>>> Why do you think that a suitable laser would cost that much? What
>>> are
>>> you trying to do?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> A cusrory google search for laser range finders returned only things
>> in
>> that price range. If you know of something cheaper that might work, I
>> would be very interested in hearing about it.
>
> Why not make your own? Use a laser diode as your ray source and an
> imaging array to look where your imaging ray intersects your source
> ray? With a 2D imaging array you can look at multiple sources. There
> are lots of cheap cameras out there to do imaging. I bet a CMUcam
> could do this.
Hmm, if you want to get fancy, instead of using multiple LASER diodes
you can mechanically scan the beam from the LASER diode. An electric
motor with a mirror attached to its shaft should do.
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