[Shane Ormonde] recently learned how to measure distance using just a webcam, a laser, and everyone’s favorite math — trigonometry. Since then he’s thrown the device onto a stepper motor, and now has ...

Advanced laser mapping has revealed more than 60,000 ancient Mayan structures beneath the jungles of northern Guatemala. Set across dozens of hidden cities, the discoveries include houses, palaces and ...

A laser-shooting eye in the sky has revealed the previously unappreciated size and complexity of ancient Maya civilization, both before and during its presumed heyday, scientists say. Maya people in ...

In an age where every square mile of Earth’s surface is so easily photographed and surveilled, to be a true explorer—to see what no human has ever seen before—one has to descend into the bowels of the ...

From goofy to erudite, more than three dozen theories have attempted to explain the origins of grassy mounds that dot the prairies of Southwest Washington. The latest twist won’t settle the debate, ...

Orinda retiree Ben Kacyra has made the biggest contribution to archeological research since Indiana Jones added the bullwhip to his field kit. Kacyra, who made his fortune as an inventor and civil ...

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It was created in the labs at the University of California, Davis -- and it promises to save money and time, while also improving safety for Caltrans surveyors.Mobile Terrestrial Laser System ...

Nottingham, UK, 15 September 2009 – 3D Laser Mapping has launched a new safety monitoring system that automatically detects tiny movements in slopes and walls in open pit mines. Using advanced laser ...

Police in Queensland, Australia are starting to use environment-scanning equipment designed for caving and mine-mapping to create 3D diagrams of crime scenes. The Zebedee handheld mapping scanner was ...

Pictured is iPin, an existing iPhone accessory that turns the smartphone into a laser pointer. Apple is reportedly planning a laser that would record information around the iPhone. Conary Enterprises ...

Nottingham, UK, 01 October 2012 – South African based mining group Exxaro has purchased a long range laser scanner to support a range of expansion projects and the building of two additional coal ...