Blending real-world and virtual content to create compelling interactive experiences. Hardware and software platforms to get there.   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens  Continue Reading

It’s photonics, get it? A Rochester company that develops next-generation lighting materials using clean energy earned a $1 million federal award. Lumisyn, which is headquartered on Ridgeway Avenue, focuses on high-performance materials used in LED products. Source: Next generation Rochester lighting company gets $1m federal award | WHAMContinue Reading

Bodo Ramelow, Prime Minister of Thuringia, Germany, and a delegation of scientists and dignitaries visited Rochester on May 14 and 15. The purpose of the visit was to advance the scientific, academic research and business relationship between Rochester and Jena, two “sister cities of light.” The ‘sister cities’ of Jena and Rochester (USA) have a...Continue Reading

STC MEMS, former Infotonics Center, most recently a division of SUNY POLY Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKTS), a manufacturer of patented single-crystal BulkONE® bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today it has entered into  binding, definitive agreements to acquire assets from the Research Foundation for the State University of...Continue Reading

UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH SCHEME TO ILLEGALLY EXPORT RIFLE SCOPES AND THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT Military grade equipment was intended for shipment to Ukraine.  Queens Man Sought to Export Controlled Rifle Scopes and Thermal Imaging Equipment Designed for Military Use. The devices obtained by the defendant and his co- conspirators included some of the...Continue Reading

Photonics has been at the core of many modern day inventions and economic growth for decades now. However, the environment for photonics technology and component providers remains highly fragmented and fiercely competitive with their OEM customers and end-users further up the value chain realizing more of the value. Is that changing? It appears the public...Continue Reading

It’s popular!  It has already gone global! We handed out nearly 250 calendars, large and small,  at the New York Photonics booth in the Photonics West New York Aisle this year. Industry folks and customers around the world love to get their hands on this calendar. Thank you to all of the sponsors for their support of...Continue Reading

 Acquisition Expands Navitar’s Integrated Imaging Solutions Business Photonics West, January 31, 2017 — Navitar Canada, Inc. (Navitar), an innovative manufacturer of precision optical solutions, announced today the purchase of PixeLINK®, a leading developer of digital cameras for use in industrial, life science, and other advanced imaging applications. Based in Ottawa, ON, Canada, PixeLINK manufactures, optimizes...Continue Reading

Just down the road, twenty minutes from Rochester. Off Route 332 half way between the New York State Thruway and Canandaigua. A Department of Defense Trusted Foundry Specializing in Packaging Photonics Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) on a chip. What makes this interesting?  Well, for one thing: packaging, and we aren’t talking about wrapping a birthday...Continue Reading