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Cradle Turns Smartphone into Biosensor
A unique cradle and app for the iPhone use the phone's own camera and processing power to create a handheld biosensor capable of detecting any kind of biological molecules or cells. "We're interested in biodetection that needs to be performed outside of the laboratory," said team leader Brian Cunningham, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering at the University of Illinois. "Smartphones are making a big impact on our society — and they have really powerful computing capability and imaging. A lot of medical conditions might be monitored very inexpensively and noninvasively using mobile platforms like phones." |
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Photonics Societies Launch National Initiative
A partnership of photonics societies — The American Physical Society, IEEE Photonics Society, Laser Institute of America (LIA), The Optical Society (OSA) and SPIE — announced the collaboration, which is an alliance seeking to unite experts from industry, academia and the government to advance photonics R&D, to grow the US economy, and to improve national security. |
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Spray-On Flat Lens Works in the UV
A metamaterial-based flat lens that's easy to fabricate and that can bend and focus UV light could improve photolithography, nanoscale manipulation and manufacturing, and even high-resolution 3-D imaging, say scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
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On this edition of the industry's premier weekly newscast: A spray-on flat lens works in the ultraviolet, a smartphone camera becomes a high-resolution spectrophotometer, and a boson-based laser could require a fraction of the power of conventional lasers. Hosted by Photonics Media's Laura Marshall and Melinda Rose. |
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IPG Photonics Donates $250K to Siegman Laser School Endowment
The gift from the Oxford, Mass.-based fiber laser maker will help permanently establish OSA's Siegman International Summer School on Lasers, modeled after the summer school program at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics in China. |
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2013 Webinar Series - Expert Briefings
Computational Microscopy, Sensing and Diagnostics for Telemedicine and Global Health Applications
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 – 1:30 p.m. EDT/10:30 a.m. PDT
 Photonics Media will host Dr. Aydogan Ozcan, Associate Professor, Bio- and Nano-Photonics Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering Departments, UCLA. Dr. Ozcan will introduce new imaging and detection architectures that compensate digitally for the lack of complex optical components available in cell phones by using novel theories and algorithms to address the immediate needs of telemedicine for global health problems.
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CLEO 2013 - June 9 - 14, 2013 · San Jose, CA
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CLEO, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, is the premier international forum for scientific and technical optics, uniting the fields of lasers and electro-optics by bringing together all aspects of laser technology, from basic research to industry applications. CLEO 2013 will feature its technical program under three core conferences; CLEO: QELS-Fundamental Science, CLEO: Science & Innovations, and CLEO: Applications & Technology.
The CLEO: Market Focus program focuses on the latest trends in the photonic marketplace, providing a forum to discuss new products and emerging technologies and markets while also providing network opportunities. Presentations for this year include Industrial Laser Outlook and Opportunities, Photonics Entrepreneurs, Medical and Aesthetic Lasers – The Future of Light-tissue Interactions, and Optics & Innovation for Energy & the Environment. Free exhibit floor programs include the Market Focus program, Technology Transfer Showcase, OSA’s Executive Speaker Series and the CLEO: Expo Technology Playground, where top industry players will demonstrate their latest products and services in an exclusive on-floor event that allows attendees to participate in live, interactive presentations.
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