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2EyesVision: A Clearer Way to Prescribe Multifocal Corrections
“Joining 2EyesVision has allowed me to be part of a project that I believe in, one that is solving a real market need and helping people.” Multifocal corrections in the form of contact lenses or intraocular lenses can lead to life-changing vision improvements for an increasing number of people. But multifocal vision is hard […]
Spotlight on Layer Metrics: Enabling Reliable 3D Metal Printing
Manufacturers of mission-critical components like facial implants and aircraft engine pieces are currently using metal printing to produce multiple parts to get one good one. It’s a problem that costs the global manufacturing industry billions of dollars a year. Layer Metrics, a Luminate cohort 4 finalist, is addressing the challenge with its integrated metrology system, which […]
Momentum Optics: A Better, Faster Path to Custom Optics
“I saw real potential in leveraging technology from the $480 billion semiconductor industry and putting it together with optics manufacturing.” Nearly all market sectors can benefit from faster, more cost-effective optics. Custom optics often require months-long lead times and high costs, which makes them inaccessible to some companies and slows product development and research […]
Spotlight on 2EyesVision: Empowering Personalized Assessment of Multifocal Corrections
Intraocular lenses are among the best options to correct presbyopia and cataracts. But multifocal vision is a new visual experience that’s hard for patients to understand. 2EyesVision, a startup in cohort 4 of the Luminate accelerator, developed the SimVis Gekko™, a solution for patients to be able to experience multifocal corrections before committing to surgery or […]
Mesodyne: Converting Fuel to Electricity Via Light
“With our solution, we can potentially reduce [dismounted warfighters’] battery load by 75%, which enables them to carry more water or other things they need to perform their mission.” Drones, vehicles, and people that need power on the move are weighed down or held back by current solutions. Batteries have low energy density, and […]
Layer Metrics: A Real-Time Revolution in 3D Printing
“Ours is a first-of-its-kind integrated metrology system for simultaneous, synchronized monitoring of geometric and thermal profiles. That enables adaptive process control and digitally recorded, born-certified parts — perfectly formed parts, first time, every time.” Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, has the potential to be a highly disruptive force throughout the global manufacturing […]
Spotlight on Momentum Optics: Delivering Affordable Custom Optics, Ultra-Fast
Custom optical components are found everywhere. Unfortunately, bringing them to market is expensive and often comes with long lead times. Cohort 4 startup, Momentum Optics, is creating a faster path forward with smart manufacturing technology. Founder and CEO, Jeremy Goeckeritz, PhD, talks with Luminate about how Momentum Optics is making custom, rapidly delivered, high-precision optics […]
Spotlight on Mesodyne: Building Generators that Fit in the Palm of Your Hand
There’s currently no solution for lightweight, portable power generation. Mesodyne, a startup in the Luminate accelerator’s fourth cohort, is developing a new kind of generator that enables compact, efficient, long-endurance power generation anywhere, any time, from any fuel. CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Veronika Stelmakh, talks with Luminate’s Technology Program Manager, Dr. Damon Diehl, about Mesodyne’s […]
Mesodyne discovers a new way to deliver power in challenging environments
Via the Rochester Business Journal September 7, 2021 Mesodyne is developing a new kind of power generator that converts fuel to electricity via light. The company is one of 10 finalist companies with optics, imaging and photonics-enabled technologies that’s working with NextCorps’ Luminate NY accelerator as part of its fourth cohort. Each company received an […]
