect human presence. In addition, the 'firefly' lamp can help humans in their participation to make futuristic projecting mapping that is very necessary in the future.
