Morning Overview on MSN

Lidar keeps stripping away the jungle to expose cities no one knew existed

Airborne lidar scanning has exposed sprawling ancient settlements across three continents, from Bolivia’s Llanos de Mojos to ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Archaeologists call Minanbé the first major Maya site found completely intact in three years

Archaeologists working in Guatemala’s northern jungle have identified a site called Minanbé as the first major Maya complex ...
The Debrief

An Ancient Maya City Was Lost for Centuries—This Student Accidentally Rediscovered it Hidden in Google Data

An ancient Maya settlement, lost to the forest for hundreds of years, was unexpectedly discovered at the bottom of an ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Cities Hidden in the Ecuadorean Amazon

The area was surveyed using lidar technology, which revealed a large-scale network of roads and platforms. Antoine Dorison, Stéphen Rostain Using laser scanning technology, researchers have found ...
New Atlas

World’s first native color LiDAR gives machines human-like vision

For years, machines have navigated the world color-blind. LiDAR sensors – the laser-based eyes of self-driving cars, industrial robots, and inspection drones – build precise 3D maps of their ...
Forbes

LG Innotek Invests In Aeva 4D Lidar For Next-Generation Perception

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I first rode in a self-driving vehicle in 1991. Haven’t looked back. Jul 29, 2025, 07:00am EDT Jul 30, 2025, 12:56pm EDT Aeve is ...