LIDAR Imaging Detector Could Build 'Super Road Maps' Of Planets And Moons Date: May 16, 2008 Source: Rochester Institute of Technology Summary: Technology that could someday "MapQuest" Mars and ...

LIDAR works by measuring the time it takes for light to travel from a laser beam to an object and back into a light detector. The new detector can be used to measure distance, speed and rotation.

The group from the Rochester Institute of Technology hope that their device, which uses light detection and ranging (LIDAR), will help NASA spacecraft to land safely. "Our motivation is to develop ...

A project led by Heriot-Watt University has developed a novel single-photon detection system set to improve the performance of lidar systems.. Described in Optica, the detector "can generate ...

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Technology that could someday “MapQuest” Mars and other bodies in the solar system is under development at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, in collaboration ...