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Potomac Photonics laser micromachines small windows in glass to support research at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. Asthma is one of the leading health conditions in the world. According to the US Centers for Disease Control there are 18.7 million…

Potomac was recently honored to be included in NASA’s Technology Day on the Hill, an annual event that showcases the latest transformational technologies that have resulted from NASA funding.  In addition to one half-dozen congressional lawmakers and almost 300 Hill…

Having the chance to improve safety of large industrial systems is a gratifying application in our digital fabrication work. One such application recently presented itself to Potomac through the University of Oklahoma’s [OU] School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Growing…

Over the last few years, Inside 3D Printing has proven to be a lively, educational event that takes place around the globe. The New York version this year has grown to a full 3D Printing Week with multiple activities around…

Potomac is thrilled to announce that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] has invited us to demonstrate our digital fabrication technologies at NASA Technology Day, April 29, on Capitol Hill. We’ll be showing samples of the many types of…

Digital fabrication processes such as laser micromachining and 3D Printing have had enormous impact on manufacturing by allowing for rapid prototyping and testing of new product designs. These digital fabrication tools are driven by instructions from a computer aided design…

Engineering is a process, a continual development of new techniques to improve products so that we can expand their usefulness via better performance, longer lifetime and reduced cost. And it’s even more gratifying when the engineering process improvement saves more…

In recent years, Potomac has done some rather interesting laser coding and marking work for customers.  With the current celebration of black history month, we’d like to share one such project using QR Codes to help a headstone company bring…

Potomac Photonics has been collaborating with our friends at NASA for years. In fact, it was a set of Small Business Innovation Research contracts with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center back in the mid-1990s that was instrumental in putting our…

Last week the laser community was saddened to learn of the death of Charles Townes, one of the inventors of the laser. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation [LASER] devices are such a part of 21st century life that…

Computer simulations are powerful tools for development of new medical devices and treatments. At the Center for Cardiovascular Simulation (CCS) at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Michael Sacks’ group is working to provide advanced cardiovascular simulations in order for…