Travis on the right, me [sic] on the left

Travis DeRose of the excellent Curiosityness podcast — an eclectic and fascinating smorgasbord with episodes spanning the visual effects of Star Wars, how to get started mountain biking, the Presidential Pet Museum, the science of stand-up comedy, and the history of the Internet. For episode 93, Travis tackled lidar with some help from me in my Denver basement.

Curiosityness is available wherever you subscribe to podcasts, and Travis recorded the Zoom call for a YouTube version. We cover a lot of ground, from the iPad/iPhone lidar sensors to self-driving cars to archaeological discoveries enabled by these pulsing lasers that will soon be in millions of pockets.