Seven new fluorescence filter sets optimized for LED light engines are now available from Idex Corp.’s Semrock brand. The filters are optimized for use with most popular LED light sources on the market today and are available in single-band, full and Pinkel multiband configurations. All configurations are available preassembled in a microscope cube. The new...Continue Reading

The newest intraocular lens inspection system from Lumetrics is headed to a major U.S.  manufacturer this month. Lumetrics has shipped its CrystalWave 765, the latest design in the RRPC member’s CrystalWave line of  intraocular (IOL) and contact lens inspection systems. CrystalWave systems are used by the major IOL manufacturers in the world as well as the FDA. Focal length,...Continue Reading

Len DiSalvo’s contributions to JML Optical Industries as the company’s CFO,  and to the Rochester community as a whole,  have placed him as a finalist for the Financial Executive of the Year award, sponsored by the Rochester Business Journal and Financial Executives International. In addition to finance and accounting, DiSalvo is responsible for human resources and...Continue Reading

Acquisition of data in complex x-ray studies could improve 100-fold over existing technology with the help of an $833,000 federal grant awarded this week to Sydor Instruments. The company will use the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, awarded through the U.S. Department of Energy, to complete the technology transfer of a novel microstrip detector,  in collaboration […]Continue Reading

Rochester’s Vincent Associates is marking 45 years of manufacturing high performance and high quality electronic shutter systems for applications worldwide. In May 1969 the company shipped its first product, the 225X, a 25mm two-bladed shutter used in photographic applications, early video cameras and laser systems. Today, the RRPC member has expanded its UNIBLITZ product line...Continue Reading

Sydor Instruments is now a one-stop source for ultrafast ballistic imaging and ballistic test systems. The RRPC member recently inked a deal with UK-based SABRE Ballistics to become its sole U.S. sales and applications partner. SABRE’s integrated ballistic test equipment, combined with Sydor’s expertise in high-speed image capture and custom diagnostics, now allows Sydor to...Continue Reading

As part of the USA Science & Engineering Festival students from around the world explored the surface of Mars on April 25th – 27th, examining the craggy outcrops of the Martian horizon and rocks smoothed by waters that once flowed on the Red Planet’s surface. Optimax CEO, Rick Plympton says, “Optimax is proud to provide...Continue Reading

“The age and size of the Cosmos are written in light. The nature of beauty; the substance of the stars; the laws of space and time – they were there all along, but we never saw them until we devised a more powerful way of seeing. The story of this awakening has many beginnings and no ending.”...Continue Reading

Exelis products deliver data from high above the Earth to the palm of your hand Use your smartphone to find a location, and you’re using technology created in Rochester. Same with those WorldView satellite images helping to guide the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet. Ditto with global weather tracking systems, devices that helped provide security at the Super...Continue Reading

Robert L. McCrory was appointed University Professor in recognition of his contributions to the physics and engineering community, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) and to the University in general, at an installation ceremony on April 3. McCrory is one of only eight current or retired faculty members who are a University Professor. http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=8662Continue Reading