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A lot of companies (such as Google/ABC Waymo) are actually looking into Lidar applications. Sonar is good, but Lidar is an order of magnitude faster. In fact, 1
by jasonjei 9y ago
A lot of companies (such as Google/ABC Waymo) are actually looking into Lidar applications. Sonar is good, but Lidar is an order of magnitude faster. In fact, 1,000,000 times faster than speed of sound.
- metamet 9y agoHave they overcome the hacking/tricking issues they were having a few years ago yet? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/07/hackers-trick-self-driving-cars-lidar-sensor https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/07/hackers-t... Side note: I can't help but be reminded of Napoleon Dynamite's Liger whenever I see Lidar. Makes me smile.
- knodi123 9y agoHow timely. That's the very topic of today's xkcd. https://www.xkcd.com/1958/ https://www.xkcd.com/1958/ Short version: Regular cars are vulnerable to malicious actors, too, but luckily most people aren't murderers.