Accessory upgrades existing spectrometers instantly to retrieve spectral data and control operating parameters
Dunedin, FL (February 24, 2009) – Ocean Optics, the industry leader in miniature photonics, has used the emergence of powerful yet inexpensive microprocessors to turn its spectrometers into webservers that can wirelessly exchange data and operation parameters. The new Remora is a plug and play adapter that makes connecting to an Ocean Optics Spectrometer as easy as putting a URL into a browser.  Users can access Remora over a Wi-Fi or Ethernet network to capture real-time data and control their spectrometer’s parameters.

Compatible with Ocean Optics’ HR4000, HR2000+ and QE65000 spectrometers, Remora combines Ocean Optics’ spectral acquisition and processing power with wireless convenience. Remora installs quickly and easily via USB and leaves GPIO connections free.

With Remora’s wireless capabilities, users can carry out a range of data collection and control functions remotely. Through the Remora User Interface, users can collect data, export spectral data to delimited and graph formats and change the spectrometer’s acquisition parameters – all remotely. Remora also generates a log file that tracks current and past setups for identifying errors.

Remora also makes it possible to access and control Ocean Optics spectrometers in a network from other web-enabled devices such as iPhones and PDAs. Remora supports most web browsers.
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Cash prize and grant awarded during SPIE BiOS/Photonics West 2009 conference
Dunedin, FL (February 6, 2009) – Ocean Optics, the industry leader in miniature photonics, is pleased to announce that Kelly L. Boeneman, Ph.D., is the winner of the SPIE 2009 Young Investigator Award sponsored by the company.

The Young Investigator Award is presented to the researcher who is no more than five years out of school and is author of the best juried paper submitted as part of the “Colloidal Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications IV” session of the BiOS section of Photonics West.  The honor includes a $1,000 investigator reward and $1,000 grant to the investigator’s advisor.

Boeneman, a post-doctoral researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C., was honored for her work as lead author of “Peptide linkers for the assembly of semiconductor quantum dot bioconjugates” (paper 7189-14), which she presented on Saturday, Jan. 24 at the conference. Her NRL advisor is Dr. Igor Medintz, a molecular biologist who has done extensive work in nanoparticles and biosensors.

“Supporting and encouraging young scientists is something near and very dear to our hearts,” said Rob Randelman, President of Ocean Optics. “We have a long history of support for researchers ranging from undergraduate students to post-doctoral fellows to novice professionals and budding entrepreneurs. Young investigators represent the promise of our industry.”

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