# Measuring Distance With a Laser.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-with-a-laser/539262>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-with-a-laser/539262 "2010-05-13T02:48:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-with-a-laser/539262/21 "2010-05-15T12:22:50Z")

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Lasers being used for one’s golf game and by real estate agents to precisely ascertain the size of a room? I had no idea. This is the perfect rebuttal to “waah, I’m living in the future, where’s my flying car?”

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-with-a-laser/539262/22 "2010-05-15T21:01:51Z")

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Waah, I’m living in the future, where’s my flying car? There’s nothing but these lasers…

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