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Hammacher Schlemmer Unveils The Sleep Promoting Glasses

Continuing its 168-year history of offering the Best, the Only and the Unexpected, Hammacher Schlemmer announces The Sleep Promoting Glasses, reading glasses that filter the sleep-disrupting blue light emitted by electronic devices.

28 Jul 2016

Researchers Develop Magneto-Optic (MO) Q-Switched Laser

The "Industry 4.0" concept, first introduced by the German government, has recently extended the scope of compact high-power laser applications to, for instance, laser manufacturing, vehicle engine development, or thruster systems for space exploration.

28 Jul 2016

NASA Researchers Start Investigating Novel Optic

It is a well-established fact that larger light-collecting mirrors will be required by scientists to resolve smaller physical details of faraway celestial objects. However this challenge is not simple to overcome due to the high cost and difficulty of building and launching large-aperture telescopes – in this particular scenario, space observatories.

27 Jul 2016

Northwestern Engineering Team Develops New Spectroscopy-Based Super-Resolution Optical Imaging Platform

In 2014, an international trio won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, a technique that made it possible to study molecular processes in living cells.

26 Jul 2016

Optomap Technology Enhances Accuracy of Treatments in Prescott Valley Eye Care

Patients can receive a thorough exam that evaluates the back of the eye and can identify signs of serious eye diseases earlier than traditional means, reports Prescott Valley Eye Care.

25 Jul 2016

Teledyne Receives Contract to Fabricate, Test and Deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection Spectacles

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (TS&I), was awarded a $30.1 million contract by the United States Air Force to fabricate, test and deliver Aircrew Laser Eye Protection (ALEP) Block 2 spectacles.

25 Jul 2016

OSA-Launched Conference to Feature Recognized Experts in Fields of Optics and Photonics

The Optical Society (OSA) presents the 2016 Latin America Optics and Photonics Conference (LAOP), an international congress hosted by The Optical Society, with the primary objective of promoting optics and photonics related activities within the Latin American region

25 Jul 2016

Meller Optics Produces Custom Fabricated Sapphire Optics with Precise Focal Lengths

Custom fabricated sapphire optics for use in aerospace and other critical applications requiring resistance to fast-moving dirt, temperature extremes, and high pressure are available from Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, RI.

20 Jul 2016

Old Masters May Have Used Cutting-Edge Optics to Help Draw Self-Portraits

Rembrandt and many other of the Old Masters may have used cutting-edge optics to aid their self-portraits.

14 Jul 2016

EMCORE’s Fiber Optic Gyroscope Modules to be Used in Airborne Navigation Systems Applications

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber optics market, announced today that it has been awarded a $3 million contract to supply Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) modules to a major U.S. prime contractor for use in airborne navigation systems applications.

13 Jul 2016