To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures ...

That small dark circle near the rear cameras on certain iPhone Pro models isn't another camera. It's the LiDAR scanner, a sensor that helps your iPhone figure out how far away nearby surfaces and ...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...

Lidar data collected using NOAA survey aircraft reveals a top-down and side view of Loggerhead Key Lighthouse, Dry Tortugas, Florida. NOAA scientists use lidar-generated products to examine both ...

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with John Hagan, president of Our Climate Common. In the remote northern half ...

States using lidar, machine learning and satellite imagery to monitor landslides that threaten communities and infrastructure ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ...