Human flesh is opaque. As any good dictionary will tell you, that means it has the quality of “not transmitting light; being impenetrable to sight.” Well, forget that: scientists now can use ...
The international year of light is a global initiative to increase awareness and education on the many ways light effects our world. Rochester, being a huge player in the world of optics, has a...
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/roc-the-year-of-light-2015-in-rochester/
A new contact lens is being developed by Dr. Eric Tremblay (a designer) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology that may help people see that suffer from age-related macular degeneration. ...
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/contact-lens-technology/
50 Ways Light-based Technologies Enrich Our World- a book published by SPIE in honor of the International Year of Light #iyl2015
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/extraordinary-book-celebrates-light-at-photonics-west/
There are many types of thickness measurement- one of those being ultrasonic thickness measurement. Ultrasonic thickness measurement has many benefits, but falls short in a few critical areas whe...
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/04/optigauge-vs-ultrasonic-measurement/
One of our rock-star engineers, Clark, sent me this video today because he thought it was really interesting- it shows how fiber optics are made. I’d have to agree that it is a pretty fascin...
One of the most prevalent measurement devices in a medical balloon or catheter manufacturing facility is the micrometer gauge. It is simple and inexpensive. But, this measurement technique is sub...
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/medical-design-briefs/
This is a fun summary of 10 great new ideas in the medical device industry that could really change your life. As we look back on 2014 and forward to 2015 we should keep these technologies in ...
There are technology breakthroughs, and then there are jaw-droppingly amazing technology breakthroughs. We at Qmed have seen plenty of incredible technologies come across our radar this year....
https://lumetrics.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/coolest-technologies-of-2014-qmed/