Disney researchers are working on the “Linux Light Bulb,” a protocol that flashes out data using visible light, which could eventually be used to enable the “Internet of Toys.” “The bulbs are designed to work with gadgets and toys that may not need a full Wi-Fi or wireless component and instead will read data from the environment,” explains TechCrunch. “The technology is called Visible Light Communication.” According to researcher Stefan Mangold, who created the technology, “Communication with light enables a true Internet of Things as consumer devices that are equipped with LEDs but not radio links could be transformed into interactive communication nodes.”