What’s the difference between Laser Radar and LIDAR technology? Article by John Smits, Gary Confalone, and Tom Kinnare – ECM A question frequently asked by our clients is, “What’s the difference between Laser-Radar and LIDAR technology?” It’s a question without a simple answer. Confusion between the two is understandable. Their names are nearly synonymous and the terms are often used interchangeably. […]
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RADAR SURVEY TEAM USES NEW INNOVATION FOR FASTER SURVEYS The Radar Survey section of the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, recently obtained new technology that revolutionizes how they survey terrain and man-made features. That new technology is a 3-D terrestrial laser scanner called the Riegl VZ-2000i. As the nation’s only long-range radar evaluation unit, the […]
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The co-founder of Starsky Robotics believes that for the use case involving long haul trucks running over interstate highways that lidar is not needed. Let’s see what you think of the arguments. This is a guest post in IEEE Spectrum by Kartik Tiwari. Last year a partner at a well-known Silicon Valley venture firm wouldn’t take a meeting with me […]
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The Research Fab Microelectronics (FMD) in Berlin, Germany is the single access point for customers to a broad variety of technological competencies in the field of LiDAR solutions. This significant investment by Fraunhofer Microelectronics in cooperation with the Leibniz Institutes FBH and IHP, is all about being positioned for the future in autonomous vehicle, industrial lidar fabrication and much more. Christoph […]
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