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The End of Deadzones and Japan’s new Laser Gunship

In this episode, Ray covers December Tech News! T-Mobile's groundbreaking Starlink satellite beta promises to eliminate dead zones using your regular phone with no special equipment needed. Also discussed: Japan's ship-mounted laser weapon with unlimited ammo, China's record-breaking 387 mph maglev train, Rivian challenging Tesla's camera-only approach with LiDAR, Google's Gemini-powered smart glasses, and physicists 3D printing ice sculptures just

Ray Cochrane

Velodyne LiDAR at CES

Lidar is a version of radar that uses laser light rather than radio waves to measure distance and although it may seem like a new technology, it's been around since the 60s. It's come to greater prominence recently as it's been used as one of the sensing technologies both for 3D mapping and driverless vehicles. Jamie and Todd find out

Andrew