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319 points doctoboggan | 1 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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suprnurd ◴[11 Dec 25 18:38 UTC] No.46235191[source]▶

Where I live I am often surrounded by Waymo vehicles... is Lidar 100% safe for people to be around? I ask because I read an article about how Lidar on one of the new Volvos could destroy your phone camera if you pointed it at it? If Lidar can do that to a phone camera, can it hurt your eyes?

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1. colechristensen ◴[11 Dec 25 18:52 UTC] No.46235419[source]▶

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There are two kinds of safe. Safe when it's working as intended, and safe when it breaks.

But yes there are lidar sensors out there where if broken in the right way could burn out your retinas permanently.

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