Harvard's Metalens Technology Enters Commercial Development
Mass. startup Metalenz, Inc., to bring flat optics to consumer electronics and more CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology for imaging and illumination that could replace conventional lenses with an ultrathin, flat optical microchip. Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD), which cultivates the University’s industrial research collaborations and oversees technology commercializ...