Category Archives: Technology

Laser Scanner Compensator Market Research

Posted on September 2, 2010 by lidar

Evon is conducting a survey of laser scanner users to see if they are using level compensators. Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Research, Technology | Leave a comment

Laser Scanning and Machine Control

Posted on August 30, 2010 by lidar

In the most recent edition of Machine Control Online managing Editor and Co-Founder Randy Nolan did a little gazing into his crystal ball to see what might result from a combination of laser scanning and machine control. Continue reading →

Posted in Construction, Technology | 1 Comment

Building a 3D Laser Scanner

Posted on August 27, 2010 by lidar

In case you are looking for a weekend project and you have not had your fill of laser scanning and LiDAR have a quick look at the following video. Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Technology | Leave a comment

Velodyne LiDAR Gets Smaller and Lighter

Posted on August 26, 2010 by lidar

The first Velodyne LiDAR weighed 100 pounds and was 30 inches in diameter. Velodyne built this unit to guide their autonomous vehicle in the 2005 DARPA Challenge. There was so much interest from the competitors in the LiDAR that Velodyne … Continue reading →

Posted in Business Development, Marketing, Technology | Leave a comment

LiDAR Based Vehicle Identification

Posted on August 24, 2010 by lidar

The Transportation Research Board – the TRB recently announced the continuation of a research project with the Univ. of Akron, Ohio that is looking into the use of LiDAR to identify highway vehicles at speed. Continue reading →

Posted in Orgs, Research, Technology | Leave a comment

Comparison of Wind LiDARs and Mobile Project Planning

Posted on August 18, 2010 by lidar

This short article provides valuable insight on selecting the right type of wind measuring LiDAR to match what you are trying to measure. Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Technology | 1 Comment

Laser Scanning Backpack

Posted on August 11, 2010 by lidar

I am sure there is some additional commercialization to be done, but this has the potential to open up some new laser scanning opportunities, both indoors and out. Continue reading →

Posted in Research, Technology | 1 Comment

The Surveyor and Laser Scanning

Posted on August 4, 2010 by lidar

Laser scanning and machine control are new opportunities that need to be embraced, not ignored. Continue reading →

Posted in Business Development, Technology | 1 Comment

Inside the iRacing.com Laser Scanning Operation

Posted on August 1, 2010 by lidar

Inside the iRacing.com Laser Scanning Operation video Continue reading →

Posted in Business Development, Technology | 2 Comments

Shape Extraction from Point Clouds in AutoCAD

Posted on July 29, 2010 by lidar

Autodesk Labs has recently announced the availability of a new “Point Cloud Shape Extraction Plug-in for AutoCAD”. Continue reading →

Posted in Business Development, Research, Technology | 2 Comments