Today, Velodyne is announcing a "a groundbreaking design for a solid-state lidar sensor that can deliver a subsystem cost of under $50 U.S. when sold in high-volume manufacturing scale.Before:After ?:What you're seeing is the GaN integrated circuit…

World's Smallest Cyclocopter: 29 gramsInnovative carbon composite rotor blades (0.12 grams each) and pitch links (10 milligrams), sub-millimeter accuracy, custom 1.3-gram autopilot.Cyclocopters get particularly interesting at very small scales…

4-channel LIDAR laserDimensions 8 mm x 5 mmPeak optical output 85 W at 30 A per channelWavelength 905 nmPulse length < 5 nsOperating voltage 24 VThe overall lidar system covers 120 degrees in the horizontal plane, with 0.1 degree of resolution, and…