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tempusmaster
02-18-2008, 06:09 PM
Most of us understand how conventional 2D video camera sensors work, and we know how lasers can be used to determine distances to a target. What if we could combine the two technologies? If a laser pulse could be split optically into a grid, say 128 by 128, and used to scan a target so that the delay times of the reflected pulse 'pixels' tell us the distance to the...

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