Physicists at Heriot-Watt University developed a technique which uses lasers to scan almost any object.
BBC: Long-distance 3D laser camera unveiled by Edinburgh team
Marine biologists at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University report the cable could cross deep water mud habitats.
Underwater robots tasked with saving coral reefs are being developed at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.
Professor Julian Jones of Heriot-Watt University also gets an OBE for his work on pioneering new types of fibre optics.
The study was carried out by marine biologists from Heriot-Watt University's School of Life Sciences and Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
But according to Dr Paul Kingston, from the Centre for Marine Diversity and Biotechnology at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, the problems are minimal.
Heriot-Watt University has been named as Scottish University of the Year by the Sunday Times University Guide for the second year running.
BBC: Heriot-Watt University: Scottish University of the Year
The researchers at Heriot-Watt University acknowledge a huge amount of work remains to be done before the technology they are developing can be deployed commercially.
The report was funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation but carried out by Professor Philip Leather of London's South Bank University and Professor Moira Munro of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
The Persian Gulf visit by the First Minister is also to bang the drum for Scottish business and education, with McGrigors law firm opening an office, Heriot-Watt University opening a campus, Weir Group expected to announce new developments and exports of renewable energy technology to be promoted.
It just became possible, thanks to a laser camera developed by physicists at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. You can pretty much see how it works from the images above -- laser beams are bounced off the target and the duration of their return journey is measured precisely enough to detect millimeter depth changes even at extreme distances.
ENGADGET: Laser scans objects in 3D from half a mile away, scientists just need reason to use it
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