Driving Blind: Why the Need for Industrial Laser Beam Profiling?
Engineer John McCauley Ophir-Spiricon Midwest Regional Sales

It’s time to buy another car. Like everyone else these days, you’re a bit cost-conscience, so you’re looking at getting the most for your money. You decide to see what the local used car lot has to offer. Before you get out of your car, the slick used car salesman approaches you, shoves a card into your hand and is a little too happy to help you find a new automobile. You approach a couple of cars that you think might fit your budget. The closer you get, you notice something that seems odd. You’re standing in front of two identical cars: same make, same model, same year, same color, even the same warranty. But you see that one is $5,000 less than the other. Hmm. The first, more expensive car seems to be in good order, looks nice, smells okay. You climb into the second car and it hits you why there is a difference in price: the second car has no dashboard instrumentation panel! No speedometer, no fuel gage, no warning lights.