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January 2011
- The Boston Globe: Optics inventor has eye for new technology
"As a techie kind of guy, Gregg Favalora is still experiencing the afterglow of attending the recent Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. He describes the show as a "manic crowd of 100,000 people looking at new electronic products of extraordinary quality and capability." With a specialty in optics technology, Favalora was particularly interested in the display technology. "I am excited about stereoscopic televisions that use high-quality passive eyewear, that is polarized glasses that don't need batteries," said Favalora, a principal at Optics for Hire, an optics design consulting service that works with companies to provide electrical, mechanical and optic designs...." complete story
May 2010
- Vision Systems Design Magazine: OFH developed metrology product
"Since machine parts such as turbine airfoils and compressor fans may have edges shaped for achieving specific mechanical functions, it is vital that these surfaces be free of defects and manufactured to the correct shape. In the past, measurement of edge breaks or similar small features (such as pits or scratches) on these parts was made by taking a wax or soft metal impression of the edge and measuring the impression using a mechanical gauge. Because this is both time-consuming and inexact, General Electric Global Research Center (GE) and Optics for Hire have developed a handheld measurement tool that uses a structural light projector coupled with an optical viewer to image these defects...." complete story
January 2010
- The Boston Globe: Optics for Hire picks up Actuality assets (and founder, too)
"Assets of the pioneering 3-D display developer Actuality Systems were acquired over the holidays by Arlington-based Optics for Hire. Terms weren't disclosed, but Actuality founder Gregg Favalora tells me via e-mail that the acquisition is "a combination of stock and cash based upon future income from [Actuality's] patent portfolio." Actuality had attracted $20 million in funding, and been granted 19 U.S. patents for hardware and software related to three dimensional imaging...." complete story
August 2009
- Mass High Tech Journal: Gregg Favalora sets his sights on the optics industry
"Maybe it's in his genes or maybe it was from his environment, but Gregg Favalora feels he was destined to work with optics and imaging. In fact he has been working with 3-D imaging since he was in junior high. Favalora, formerly the founder and CEO of Actuality Medical Inc., recently was named customer engagement manager at Optics for Hire, a product development firm focused on optics projects based in Arlington and with operations in Ukraine. Optics for Hire works with clients to incorporate advanced optics into products...." complete story
August 2009
- ZEMAX Users' Knowledge Base: How to model and optimize reflectors for laser pumping
"The goals of modern laser pumping are to focus as much light as possible into the active medium of a laser and to achieve a uniform distribution of light at any given cross section of the active medium. The reflector design is the most significant influence on the efficiency of laser pumping...." complete story
July 2009
- LEDs Magazine: LED engineering firm adds display veteran Gregg Favalora
"Optics for Hire announced July 27 that Gregg Favalora, founder and CEO of Actuality Medical, a hologram-like 3-D display firm, joined the company. Favalora was named a top innovator by MIT Technology Review magazine for his work in hologram-like 3-D display systems. He founded Actuality in 1997 to commercialize volumetric 3-D displays, holds 9 issued patents related to that technology, and led the teams which broke several records in the field of display engineering...." complete story
August 2008
- ZEMAX Users' Knowledge Base: How to create surfaces of revolution via user defined objects
"In non-sequential mode, ZEMAX allows us to use different objects in the design such as lenses, aspheres, cylinders, blocks, and other objects. A system feature also allows the user to create a custom object, if needed..." complete story
February 2008
- * Laser Focus World Magazine: Solar powered flashlight gets new design for those in need
"When John Ellis read a New York Times story on a US Diplomat delivering solar powered flashlights to Africans in need, he knew he wanted to help. The article a profile on Mark Bent...." complete story
April 2006
- Vision Systems Design Magazine: Design services benefit machine vision systems
".....Very often firms don’t have all the skills they need on staff. It’s quite common that companies working in machine vision don’t have any optical engineers, despite how central optics is to the industry. Other customers need our help on optoelectronics and signal processing. A company whose core expertise is software processing or system integration in specific vertical markets might not have electronics people they need to develop a new product, so we are brought in..." complete interview
March 2006
- Laser Focus World: SSS Optical collaborates with Optics for Hire on gas sensors
"SSS Optical Technologies has enlisted the help of Optics for Hire in launching a novel line of gas sensors based on patent pending optoelectronic technology. GOVINDRA stand