A Volvo EX90's lidar sensor was caught on video damaging a smartphone's built-in camera. The lidar's lasers damaged the camera's telephoto lens, which fried certain pixels.

The LiDAR system fitted on the Volvo EX90 is supplied by a company named Luminar. Now, such systems either employ the infrared beams of 1550 nanometer wavelength, or the 905/940 nanometer cluster.

Volvo doesn’t do new XC90s very often – this is only the second generation since 2002. The latest update to the plug-in ...

The downside to this weirdness is that, in much the same way it’s unsafe to stare at the sun, there are some sights you shouldn’t point a camera at—like a Volvo EX90’s lidar sensor.

The lidar system — lidar stands for Light Detection and Ranging — is essentially the laser equivalent of radar, which users radio waves. ... The EX90 will use an infrared laser, ...

One reddit user found out earlier this month that car-mounted lidar sensors can damage a phone camera ... Reddit user u/Jeguetelli posted worrying footage of a brand new Volvo EX90 from his iPhone ...

"Lidar lasers burn your camera," the Reddit user warned. Never film the new Ex90 because you will break your cell camera.Lidar lasers burn your camera. by u/Jeguetelli in Volvo ...

A Volvo EX90's lidar sensor was caught on video damaging a smartphone's built-in camera. The lidar's lasers damaged the camera's telephoto lens, which fried certain pixels. Here's a PSA: Don't ...

The LiDAR system fitted on the Volvo EX90 is supplied by a company named Luminar. Now, such systems either employ the infrared beams of 1550 nanometer wavelength, or the 905/940 nanometer cluster.