Neowin News Feed for: Lidar

Former Tesla supplier ends lidar development, focuses on computer vision-based systems

Martin Hodás — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:34:01 +0000

Israeli firm Mobileye is moving its focus from lidar-based self-driving car systems toward cameras, something its old partner did a long time ago. Read more...

Seoul Robotics converts non-autonomous cars into self-driving vehicles

Fiza Ali — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:54:01 +0000

A member of NVIDIA Metropolis, Seoul Robotics, is making cars autonomous by employing an AI-enabled computer vision platform that is backed by NVIDIA CUDA libraries, along with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin. Read more...

Some iPhone 13 models might not get a LiDAR scanner

Usama Jawad — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:06:01 +0000

A new report claims that Apple may not include LiDAR technology in some of its upcoming iPhones after all. The depth measurement capability may only be reserved for the more premium iPhone 13 models. Read more...

LiDAR market to reach $2.9 billion by 2025 due to driverless cars

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 21:12:01 +0000

The analyst firm TrendForce has announced that the LiDAR market's revenue will jump from $682 million in 2020 to $2.9 billion in 2025 as more autonomous vehicles and ADAS-equipped vehicles are made. Read more...

Bosch announces lower cost sensors for self-driving cars

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 14:26:01 +0000

Bosch has announced that it's producing a new, low cost, lidar sensor that would unlock SAE level 3 - 5 vehicles for more people. Lidar is usually prohibitively expensive but this could change things. Read more...

Apple shares details about its autonomous driving research

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:30:01 +0000

Apple shares details about the company's research on self-driving cars for the first time, disclosing the use of VoxelNet software to help autonomous vehicles better detect distant 3D objects. Read more...

The tech alternative to Trump's Mexico wall reportedly has backing from a Trump advisor

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:46:01 +0000

Palmer Luckey has announced plans to develop a tech alternative to Trump's Mexico border wall. He argues that it will be cheaper, and could also be used in other security and defense applications. Read more...

Prison Architect developers announce new game, 'Scanner Sombre' comes out on April 26

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 20:52:01 +0000

The newest game by the developers of Prison Architect has players exploring inside a cave system in complete darkness with only a LIDAR scanner to illuminate the cave walls and its mysteries. Read more...

Mysterious Apple van spurs self-driving cars rumors

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:08:01 +0000

A minivan, reportedly leased to Apple, has been making the rounds in a small town in California spurring speculation that the company might be looking into developing self-driving cars. Read more...