Klip Collective participated in the 2014 Art Vision Classic competition as a part of the Circle of Light Festival in Moscow, Russia. Klip’s piece Meridian, directed by Josh James, “is a ritual of architecture, designed to invoke the spirits of universal geometry.” The projection-mapped piece ran October 10-14 on the facade of Pavilion 1 at VDNH Exhibition Center. [vimeo 109814671 w=500 h=281] http://www.klip.tv/projectsContinue Reading
Conesus Lake: December 6, 2014 at age 67 after a long battle with COPD and Emphysema. Predeceased by parents Rudy and Irene Novak. Survived by wife Linda (Frear); son Brett (Heather Graning Novak); granddaughter Nadia Clare Novak. Niece & nephew in law Heather & Chad Petersen. Aunts Betty Romanowski and Dolores Kohler. Frear Family, Szczech, Romanowski & Kohler cousins. Graduate of Aquinas Institute, MCC, University of Arizona, post grad studies...Continue Reading
Telescope lenses someday might come in aerosol cans. Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are exploring a new type of space telescope with an aperture made of swarms of particles released from a canister and controlled by a laser. These floating lenses would be larger, cheaper and lighter than apertures on conventional space-based imaging systems like NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, said...Continue Reading
It’s been a very exciting time in this industry,” Bob Bicksler, president and CEO of JML Optical, said. “Sophisticated electronics, matched up with software, has resulted in a tremendous transformation.” JML has undergone a transformation of its own since Bicksler and COO Gregg Sadwick acquired the company from founder Joe Lobozzo three years ago. The company has invested in its 80 employees with training and new equipment to help design,...Continue Reading
Dimension Technologies Inc. (DTI), conceives and develops innovative optical technologies that add highly desirable and product differentiating features to flat panel displays. These technologies include: autostereoscopic technology that makes 3D images leap out of the screen creating a “WOW” effect for the viewer; and ultra high definition (UHD) projection technology that allows groups to read a license plate in an image captured from orbit. The market for DTI 3D are the...Continue Reading
Toptica has positioned itself at the center of the optics universe, with a Victor office that handles sales, support, service and light manufacturing for its North American clients and a president who holds physics and business degrees from both the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology. “We have the best right here in Rochester,” President Mark Tolbert said. “The U of R is one of the optics hubs,...Continue Reading
Funding Opportunity Announced Through a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) made on Nov. 6, the U.S. Department of Defense is calling for concept papers for the establishment of an Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation (IP-IMI). The IP-IMI will be the largest federal investment to date under the Obama administration’s National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) at $110M. The IP-NMI does not include optics, optical systems or optical manufacturing. It does...Continue Reading
Ubiquitous! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTgAIedMwwk&w=560&h=315] We are living in it! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbX9KOpDJME&w=560&h=315] http://theglassage.com/ Continue Reading
Now showing at Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery California artist Matt Elson use color, light and mirrors to create optical illusions that envelop viewers who peer inside. Elson has said, “They are a form of contemporary portraiture that is tuned to social media. Typically, two people will walk up, look in from each side, put their heads in the box, be surprised/get happy, then spontaneously take out their phones, photograph each other and publish...Continue Reading
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:MTSI) (MACOM), a leading supplier of high performance RF, microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BinOptics Corporation, a leading merchant provider of Indium Phosphide lasers for Data Centers, Mobile Backhaul, Silicon Photonics and Access Networks, in an all-cash transaction valued at $230 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. http://binoptics.tumblr.com/post/103041602913/macom-announces-definitive-agreement-to-acquire http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/ithaca_laser_technology_firm_binoptics_sold_to_massachusetts_company_for_230_mil.html#incart_riverContinue Reading
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