Began at RIT’s Venture Creations and currently moving from Henrietta to Downtown Rochester. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY5ycbMp1oY&w=420&h=315]Continue Reading
“Rochester, Syracuse, Ithaca and Binghamton get to share the old car” Hey, that’s not my analogy, it’s Governor Cuomo’s. In announcing the investments in Buffalo this morning, Governor Cuomo said that the state investing $1B in Buffalo was like having five children, and on Christmas morning, handing a set of keys to one of them and saying, “Here are the keys to your new car!” The other four children get...Continue Reading
OLEDWorks LLC in Rochester was awarded $491,000 and R-Display & Lighting LLC in Webster was awarded $100,000 for energy efficiency initiatives, officials announced Tuesday. The funding is part of $4.8 million awarded statewide through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Advanced Buildings Program, which will provide $25 million over three years. http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=202684Continue Reading
Neal Slifkin, leader of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Harris Beach and a director on the RRPC Board, will be hosting dinner and drinks at Harris Beach on Thursday, November 21, 2013 for RRPC members. Reception and sign in 5:15PM – 6:00PM. Dinner and presentation 6:00PM – 6:30PM. The reception continues 6:30PM – 7:30PM. Neal will be presenting on important changes in the U.S. patent laws. The America Invents...Continue Reading
A Free Webinar offered by Photonics Spectra Magazine Jannick P. Rolland The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester The emerging, transformative area of freeform optics could allow for a wider range of lens and mirror shapes than strictly spherical, and for more targeted applications. Although the production of freeform surfaces became possible just a few years ago, freeform optical surfaces are emerging as a path to truly three-dimensional optical designs....Continue Reading
From Tom Battley, Executive Director of New York Photonics Excerpted from the October 22nd edition of The Hill I am writing in response to Rep. Louise Slaughter’s Oct. 10 op-ed, “Advancing American competitiveness by harnessing the power of light.” In New York, home of the imaging “Capital of the World,” researchers, engineers and technicians are using optics and photonics, the science and application of light, to develop the next generation...Continue Reading
Last week Rochester once again demonstrated its importance in the optics and photonics global economy by hosting the SPIE Optifab meeting — North America’s largest exhibition of optical manufacturing and testing equipment and technology. Sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and co-sponsored by the APOMA (American Precision Optics Manufacturers Association), the event’s collaborators included the Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster (RRPC), New York Photonics (NYP), and other...Continue Reading
On Thursday, September 19th, RRPC representatives Tom Battley, John Bruning, Chris Cotton, Jay Eastman and Rick Plympton joined some fifty representatives from around the country in an “NPI Education Day” for members of the House and Senate in Washington D.C. The event was organized by OSA and SPIE in order to inform and educate representatives in Washington about the importance of Optics, Photonics and Imaging to the nation. Rochester representatives...Continue Reading
Even during a government hostage crisis, Representative Louise Slaughter, New York’s 25th, gets it about the National Photonics Initiative Kodak. Xerox. Bausch & Lomb. Over the course of the 20th century, these “big three” companies have made America — and more specifically Rochester, N.Y. — the optics, photonics, imaging and display (OPID) capital of the world. In doing so, each harnessed the power of light to improve the lives of...Continue Reading
More exhibitors, strong conference, top training courses in international event The largest optical fabrication event in North America, this year’s SPIE Optifab will feature a bigger exhibition alongside its robust technical and training programs. National Photonics Initiative supporter Rep. Louise Slaughter will open the 165-company exhibition during the event later this month in Rochester. SPIE Optifab, the largest optical fabrication event in North America, will return to Rochester, New York,...Continue Reading
SPIE Optifab, the premier optical manufacturing conference and exhibition Optifab, organized jointly by SPIE and APOMA, is the largest optical manufacturing conference and exhibition held [...]
103.9 WDKX : DJ Rain will be broadcasting live from The Rochester Riverside Convention Center from 8:00 - 10:00am on Tuesday, October 15th during Optifab. [...]
New York Photonics is a not-for-profit organization founded to promote and enhance the New York State optics, photonics and imaging industry by fostering the cooperation of business, academia and government.
