<story><title>Things learned from Anthony Levandowski&apos;s deposition in Waymo vs. Uber</title><url>http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/waymo-vs-uber-8-things-i-learned-from-anthony-levandowski-taking-the-5th</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ziszis</author><text>Waymo&amp;#x27;s allegations now go much deeper and further back than just Otto:&lt;p&gt;* &amp;quot;Levandowski was deceiving Google almost from the moment it hired him to work on the Street View maps project back in 2007.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;* &amp;quot;Levandowski controlled a company called Dogwood Leasing that hired ex-Google contractor and 510 Systems engineer Asheem Linaval to use Google’s secrets to develop self-driving car technology.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;* &amp;quot;Levandowski founded yet another startup, Odin Wave, feeding it confidential lidar technology ... renaming the company Tyto, to hide his involvement.&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Things learned from Anthony Levandowski&apos;s deposition in Waymo vs. Uber</title><url>http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/waymo-vs-uber-8-things-i-learned-from-anthony-levandowski-taking-the-5th</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Animats</author><text>The use of OMW Corp, which is just a contract CNC machine shop, indicates the LIDAR in dispute has moving parts.  It&amp;#x27;s probably just another rotating scanner.  That approach is just for prototypes. Everybody serious is going with flash LIDAR or MEMS.&lt;p&gt;If he&amp;#x27;d been talking to somebody about custom GaInAs photosensor ICs, that would indicate a more advanced technology.</text></comment>