LIDAR

BILI - New NASA instrument could 'sniff' for life on Mars

The Bio-Indicator Lidar Instrument, or BILI is a fluorescence-based lidar, a type of remote-sensing instrument similar to radar in principle and operation. 

Nov 02, 2016, 12:50 PM IST

Now, an `ultrafast` processor capable of transmitting data using light

Further down the road, this research could be used in applications such as LIDAR, the light radar technology used to guide self-driving vehicles and the eyes of a robot; brain ultrasound imaging; and new environmental biosensors.

Dec 28, 2015, 10:04 AM IST