NEWS
Empire State Development Announces Deadline is Approaching for Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Startups to Apply for Round III of the Luminate NY Competition
EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FOR OPTICS, PHOTONICS, AND IMAGING STARTUPS TO APPLY FOR ROUND III OF THE LUMINATE NY COMPETITION Applications to Participate in $2 Million OPI Business Accelerator in Downtown Rochester are Due by September 23 NYS Investment in Innovative OPI Competition Complements “Finger Lakes Forward”—The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize […]
Luminate NY Adds Two to Its World-Class Advisory Board
LUMINATE NY ADDS TWO TO ITS WORLD-CLASS ADVISORY BOARD Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Accelerator Welcomes Jenifer Bunis and Linda Smith Sept. 12, 2019—Rochester, NY—Luminate NY, the world’s only business accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging applications, today announced the expansion of its advisory board. Jenifer Bunis and Linda Smith have joined the board, […]
Governor Cuomo announces round II winners of Luminate NY Accelerator Competition in Rochester
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES ROUND II WINNERS OF LUMINATE NY ACCELERATOR COMPETITION IN ROCHESTER Rochester-based Company Ovitz Wins $1 Million Top Prize Three Additional Visionary Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Companies Secure Follow-on Funding Investment New York State Investment Complements “Finger Lakes Forward” – the Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy ROCHESTER, NY—Governor […]
More than 500 set to attend Luminate Demo Day June 27th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MORE THAN 500 SET TO ATTEND LUMINATE DEMO DAY JUNE 27th “Light Tomorrow with Today” Showcases 10 Finalists Pitching Their Optics, Photonics, and Imaging Startups ROCHESTER, NY—June 12, 2019 – Luminate’s Light Tomorrow With Today event will showcase 10 finalists pitching their optics, photonics, and imaging startups. One team will be awarded […]
Organic Robotics creates robots with a sense of touch
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI For all of the progress made in the world of robotics, most robots are still a bit clunky. Boston Dynamics is probably most well-known to the regular person nowadays. It’s the producer of the robot dogs and human that have already shown the ability to run, climb, jump, […]
Efferent Labs to use living cells to make diagnoses
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI Among all the medical sensors and diagnostic tools on the market, none have yet been able to beat nature in the sense of how cells react to their surroundings. Cells themselves act as the body’s own diagnostics system, producing proteins or other compounds as a result of sickness […]
Augmentiqs, a Luminate startup, adds a new layer to microscopy
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI In the field of pathology, there’s no tool more critical than the humble microscope. For nearly 400 years, microscopes have been central to biological study, and though they’ve become infinitely more powerful—the Lawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory TEAM 0.5, for example, can magnify images as small as half the width […]
Opalux reinforces fight against counterfeiting
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI If you’ve had your New York driver’s license renewed in the past six years, you’re holding in your wallet what is considered one of the most secure licenses in the country. Thirty different security features are peppered around the polycarbonate licenses, perhaps most notably the second, laser-engraved portrait […]
Neuroscience uses optical imaging to map the brain
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI For all of the advancements made in the world of neuroscience, the medical community’s knowledge of the brain is still far from complete. The organ is extremely complex. One hundred billion neurons, each firing signals and receiving information, make up the brain. Suffice to say, we are still […]
