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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[So we can make everything look like Radiohead's «House of Cards»?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[allenvanhellen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 7:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Amazing song,]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate R]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 7:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[PEW PEW!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigSarge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 7:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why does the scan of that person make him look handicapped?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[marky-b]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 7:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cause to robots, all fleshbags are handicapped.<br>also that house looks like cs_estate.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spazzjunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 8:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[This isn't something that was just unearthed. This isn't even anything new....  People have been doing this exact same thing for years.  The "bouncing lasers off of mirrors" is done by a commercial SICK laser, what's novel about any of this thing?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Salamon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 8:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[blah blah blah.  Well I for one enjoyed reading it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[amneziac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 11:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah it's the same as the DARPA challenge except they used generally fewer sensors and a smaller vehicle.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maveric101]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 1:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Great, this thing is perfect for when Skynet wants to go site seeing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kal326]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 8:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seen is before... on TV... Stargate, anyone? *lol*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ex.ex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 9:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yep, we're good to go if we can just find that stargate..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cmil1212]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 11:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't see the laser canon?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 9:24AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nobody mentioned anything about a "cannon". Firing a laser doesn't require a gun. This is like sonar, except with beams of light instead of sound waves. They bounce back, the drone calculates shapes based on the time it takes for each beam to return. The laser takes pictures. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rogue_Genius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 2:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[This would be awesome for video gaming.  You can actually be an interactive characters within games.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[X S e K S e e X]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow... totally not new. 3D scanning with SICK LIDAR is at least 5-6 years old. There are many techniques to moving the SICK scanner while registering the data with other sensors (namely cameras). Every DARPA Grand Challenge (and Urban Challenge) team did or tried to implement such system. It even appears most of this data was post-processed and the maps weren't built up in real-time, which is really challenging part. The technology is none-the-less cool and useful, but nothing about it is new or novel.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Draco098]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dey turk our jerbs!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigD145]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 1:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[An dey turk our gud speelings!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shadyman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 21st 2009 12:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[I know whats going to be in Modern Warfare 3. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Special Agent Steve]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2009 4:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on 3D mapping drone fires lasers from a mile away (video)]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/3d-mapping-drone-fires-off-lasers-from-a-mile-away-video/</guid><description><![CDATA[Imagine if Google bought one of these and it became the new google maps trike for mapping street view areas? If they overlayed this data with their street view, I wonder if they could make a simple interactive 3d map?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[l3reak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 19th 2009 12:19AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
