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LaseReflect® Featured in The Ottawa Citizen
Iridian Spectral Technologies Ltd. launched its line of laser reflection glasses after being approached by a coalition of aviation safety officials concerned about the dramatic rise of laser incidents. Last year, there were 663 laser strikes directed at aircraft in...
Lasers: Redefining the Premium Cinema Experience
Greg Niven, of Necsel IP Inc., recently wrote in August issue of Photonics Spectra about the use of laser projectors in cinemas. Demand for high-quality video display keeps growing…
Laser Pointers Continue To Put Pilots And Passengers At Risk
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hazard in the sky. Eleven commercial airlines said they were hit with laser beams while flying over the East Coast. WJZ’s Tracy Leong explains how this put pilots and thousands of passengers at risk. Laser pointers continue to be a growing concern...
Rash of laser pointer incidents prompts new warnings
A new spat of laser pointer attacks on airplanes has prompted a reminder from Transport Canada that shining bright lights at aircrafts is both dangerous and illegal. Over a 90-minute span [on the night of July 15th], 12 pilots, including one flying for Toronto’s...
Transport Canada launches national campaign on laser safety
Helping Canadians better understand the dangers lasers pose to aircraft The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, today launched the Government of Canada’s safety awareness campaign for...
LaseReflect® featured on DailyPlanet
Iridian’s LaseReflect® glasses have been featured in a segment on the Discovery Channel’s DailyPlanet…
MWIR Filters for Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
The desire to accurately identify, measure, and monitor environmental and process gases in fields as diverse as agriculture, automotive, medicine, and petrochemicals has driven increased demands for Photoacoustic Spectroscopy (PAS). Key to the function of PAS devices...
Optical Filters Open Up New Uses For MWIR, LWIR Systems
The future for photonics imaging is bright in a previously dark wavelength regime: The ability to image ‘invisible’ features such as thermal profiles, gases and other environmental constituents in a commercially viable manner has begun to open up new application areas...
Eyeware Helps Thwart Laser-Pointer Attacks
Laser pointer attacks on pilots, train conductors, and law-enforcement personnel have become an increasingly prevalent…
Space-Based Laser Communications Break Threshold
Optics and Photonics News recently published an article on recent and upcoming deployments of satellite laser communication systems are bringing Internet-like speeds for data transmission in space. NASA’s first dedicated laser communication in space, the Lunar Laser...