Welcome to 2021. Last year—and, indeed, early this year—we fingered the fabric of democracy, continued to eviscerate the environment, and mismanaged the worst…
Author: Dr. A. Stewart Walker
Remote Sensing and Wildfires
Tools that make a difference
Monday 2 November saw the opening session of RS Fire 2020: The Remote Sensing & Wildland Fire Symposium Series, an event run by…
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
It seems to have been an interminable summer, followed by a prolonged Fall. The political situation in several countries has hit severe turbulence….
Energy at Quanergy
Markets accelerate beyond automotive
Readers of LIDAR Magazine know that suppliers of lidar sensors who cater primarily to automotive customers have been making a big difference to…
AV Lidar Needs Software Too
DeepRoute spearheads global AV industry with innovative technologies
DeepRoute.ai Ltd., which is based in Shenzen, China, with facilities in Beijing and Fremont, California, takes us further into an area that has…
More gems from lidar online events
Fall 2020 LiDAR Workshop and more
I’ve written before, on this site, as well as in the print editions, about the stream of rich content that has become available…
Schott at the Sharp Edge
Precision glass-ceramics influence signal strength
Today’s geospatial reality involves a world awash with sensors. As developers seek to embed lidar technology in ever smaller, increasingly mobile installations, the…
Velodyne’s Journey
Lidar Drives the Autonomous Revolution
We arranged to interview Velodyne Lidar’s new CEO, Dr. Anand Gopalan, in mid-January 2020—only ten days after Anand was promoted and founder David…
Intel Makes Lidar Too
Renowned chip-maker launches low-cost lidar
As part of our series on lidar players in Silicon Valley, we were keen to talk to Intel Corporation. Our curiosity about the…
Intelligence at the Speed of Light
Silicon Valley start-up enjoys automotive investment
LIDAR Magazine last visited Cepton Technologies in San Jose at the end of 2017, just as the firm was preparing to move into…