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I'm more excited by the possibility of a small light-weight LIDAR device that can be attached to drones for terrain mapping. My wife is an archaeologist and we
by deftnerd 11y ago
I'm more excited by the possibility of a small light-weight LIDAR device that can be attached to drones for terrain mapping.
My wife is an archaeologist and we've seen lots of discoveries of buried historical sites found by flying over areas with airplanes and expensive (and large) LIDAR systems. It would be great to be able to disrupt that with prosumer equipment.
- bsenftner 11y agoImagine this as a consumer technology: 3d scan your home, car, yard and I'm sure game developers will create titles that "take place" at your home.
- CardenB 11y agoSimilar to project Tango. It uses structured light for the same goals.
- spyder 11y agoIt's already possible to do it with any drone that can take good quality photos: http://www.makerbot.com/blog/tag/uav http://www.makerbot.com/blog/tag/uav The resolution depends on the quality of the pictures and the number of them.
- dimatura 11y agoYou can get a Velodyne "puck", that is light enough for many drones, for around $7k. The problem is that the scan density is not that great, so for many applications (e.g. archaeology) I suspect it's not worth it. Structure from Motion with good imagery can get some pretty good results these days.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI'd hold on until MIT's new tech replaces the need for LIDAR: http://news.mit.edu/2015/algorithms-boost-3-d-imaging-resolution-1000-times-1201 http://news.mit.edu/2015/algorithms-boost-3-d-imaging-resolu...