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MIT Researchers Unveil 'Smartphone-Based Laser Rangefinder' for Self-Driving Vehicles

Sami Ghanmi   |

Mar 26, 2016 09:39 AM EDT

A team of researchers from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. have successfully developed a new infrared laser "depth-sensing system", using an ordinary smartphone paired with a low-cost laser.