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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 […]
The Luminate wager
Sujatha Ramanujan, like many of the startups she shepherds through the Luminate program, knows first-hand what it means to move into high gear. Ramanujan had only a few months to help launch Luminate, the world’s largest business accelerator in optics, photonics and imaging. “It was fast, really fast. … It was a hectic, hectic few […]
Lumedica aims to change world of optical diagnostics
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.2″ z_index_tablet=”500″] Via Rochester Business JournalBy GINO FANELLI Your vision is your reality. That’s not a fortune cookie quote, but rather a fact of how people live their lives. What your eyes do, how you see, is your norm, you become accepting of it, and even if your vision starts to wane, […]
Circle Optics uses bug eye lens to seamlessly look at world
Via Rochester Business Journal By GINO FANELLI Google Maps is a technological marvel, an interactive map of the entire world easily accessible and usable by anyone. Street View is an even more impressive technological undertaking, offering a panoramic view of any locale the Google vans have reached. The Street View vehicles capture images via a […]
Luminate Winner Double Helix Optics Selected for Spring 2019 JumpStart Program
Ithaca, NY – The Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) Industrial Partnerships Program is designed to help New York State’s businesses access world-class capabilities; solve technical challenges; and develop and improve their products, with the ultimate goals of revenue growth and job creation. During the 2019 Spring semester, six companies have been awarded funding to […]
Optical company sees way to success overseas
By Gino Fanelli via the RBJ When discussing blindness on a global scale, there are some harsh realities that need to be addressed. According to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, 39 million of whom are completely blind. About 90 percent of those cases are found in the […]
