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 At Esco, we’re always looking for new and innovative ways to do things and develop new products. And who better to partner with when where pushing the envelope than NASA? Currently, we have a few top-secret projects in the works with the space administration. We’re documenting the whole process and capturing all the details as we create optics for NASA’s groundbreaking technologies. We can’t wait to share it with you. But for now, you’ll just have to trust us—it’s some pretty cool stuff. Today, we want to talk about something different—World Space Week (WSW). It’s an annual holiday observed from...

There’s been plenty of movies and television series professing the mystical superpowers and unexplained phenomena which occur during a solar eclipse. For the upcoming eclipse on Monday August 21st the facts are: there is a powerful force that occurs and it's truly dangerous. Gaze up at this marvel for just a few seconds and you could be doing irreversible harm to your eyes. When Moon completely blocks the Sun, daytime becomes a deep twilight, and the Sun’s corona shimmers in the darkened sky that’s the moment of vulnerability. Solar eclipses are dangerous because the sun can come out from behind the...

With over 300 golfers, three golf courses, and a tremendous amount of charity, this years tournament was better than ever. Mother nature provided her own hook with some afternoon thunderstorms, but the mood of the tournament was not dampened (even if some golfers were). Esco's theme this year was "Rising to new heights" which translated into a drone drop delivery for golfers on each course. On select holes on each course, a specially modified quadcopter drone dropped a parachute containing a Esco goodie bag for each foursome. Esco also sponsored the popular "Beat the Giant" contest which players had to get closest...

We are happy to add Steve Rowe to the Esco team leading our marketing efforts. Steve has a extensive background in branding communications, trade shows and digital design. As Director of Marketing, Steve will lead all of Esco’s marketing campaigns and brand outreach. He’s worked in both the creative agencies and in-house teams allowing for a well rounded approach to design strategies. Steve is a graduate of the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University. A self described “compulsive creator” when he’s not a computer he’s busy woodworking or creating a new craft for his twin girls....

Having covered the basic types of lens configurations, as well as, the mechanical parameters used to define a lens shape, we will now discuss how opticians and fabricators characterize the precision of lens surfaces.