Using laser distance meters as sensors is one of the great quests of hackers – with good reason. Accurate distance readings are invaluable for applications including robots, printers ...

NASA has conducted a successful laser communications test between two of its CubeSat satellites. The experiment was carried out using the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD ...

culminating in sending a signal to Mars' farthest distance from Earth. NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration broke yet another record for laser communications this ...