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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by qgin on Saturday April 19, 2025 @06:40PM (#43740047)
They wanted to sell “self driving ready” packages 10 years ago, when LiDAR actually was expensive. So at the time, they had to make big deal about LiDAR being unnecessary.
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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by mcny on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:11PM (#43740796)
But now it has come down in price reportedly by more than a factor of ten so at some point a logical person would revisit that decision
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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by starkruzr on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:39PM (#43740914)
it's not only about logic; his ego is now involved in it which virtually guarantees it will never be revisited.
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Re:Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner by seb1204 on Saturday April 19, 2025 @10:29PM (#43741106)
Would this not also be the case had Tesla embraced the tech and installed thousands into their cars?
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