The Kinect sensor scans the height of the sand in the sandbox, the software creates a map from the scan results ... by projecting a chessboard-like pattern from the projector and measuring ...

It uses artificial intelligence and a vessel tracking system called the Automatic Identification System to identify dredging vessels and map sand mining across the planet. UNEP adopted a ...

"Our work gave us the first 3-D map of the area." Hanes said he and Barnard were surprised by size of the sand waves "and also by the pattern ... peers in length and height, but they could ...