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The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[โ€“] meeker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] cyd@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year 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.