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Designing a Passive Lidar Detector Device (atredis.com)
MezzoDelCammin 13 hours ago [-]
I admit it's a nice experiment, but I guess the title should be "detecting iPhone Lidar".

Both the 60Hz frequency and 940nm wavelength are fairly specific. There's a whole world of different wavelengths (1550nm is fairly common) and frequencies (up to 1MHz isn't particularly exceptional).

There's been a whole thread on the topic here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46110395

aidenn0 2 hours ago [-]
Right, I wonder if they considered a pulse-detector with a dichroic filter and a 555?
MPSimmons 10 hours ago [-]
Agreed, I immediately thought of vehicles, but this is cool too.
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vzaliva 11 hours ago [-]
If you are sensitive to flashing - do not try to open this link. It is impossible to read because of videos of flashing lights.
elric 8 hours ago [-]
Makes me wonder about how safe lidar is for humam and animal eyeballs?
garbagewoman 7 hours ago [-]
The videos are of invisible wavelengths of light transformed into visible light. Why does that make you ponder the safety of the infrared light?
BrianGragg 10 hours ago [-]
Reader view ftw!
486sx33 6 hours ago [-]
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_jzlw 4 days ago [-]
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