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SPIE Cancels DCS In-Person Conference, COVID-19 Leads to Surge in Online Conferences
PITTSFIELD, Mass., March 17, 2020 — SPIE has announced that it is canceling the in-person format of April’s Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference and moving online in the wake of increased coronavirus awareness. With WHO officially declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, several optics and laser companies have been canceling open conferences in favor of online formats while other organizers are canceling their events altogether. AIA’s Vision Show out of Boston was recently canceled for this year with the organizers planning
Round-III Finalists of the Luminate NY Accelerator Announced
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2019 — Empire State Development has announced its list of 10 finalists for the Lightning Round of Luminate NY, the world’s largest business accelerator for optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI) startups. The event, hosted the evening of Nov. 7 by the...
Phototherapy Effective Treatment for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Rats
BOSTON, Oct. 23, 2019 — Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently developed a phototherapy strategy that was highly effective in removing carbon dioxide (CO) in rats and improving the animals’ health. “Whenever CO intoxication is associated...
High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography Images Brain Cortical Perfusion
BOSTON, July 1, 2016 — The High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography (HD-DOT) system from Cephalogics LLC has been used to measure and monitor very small focal changes in cortical perfusion resulting from visual stimulation in healthy volunteers, according to a recent...
Optogenetics Shown Useful in Treatment of Cancer
MEDFORD, Mass., March 29, 2016 — By using light to control electrical signaling among cells on a frog model, researchers for the first time have demonstrated that it is possible to use optogenetics to prevent tumors from forming and to normalize tumors after they have formed. The...
Hybrid Imaging Technique Elucidates Coronary Plaques
BOSTON, March 14, 2016 — Combing optical coherence tomography (OCT) with near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) could enable more accurate identification of coronary artery plaques that are most likely to rupture and cause a heart attack. OCT provides images of tissue...
NIR-Activated Nanoparticle Therapy Suppresses Tumors
BOSTON, Jan. 25, 2016 — A nanoparticle drug-delivery system that combines photodynamic and molecular therapies has been shown to suppress tumor progress and metastatic outgrowth in animal models. The complementary treatment could improve outcomes and mitigate toxicity for...
Caliber Names Williams VP of Global Marketing
BOSTON and ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 2, 2014 — Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, formerly Lucid Inc., has appointed Joseph R. Williams as vice president of global marketing, a newly created position. <br><br>Williams has more than three decades of experience in health care...
Fiber design could boost Internet bandwidth
BOSTON – A new kind of optical fiber stable enough to transmit donut-shaped laser beams called optical vortices, or orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams, promises to increase bandwidth dramatically to meet today’s ever-increasing demand for...
New Optical Fiber Puts a Twist on Data Transmission
LOS ANGELES and BOSTON, June 28, 2013 — The data capacity of single-mode optical fibers, while having increased by four orders of magnitude over the last 30 years, is rapidly reaching the limits imposed by the fiber’s nonlinear effects. But a bicoastal team has devised a new fiber optic...
BD&E to Prototype Dehydration Optosensor
NEWTON, Mass., May 31, 2013 — Optical instrumentation maker Bodkin Design and Engineering (BD&E) LLC is partnering with Boston Children’s Hospital to develop an optical sensor that measures dehydration in infants. Bodkin is working with Dr. Vassilios Bezzerides, who...
Thermal Imaging Helps Nab Bombing Suspect
WATERTOWN, Mass., April 22, 2013 — The photonic technology of thermal imaging was literally in the spotlight on the evening of April 19 as law enforcement officials used it to monitor and capture suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. On April 15, two bombs exploded in...
Optofluidics and the Real World: Technologies Evolve to Meet 21st Century Challenges
Jun 1, 2011 — “We are very good at developing novel optofluidic devices for research demonstrations; the challenges lie in transitioning these devices into commercially viable products.” – Arthur Nitkowski, Cornell University Optofluidics is a...
Gooch & Housego Acquiring EM4
ILMINSTER, England, Dec. 17, 2010 — Optical components and systems manufacturer Gooch & Housego announced Friday that it will acquire Boston-based EM4 Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed; the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of January. EM4 makes...
MIT Cancer Research Center Selects JEOL Microscope
PEABODY, Mass., Nov. 10, 2010 — Electron optical equipment and instrumentation provider JEOL USA Inc. announced that the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Research at MIT has selected its JEM-2100F transmission electron microscope (TEM) for its new microscopy core. ...
Leave a Light On
Oct 18, 2010 — Home has been on my mind lately. Not an actual, geographically defined place. Not really. I mean, rather, the idea of home: Where is it that we feel at ease, accepted and even embraced? And how do we hang on to this as life, in keeping with its...
Fiber optics in avionics: Upward bound
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. – The total market for fiber optics in military and commercial aircraft, estimated at $306 million in 2009, is expected to reach $703 million in 2013, according to a report from Information Gatekeepers Inc. (IGI) of Boston. Titled Market for Fiber...
From Boston to Bay Area, Biotech Centers are Booming
Jul 20, 2010 — For regenerative medicine leader Organogenesis Inc., there’s no place like home. For one thing, being based in the Boston area has made it easy for the MIT spinoff to access the latest research and attract top talent, said president and CEO...
Mini Telescope Implant Approved
SARATOGA, Calif., July 9, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced approval of an implantable miniature telescope (IMT) made by VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies Inc. to improve vision in some patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD)....
Finisar Appoints Michael Child to Board
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23, 2010 — Fiber optic subsystems and components provider, Finisar Corp. announced the appointment of Michael C. Child to its board of directors, where he will also serve on the compensation committee. Employed by TA Associates Inc. since 1982, Child currently...
The Vision Show: The Business of 3-D
May 26, 2010 — May 25th is recognized pretty much everywhere as Towel Day. At least I think it is. I read about this day of observance on the internet – Wikipedia, for instance, seems utterly convinced of its actuality – but you never can be certain,...
New Certification at Vision Show 2010
BOSTON, May 25, 2010 — Dubbed North America’s leading showcase of machine vision and imaging components and solutions, this year’s Vision Show will feature a new certification program for vision professionals. Held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from...
Machine Vision Training Offered
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 11, 2010 — Individuals can now attain certification as a machine vision professional (basic level) through a new program launched by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the global industry’s trade group. To earn “CVP” status, individuals...
"Totally new physics" yields first germanium laser
BOSTON – It’s the very first germanium laser capable of emitting wavelengths useful for optical communications. It’s also the first operable at room temperature. And this new laser not only holds promise for optical computing but also proves that...
Nonactive solar materials make a difference
Dec 1, 2009 — In the never-ending quest to lower costs and boost efficiency in solar modules, attention is focused on the active-layer materials such as silicon wafers or copper indium gallium selenide thin films. Nonactive materials, however, can account for...
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