Tag: Clouds

A point cloud is a set of data points in space. The sensors that generate point cloud, measure a large number of points on the external surfaces of objects around them. Point clouds are used for many purposes, like creating 3D CAD models, formetrology and quality inspection, and for a mult...

It’s a sunny afternoon and you are strolling through your tranquil neighborhood. You look up at the sky and you see lumps of clouds floating by at a slow pace giving you company. And then you start to wonder whether another living being on TRAPPIST-1e, an exoplanet which might have life, is...

While watching this cloud swirl and morph and grow as it floated in front of the sun, I wondered: The cloud is full of stuff, and the sky all around it looks empty, so how come the cloud floats? Shouldn’t it just sink down to the ground, like a ball of cotton would? Turns out the cloud is l...