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Pole suddenly popped up in my local park, anyone know what it is?
- rapnie 7y agoFor anyone who is curious: this device which is apparently LIDAR suddenly appeared in a small park in Groningen, The Netherlands. Unsure for what purpose it was placed there.
- jaclaz 7y agoAnd - from the supposed manufacturer site - here: https://ouster.com/products/os1-lidar-sensor https://ouster.com/products/os1-lidar-sensor It is not exactly a "cheap" piece of hardware: >OS1-16 Available now for $3,500 >OS1-64 Available now for $12,000 or $8,000 for non-profit research >OS1-128 Available now for $18,000 or $12,000 for non-profit research hence - probably - the need for the collar with the spikes. Maybe I am a pessimist, but set aside specifically Groningen (NL), which may well be an exception, I would estimate the durability of such a thing (I mean before being stolen or vandalized) in an "average" park in two-three days (or nights).
- mandelbrotwurst 7y agoI might call that optimism given the nature of the device.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoLooks very similar to the equipment Lucky Palmer’s new company is selling to the US gov for virtual border fencing.
- ncmncm 7y agoAs a one-off construction, it appears more likely to be a research project than surveillance.