Short answer: not really. The technology and the way it's being applied is easily replicable without a lot of R&D money. There's also a level of detail resoluti

Short answer: not really. The technology and the way it's being applied is easily replicable without a lot of R&D money. There's also a level of detail resolution that this lacks, so whilst it's great for a quick and dirty look, it's not got the power of serious machinery. That being said, I expect we'll see a v2 of this, based on more dedicated purpose hardware, which would reduce the cost down to the low four or even possibly mid three figures in the not too distant future. It's a genuinely interesting development. Source: best friend works in this field, so whilst I'm not an expert, I have more than passing familiarity with this.