Ramping up for outdoor season? See how LightLab helps cultivators like Driven Grow optimize large-scale, outdoor harvest timing.

Dylan Wilks, CTO of Orange Photonics, shares a quick overview of the pros and cons of the various technologies on the market today.

Orange Photonics’ CTO Dylan Wilks, hosts a quick whiteboard session to illustrate how LightLab analyzes a cannabis sample with Selective Separation Spectroscopy.

There’s a good chance there’s something other than the lab that is causing most of the variation in your potency numbers. It seems simple to send two flower samples to a lab (or run them on a LightLab Cannabis Analyzer) and expect the same results, but the samples might not be exactly the same for a variety of reasons.  Let’s delve into the most common ones…

John Baker, MSc, is a certified Professional Argrologist (P.Ag) and is the president of CBD Baker Inc. He is a CSGA recognized plant breeder and a Health Canada recognized hemp breeder/researcher. In his own words, John talks about his new approach to screening genetics with LightLab.

“It’s been an ongoing struggle to get medication in the hands of our patients, but the medical marijuana community of Montana has responded to this adversity every step of the way,” said Gabe Perry, a partner in Montana dispensary Lionheart Caregiving. After a five-year battle, the Montana Supreme Court passed the bill into law in February 2016. By August of that year, over 93% of the state’s 12,400 patients had lost their access to a medical marijuana provider.

Jud is a mechanical engineer by training with a diverse background including design, technical support, and sales. For the last six years, he has worked in sales and technical support roles in a photonics and space-grade instrumentation environment.

What does it take to stay alive and on top of the ever-changing regulations in this fast moving business? Read our interview with Deb Kimless, MD, Medical Director of Maryland-based, ForwardGro.

As reported by Forbes Magazine, the market for hemp could grow by 700% in the next 3 years to become a $2.1 billion consumer market by 2020. The clamor for hemp-based Cannabidiol (CBD) has escalated due in part to increased

Marijuana is a banned substance by the National Football League while opioids are the typical pain management prescription. Harvard Medical School recently hosted a cannabis conference where NFL athletes spoke about why this could change. 

We didn’t just take inspiration from NASA’s Curiosity rover.  We actually used one of the detectors on Curiosity as the heart of LightLab.