This laser is going to completely change the logging industry forever!

14 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Dan Novaes introduces a newly built Chinese laser-based logging system that uses LiDAR to scan forest areas, identifies tree trunks in real time, and allows an operator to cut trees from a safe distance with a directed laser beam. He contrasts this technology with traditional logging methods that require workers to climb trees and wield chainsaws, highlighting the new system's safety, speed, lower cost, and environmental cleanliness. Novaes argues that because the technology delivers all four advantages simultaneously, it will be rapidly adopted and fundamentally transform the logging industry.

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China just built a laser machine that cuts down trees, and the logging industry will never be the same. No climbing, no roaring chainsaws, just a beam of light and an operator with a controller. And here's how it works. The system scans the entire area using LiDAR and pinpoints every tree trunk in real time. Then from a safe distance, the operator points at the tree and cuts it down in seconds. Think about what logging looked like before this. Workers climbing massive trees with heavy chainsaws balanced on branches, one mistake away from a catastrophe. This machine makes it all completely irrelevant. Cleaner, safer, faster, and a fraction of the cost. And when technology does all four of these things, you can bet that it's gonna get adopted. It takes over entire industries almost overnight, and we're watching that happen exactly right now.