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'expected' is the key word here. Getting an esoteric new technology from a proof of concept in the lab to the mass market doesn't happen overnight, but when it
by Fricken 10y ago
'expected' is the key word here. Getting an esoteric new technology from a proof of concept in the lab to the mass market doesn't happen overnight, but when it does, and after it's been through a few product cycles, it tends to get cheap.
- EpicEng 10y agoRight, technology advances over time. Not sure what you're arguing here. Nothing is on the market at a lower price point, and the conversation you jumped into was in response to someone calling LIDAR obsolete. Of course something will eventually come out which is better and cheaper, but it ain't here yet.
- Fricken 10y agoVelodyne has announced they'll have early production models for testing this summer, with full production before the end of the year. The lawsuit won't even be done before the technology they're fighting over is obsolete. C'mon, now. It just shows the lawsuit isn't actually about protecting some kind of invaluable trade secret, that's just a tool for punishing Levandowski and Uber for hatching this scheme.
- joshuamorton 10y agoThat's an awful lot of assumptions in one sentence.
- Animats 10y agoFlash LIDAR from ASC [1] works fine. DoD and Space-X have been using it for years. It costs $50K/unit because it has custom ICs made with a nonstandard InGaAs process produced in tiny quantities. The units are hand-made in Santa Barbara, CA. Continental, the big German auto parts company, bought ASC, and is putting the technology into mass production. Continental says they can get the price way down, and they probably can. There are also about a half dozen other flash LIDAR startups, some of which might even ship someday. [1] http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/products/peregrine.html http://www.advancedscientificconcepts.com/products/peregrine...