Could anyone throw some insight on how this would help sensors in future (apart from low power consumption)? Reference from the article - "Further down the roa

Could anyone throw some insight on how this would help sensors in future (apart from low power consumption)? Reference from the article - "Further down the road, this research could be used in applications such as LIDAR, the light radar technology used to guide self-driving vehicles and the eyes of a robot; brain ultrasound imaging; and new environmental biosensors. "