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 ...

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.

Yes, the high-energy infrared beams shot by the LiDAR sensor can damage your phone's camera. "The lidar, being a laser based system, uses infrared light waves that may cause damage to certain ...

A car’s lidar sensor can permanently damage your phone camera if you point it directly at it. A Galaxy S24 Ultra owner reported similar damage after attending a laser-heavy light show.

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 point ...

A viral video recently captured the moment a lidar system fried an iPhone 16 Pro Max's telephoto camera module mid-recording. The footage, shared by Redditor u/Jeguetelli on the r/Volvo subreddit, ...

SOMETHING as simple as taking a photo or a video of a car could break your phone's camera. It may seem harmless, but if the vehicle is fairly new, it could have a LiDAR sensor - which is used to ...

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