LASER stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, and lasers are used for a wide range of purposes. The most common places where lasers are encountered are optical mice, ...

The time: the late-1990s. The place: a Midwest automotive plant. Earl, a tug vehicle operator, is pulling a 60-foot long dolly train loaded with panel racks from an outside rack storage area, and is ...

Today, Maptek is proud to announce our third generation I-Site XR3 and LR3 laser scanners. Smaller and lighter, the new models offer significant improvement in range capability while retaining the ...

As technologies evolve, they typically tend to grow smaller and more convenient. The first computer occupied about 1,800 sf and weighed almost 50 tons. Now they can be carried with us everywhere. The ...

This week has been laser week at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, with two very different laser-based programs hitting major milestones: an inexpensive array of lasers on a single chip ...

Leica Geosystems has introduced the RTC300, RTC500 and RTC700 laser scanners, featuring faster data capture, expanded range ...

No audio available for this content. A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the August 2023 issue of GPS World magazine. The VQ-840-G is a fully integrated ...

For many centuries, the principle of triangulation - that is the geometric measurement using three-point relationships - has been relatively well known. In Europe, the land survey method established ...

Police crash investigators say the scanners provide a more comprehensive picture of a crash scene Police in England are to use new laser scanners at the scene of serious motorway crashes so they can ...