Raydiance on fast track to growth. Femtosecond ultra-short pulse lasers enable innovation in any industry

Check out this article Petaluma laser-maker Raydiance is shining.

I think Raydiance is exciting because they are doing for lasers what Microsoft and Intel did for computers — creating a small, portable, hardware + software laser model (set to stun, set to kill, set to vaporize…uh…yeah…) for the masses that you don’t need to be a PhD to use.   What’s more, the super fast type of laser they did it with doesn’t give off heat, and is so precise it can strip the electrons off of atoms virtually making matter disappear.  The first people to use it will be doctors and military-types, then manufacturing and other industries, etc., and eventually you, the consumer.

I recently read about how cell phone technology has brought the price of imaging sensors down so much that there are now cheap infrared night vision goggles for kids that had been $250 and only for adults just a couple of years ago.  Imagine trading in your Ginsu knives for a pen laser that can carve the Thanksgiving turkey and then by changing the setting take down a surface to air missile.  It’s exciting to ponder the possibilities of unlocking the power of light.  One researcher is even using these types of lasers to try to lock in on the AIDS virus.  Imagine lasers competing with drugs!!!

Talk about disruptive business ideas.

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