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          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
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    • A Beard Cut Short
      • “Beard” Extras
      • “A Beard Cut Short” Errata
    • A Brief History of Automotive Lidar
    • The Laser That’s Changing the World
      • Extras: The Laser That’s Changing the World
        • Lidar History Timeline
        • Photos and video: The Laser That’s Changing the World
          • “Ancient” History
          • Alamosa and NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory
          • Automotive
          • Carnegie Mellon
          • Cyra Technologies and CyArk
          • Direct Dimensions
          • Firepond
          • ILMF 2018
          • Mcity
          • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the GGAO
          • Near Earth Autonomy
          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
      • Reviews: The Laser That’s Changing the World
    • From Jars to the Stars
      • From Jars to the Stars: Reviews
      • Deep Impact multimedia
      • From Jars to the Stars: Errata
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    • A Beard Cut Short
      • “Beard” Extras
      • “A Beard Cut Short” Errata
    • A Brief History of Automotive Lidar
    • The Laser That’s Changing the World
      • Extras: The Laser That’s Changing the World
        • Lidar History Timeline
        • Photos and video: The Laser That’s Changing the World
          • “Ancient” History
          • Alamosa and NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory
          • Automotive
          • Carnegie Mellon
          • Cyra Technologies and CyArk
          • Direct Dimensions
          • Firepond
          • ILMF 2018
          • Mcity
          • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the GGAO
          • Near Earth Autonomy
          • Point Clouds
          • Wallops, Optech, Chu and NCAR
      • Reviews: The Laser That’s Changing the World
    • From Jars to the Stars
      • From Jars to the Stars: Reviews
      • Deep Impact multimedia
      • From Jars to the Stars: Errata
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Soccer team walks through New York-New York casino in Las Vegas

So you’re chaperoning a soccer team in Las Vegas

sports, Transportation, TravelMay 17, 2021214Views0Likes0Comments
"Game time" means different things to different New York-New York patrons. First of all, my condolences. But then, you will have the pleasure of watching several youth soccer games in succession, most likely under a ridiculously hot sun. That aside, here are a few tips to make your stay more pleasant – and, perhaps, keep your…

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A Brief History of Automotive Lidar

Business, lidar, Transportation, UncategorizedFebruary 22, 2021251Views0Likes0Comments
Most of this brief history went unchanged, being history. But lidar’s been a continuing story, so some updates were in order.

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Lidar (and me) on the Curiosityness podcast

Business, General Science, lidar, Media, TransportationSeptember 15, 2020271Views0Likes0Comments
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…

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A chaperoning hellscape, courtesy of American Airlines

Business, Transportation, TravelFebruary 12, 2020245Views0Likes1Comment
Not Phoenix, Arizona, courtesy of American Airlines A buddy and I – two dads on either side of 50 – chaperoned a group of twenty 14- and 15-year-old girls from here in Denver to a soccer tournament in Phoenix (the Desert Classic) last weekend. I write this as a public service to share with the chaperoning public the very…

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A Q&A with Velodyne

Business, lidar, TransportationMay 23, 2019244Views0Likes0Comments
The world according to Velodyne's VLS-128, since renamed the Alpha Puck. (Courtesy Velodyne) I wrote quite a bit about Velodyne in The Laser That's Changing the World -- David Hall, the company's founder and CEO, is a brilliant engineer who developed the lidar sensor that paved they way for the first great leaps in vehicle autonomy,…

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