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The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Phones already include LiDAR. Apple has included it in every iPhone Pro/Pro Max since the 12.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I think those use normal VCSELs. To justify using PCSELs, maybe it would be lidars for long range sensing, like range finding over dozens of meters or something.