Mapping Ground Zero with Lasers

securitas writes: "Amazing how the WTC disaster has shone a light on technology (pun intended). LIDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) is the optical equivalent of RADAR. It's being used to create hyper-detailed maps of the WTC disaster site from an altitude of 5000 feet to detect shifts in the rubble as well as areas in danger of collapse."

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A new danger

[The_Messenger]

The media isn't talking about it, but a new danger is at hand. A spooky danger. Halloween is just around the corner, and, upon the first day of October, the possiblity arises -- no pun intended -- that thousands of skeletons, ghosts, and zombies will emerge from the rubble of the World Grave Center and terrorize New York City. Of the $20 billion recently appropriated by Congress for disaster recovery, how much money is being invested in the rapid development and deployment of ghostbusting technology? Do we really want the families of WGC victims being subjected to the sight of their deceased loved ones shambling across downtown Manhattan, eating the brains of the innocent in celebration of their unholy holiday?

Not only that, but the vast quantities of fresh blood being sent to New York may trigger a vampire epidemic. I tell you, October in New York will be spooktacular indeed.