As lidar sensors on cars become increasingly common, it's important to be aware of how this system can potentially ruin the ...

Public service announcement: don’t point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. A video recently shared on Reddit demonstrates why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top of a ...

YouTube tech celeb Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, has discovered that his expensive iPhone 16 Pro camera can be permanently cooked by the lasers from self-driving cars. Brownlee noticed a ...

A car’s lidar sensor can permanently damage your phone camera if you point it directly at it. A Galaxy S24 Ultra owner reported similar damage after attending a laser-heavy light show. Experts warn ...

To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures ...

The recent revelation of damage to cameras by the 1550-nanometer Luminar lidar on a Volvo EX90 has roiled the debate of the merits of 905-nm lasers compared to 1550-nm lasers for use in automotive ...