Welcome to Laser Pointer Forums - discuss green laser pointers, blue laser pointers, and all types of lasers

LPF Donation via Stripe | LPF Donation - Other Methods

Links below open in new window

ArcticMyst Security by Avery

more auto tech using lasers

Joined
Feb 25, 2008
Messages
2,128
Points
63
Yet another thing to add weight to a vehicle and cost an arm & leg to repair. Of course you could probably get by without it in states that don't have inspections.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/this-ford-concept-car-shoots-lasers-to-help-it-see-77806572599.html

The spinning antlers on top of the Ford Fusion Hybrid research vehicle are more than just ornamental. And, in spite of appearances, they’re not there to fend off fellow hybrids during mating season.

They’re actually part of a futuristic detection system the company is looking to implement in self-driving vehicles. The technology is called LiDAR — as in, light and radar. It’s similar to the echolocation found in dolphins, only with light in the place of sound.
 





Joined
Dec 29, 2009
Messages
3,136
Points
63
I would guess that with LiDAR you could actually reproduce a 3D environment, while with standard sonar maybe not have the resolution necessary to "paint" the full picture. It would be neat to have those be retrofittable. Insurance discounts? Government help to pay for device? I still like driving, but if ALL cars were automatic, there could potentially be little to no traffic
 
Last edited:
Joined
Jun 7, 2012
Messages
1,683
Points
63
My small experience with LIDAR is at an old internship of mine they would hire a company to fly over their sites and make an elevation map with the data.
 




Top