Imagine getting an internet signal from your lights at home.

A partnership between NASA and a company developing such technology is just the beginning. It could eventually impact future missions to deep space and our everyday life.

"It has the ability to supply you with internet and all forms of wireless communication," said John Pederson, LVX System CEO.

Sounds like WIFI -- but that's not what Pederson is talking about.

To understand it consider this: all the lights in Pederson's office are LED, not flourescent.

And, unlike WIFI, which is a radio frequency that can transmit through walls and buildings, the light, or photons, has the ability to securely stream high speed data using just a USB port on a computer.

"And that connection is totally secure to the light in the ceiling," said Pederson.

Pederson's company has the first-ever patent on this technology.

Right now test beds include the Brevard County School System, Titusville City Hall and some other Central Florida businesses.

They said the wireless applications are endless -- places like hospitals, coffee shops and your home.

Even space travel -- which is where NASA and the Kennedy Space Center come in.

"Think about what we call the copper path, think about the wiring we could get rid of. Just simply by using lights as our last link between whatever computer system we have and whatever the crew needs to use it for," said KSC research scientist Eirick Holbert.

LVX moved its headquarters from Minnesota to the Space Coast, anticipating the light technology would soon shine brightly.

And as it does, so too does the company of 40 employees, who soon will bring the significant hiring of more and more local workers who once worked for the shuttle program before it shutdown.

On Thursday Pederson, a self-professed NASA nut, met with Kennedy Space Center President Bob Cabana about the new Space Act signed between his company and the space agency.

The group thinks these type of LED lights are ideal for long duration space travel.

They are easier on the eyes than conventional lighting, which would help astronauts sleep and perform better.