{"id":115955,"date":"2020-11-17T04:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/researchers-describe-a-new-beam-scanning-device-utilizing-photonic-crystals"},"modified":"2020-11-17T04:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:22:17","slug":"researchers-describe-a-new-beam-scanning-device-utilizing-photonic-crystals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/researchers-describe-a-new-beam-scanning-device-utilizing-photonic-crystals","title":{"rendered":"Researchers describe a new beam scanning device utilizing \u2018photonic crystals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-describe-a-new-beam-scanning-device-utilizing-photonic-crystals.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scanning lasers\u2014from barcode scanners at the supermarket to cameras on newer smartphones\u2014are an indispensable part of our daily lives, relying on lasers and detectors for pinpoint precision.<\/p>\n<p>Distance and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/object+recognition\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">object recognition<\/a> using LiDAR\u2014a portmanteau of light and radar\u2014is becoming increasingly common: reflected <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/laser\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">laser<\/a> beams record the surrounding environment, providing crucial data for autonomous cars, agricultural machines, and factory robots.<\/p>\n<p>Current technology bounces the laser beams off of moving mirrors, a mechanical method that results in slower scanning speeds and inaccuracies, not to mention the large physical size and complexity of devices housing a laser and mirrors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scanning lasers\u2014from barcode scanners at the supermarket to cameras on newer smartphones\u2014are an indispensable part of our daily lives, relying on lasers and detectors for pinpoint precision. Distance and object recognition using LiDAR\u2014a portmanteau of light and radar\u2014is becoming increasingly common: reflected laser beams record the surrounding environment, providing crucial data for autonomous cars, agricultural [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,1512,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-mobile-phones","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}