Tesla CEO Elon Musk once called LIDAR a “crutch,” something that automakers would find themselves leaning on in order to solve the problem of self-driving. Soon after, Tesla shifted wholly toward ...

While lidar has been around for years, it’s now more affordable and accessible than ever, so we’re seeing this technology show up on a variety of professional applications … and even in the smart home ...

We hear a lot about self-driving cars, but what’s actually in the technology that makes them possible? There are some proprietary systems in the works like AEye’s “iDAR” which uses solid-state lidar, ...

A great many vehicles these days use cameras, radar, and sensors to enable a wide array of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), ranging from blind-spot warning to rear cross-traffic alert—all ...

It wasn't too long ago that the automotive industry was awash with car manufacturers and tech startups proclaiming that self-driving cars were just around the corner. Tesla is perhaps the most famous ...

Luminar’s market cap surged to over $12 billion shortly after its IPO in 2020, but gradually lost value and fizzled after losing a key supply contract with Volvo in November.

It’s in the new iPad Pro tablets, it’s rumored to be coming to the iPhone 12, and a form of it has been appearing in Android phones for the last few years. What exactly is LiDAR, and why would you ...