The Office of Naval Research funded the development of a simple array of six lights outfitted with Fresnel lenses mounted on the stern of a ship, called a Tactical Vectoring Equipment (TVE) display.

PORT TOWNSEND — The United States Lighthouse Society will host an event Saturday to celebrate the restoration of Point Wilson’s historic 1879 Fresnel lens. The light from the Fresnel lens is replacing ...

On Monday, expert lampist Chad Kaiser got to work disassembling the more than 100-year-old Fresnel lens at the Dali Museum in Monterey. “Compared with several other lenses around the country, it is in ...

A lens manufactured in France in 1902 is shining high atop Montauk Point Lighthouse once again. Earlier this month the U.S. Coast Guard relit the clamshell-shaped Fresnel lens, which guided mariners ...

Give some mundane, old gear to an artist with a liking for technology, and he can turn it into a mesmerizing piece of art. [dmitry] created “red, an optic-sound electronic object” which uses simple ...

Amidst an ongoing $18 million restoration project of the Pigeon Point Light Station Historic Park, community members are invited to celebrate the lighthouse’s 153rd anniversary with a lighting of the ...

If you had an array of high power addressable LEDs, how would you project them onto a wall? Perhaps you’d use a Fresnel lens, or maybe an individual lens on the top of each. [Joo] faced this problem ...

You may know them best for their original use in lighthouses, where they're famously recognised as "the invention that saved a million ships". Or perhaps you initially think of their employment in ...

For the month of February, New Yorkers can boast about a new superlative. Usurping the previously held record by a lighthouse in Oahu, Hawaii, New York's Times Square now holds the world's largest ...

We learned last week that PSVR 2 will use Fresnel lenses, which have a range of advantages over traditional lenses, but also come with a big downside: god rays. However, Sony may have a trick up its ...

A lens made in 1902 has been returned to the lantern room atop the lighthouse, which was commissioned by George Washington. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll find out why a ...

Point Sur Lightstation is getting its original First-Order Fresnel lens back.The United States Coast Guard signed off on returning the 1887 Fresnel back to Point Sur on Monday and the work to get it ...