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The most interesting thing in this article to me is the realization that the Velodyne that makes lidar is the same Velodyne that made subwoofers. I always thou
by redm 9y ago
The most interesting thing in this article to me is the realization that the Velodyne that makes lidar is the same Velodyne that made subwoofers. I always thought they just shared a name.
I wonder how on earth that pivot happened.
- macawfish 9y agoAcoustical engineering is pretty serious stuff... and probably not that far off from LIDAR in a lot of ways.
- drewda 9y agoI found this recent article on the history of Velodyne interesting: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2017/08/08/how-a-34-year-old-audio-equipment-company-is-leading-the-self-driving-car-revolution/#157316765d40 https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2017/08/08/how-a-34...
- cr0sh 9y agoVelodyne (LIDAR) started out of the Darpa Grand Challenge - Team DAD (ie, Team Digital Auto Drive): http://archive.darpa.mil/grandchallenge05/Team_Applicants/Team_DAD.html http://archive.darpa.mil/grandchallenge05/Team_Applicants/Te... Basically, the founder of Velodyne (subwoofers), David Hall, got interested in robotics (from what sounds like the hobby angle, via combat robotics).
- monocasa 9y agoIt's sort of like how Ball both makes mason jars and has an aerospace division. They went from mason jars -> aluminum cans for food -> aluminum cans for satellites.
- bobsil1 9y agoWonder if Dyson will be successful in their leap. Vacuums -> EVs.