Researchers develop reconfigurable MIMO-based self-powered battery-less light communication system

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-reconfigurable-mimo-based-powered-battery.html

"simultaneously decodes lightwave information (photodiodes configured to track light beams)/ harvests energy... mitigates beam wandering/ misalignment... toggles between: (1) single-input single-output prioritizing efficient energy harvesting: 25.7 Mbps maximum gross data rate, (2) multiple-input multiple-output prioritizing high-speed communication: 85.2 Mbps net data rate... powering IoT devices using the energy harvested"