The annual SPIE Photonics West conference in San Francisco set new attendance records. More than 22,000 people met to discuss the latest in light-based science and engineering, and the exhibition hall, featuring 1,345 companies, sold out months in advance. The BiOS, LASE, and OPTO conferences were the place to learn about the latest photonics R&D.
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Do other optics suppliers think you’re weird for wanting large lenses? We don’t.
As more and more optical suppliers consolidate and streamline their businesses, few continue to carry large diameter lenses. This is problematic because large diameter optics remain critical for precision instruments such as telescopes and imagers.
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Smartphones are so ubiquitous that it is easy to forget the extraordinary technology we carry in our pockets. The 2015 generation smartphones have over twenty times the processing capability of IBM’s famous Deep Blue supercomputer, and they also feature a high-resolution camera and a wireless internet connection. With very little modification a smartphone can become a powerful, portable scientific instrument. Here are a few of the more unexpected smartphone applications.
Read More >Dr. William G. Gaines, President and COO of Thunder Energies Corporation (TEC), a company publicly traded OTCQB with stock symbol TNRG, announced last month that Ross Optical Industries of El Paso, Texas has been selected to manufacture the proprietary concave lens for the Santilli Telescope. This significant agreement was reached after months of tests and discussions between the parties.
