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I have a friend who worked at ASC and got to play with their "Portable 3D Flash LIDAR Camera Kit"[1] a few years after you saw the tech on an optical bench. Pai

by jonah 11y ago

I have a friend who worked at ASC and got to play with their "Portable 3D Flash LIDAR Camera Kit"[1] a few years after you saw the tech on an optical bench. Paired with a optical video camera, you get a full-color 3d scene in realtime 30fps. Pretty neat. Their stuff is much smaller and more advanced now and they're pushing the OEM angle pretty hard[2]. [1] http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/products/older-products/portable.html http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/products/older-pro... [2] http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/applications/automotive.htm http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/applications/autom...

Animats 11y ago
They've made a lot of progress. But their site says "The ASCar website is not providing product or company details at this time. The company will begin promoting its products in 2015." Getting the price down by three orders of magnitude is tough for a small startup, especially since the technology pushes the limits of the technology at the high price point.
- jonah 11y ago
  (They're still small, but have been around since 1987.) My office is right next door to ASCar's. I won't say much because it's probably privileged information but let's just say things seem to be coming along quite nicely.