Photon Reduction Powers New Lidar

Credit: S. Winkvist
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Research Laboratory of Electronics have developed a technology that permits a laser rangefinder to gauge depth by using 1/100th the light of a conventional lidar system and produce images with a scant 1/900th of the light. The rangefinder...

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