Within a year or two, the U.S. military could field a portable, laser backpack device that will provide a three-dimensional (3-D) map of buildings. The reconnoitering pack could be used by ...

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 ...

A unique map can change the way you view the world. The Australian company Pangea Maps offers a particularly clever vantage point: topographic maps of regions of the ocean floor, laser-cut out of wood ...

It's Oregon like you've never seen it -- at least on a map. Using a laser-based terrain mapping system, the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries has produced giant color images of the ...

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Few people would have given much thought to a twin-engine Cessna taking off from the Minden-Tahoe Airport on Sept. 20, 2017. And only the most diligent observer would have noticed the aircraft as it ...

A UK-based company, 3D Laser Mapping, has developed robots equipped with lasers to automatically scan mines. Its latest mission was to create a 3D map of the San Jose silver mine in Mexico. The remote ...

Just got an xTool D1 Pro and want a beginner project that actually looks impressive? In this video, I’ll show you how to make a laser engraved map step-by-step, including how to create the map files, ...

Menlo Park, Calif. — Researchers have used one of the brightest X-ray sources on the planet to map the 3-D structure of an important cellular gatekeeper known as a G protein-coupled receptor, or GPCR, ...