This summer, the Rochester Museum and Science Center will present a new interactive exhibition featuring a display of working holograms and interactive holographic technology. The star of the new exhibit is a Holographic Laser Projector, developed and donated by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF. Fraunhofer is based in Jena, Germany, […]
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PHOTONICS: Building Rochester’s future
A one-year report card on Rochester’s progress as the center of this new industry.
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Finger Lakes council meets on Friday
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council will hold its first meeting of 2016 at 10 a.m. on Friday. The council hasn’t released an official agenda yet, but it’s a safe bet that a chunk of the meeting will be devoted to the $500 million Upstate Revitalization award that the Finger Lakes region won last […]
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Photonics: What? Why? How?
Rochester is undeniably excited about photonics, even if much of the community doesn’t know what it is. But there’s good reason for the buzz, since Rochester will be the heart of a national initiative to build an integrated photonics industry from the ground up. The Department of Defense is keen on integrated photonics, which basically […]
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Finger Lakes council refines plan for economic contest
The Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council now knows how it would spend a $500-million state award, if it wins. Seven Upstate regions are competing for money through the state’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative. Three regions will each get $500 million. The Finger Lakes council has spent the past few months preparing, and today, it approved […]
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Finger Lakes council backs projects
The proceedings of the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council have, over the past few months, been a little confusing. It was bound to happen: the council has been working on several different-but-intertwined plans and efforts meant to guide state investment in the region. Each year, the council develops a list of priority economic and […]
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Feedback 9/9
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Feedback 8/19
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Photonics institute coming to Rochester
The Rochester region has been selected by the Department of Defense for a new photonics institute.
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Finger Lakes council gets outline of competition plan
Later this year, we’ll learn the winners of the Upstate Revitalization Initiative; three regions in Upstate New York will each receive $500 million in economic development funding from the state. The decision will be based, more or less, on detailed documents outlining each region’s plan for investing the money. The plans are currently being put together; […]
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Rochester’s fighting chance for a turnaround
Upstate cities know decline. For decades, they’ve seen their once-vibrant downtowns fade and their big employers and industries shrink, shut down, or leave.
