From a mobile Humanitarian Fab Lab in refugee camps that uses laser cutting for building temporary housing to 3D Printing on the International Space Station, Digital Fabrication is changing almost every aspect of our lives. On March 30 and 31, 2017 at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge, MA, visionaries at DigiFabCon will explore the […]
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LaserCoil Technologies LLC – January’s Featured Corporate Member
LaserCoil Technologies LLC, based in Napoleon, Ohio, launched in 2011 with a new approach to laser blanking from coil stock. The innovative technology went through over three years of developmental research and planning at the Automatic Feed Company (AFCO), an organization known for pressroom automation with nearly 65-years of manufacturing expertise focused on metal blanking. […]
Weekly Lasers Wrap Up – Week of January 9th, 2017
The Laser Institute of America LasersToday.com Weekly Wrap-Up aggregates industry news, conference updates, and LIA happenings. Here is the latest: Laser Industry News Medical indwelling catheters, implanted into the body for up to three months at a time, tend to be prone to infections. A multi-discipline study is aiming to develop an optic-fiber delivered UV […]
ILSC 2017: The Source for Laser Safety Updates
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2016 – Orlando, FL—The 2017 installment of LIA’s biennial International Laser Safety Conference (ILSC®) will take place March 20-23, in Atlanta, Georgia. Laser safety professionals from around the globe will gather to discuss all aspects of laser safety, from bioeffects research to control hazards to best practices for the Laser […]
Laser Institute of America’s New Website Coming Soon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ORLANDO, FL, DECEMBER 12, 2016 — The Laser Institute of America (LIA), the professional society for laser applications and safety is improving the existing website to include many convenient features for members and non-members alike. “We are excited to announce an enriched web experience to all of our users. Focusing on the user-experience […]