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Los Angeles, CA — February 16th, 2021 — Dimer, an infection prevention company bringing hospital-proven ultraviolet disinfection (UV) technology to all work environments, was selected as a finalist in the Innovative World category for the 11th annual SXSW Pitch®. SXSW...

As the first round of vaccinations against the novel coronavirus gets underway, businesses and schools nationwide are making plans to safely reopen. A key part of those efforts will involve regularly disinfecting surfaces, and...

Every year, TIME highlights inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. (See last year’s list here.) To assemble our 2020 list, we solicited nominations both from our editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online...

JetBlue Airways is set to test ultraviolet cleaning technology in its planes as carriers look for new ways to keep aircraft clean during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company is working with Honeywell in a pilot program that will roll out eight...

Seven years before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Arthur Kreitenberg, a Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon, came up with an invention in his basement to quickly disinfect an airplane cabin using ultraviolet light. He even bought airplane seats from the airline graveyard in...

It’s 2022 and you’ve just arrived at the travel destination of your dreams. As you get off the plane, a robot greets you with a red laser beam that remotely takes your temperature. You’re still half asleep after a long transoceanic flight, so your brain barely...

While most people around the world continue to sit at home awaiting the creation of a vaccine against COVID-19 before they will travel again, the airline industry and other travel companies soon could have a new technology in place that could kill essentially all...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that ultraviolet light could be inserted into coronavirus patients was widely panned on Friday, but a California company thinks it’s a perfect solution for decontaminating airplanes. Dimer UCV Innovations created a...

Airplanes are as much a form of transportation for germs as they are for us. That's where the GermFalcon from Dimer UVC Innovations comes in. The GermFalcon uses ultraviolet light to kill disease-causing germs on airplanes. Virus-killing UVC machines are also being...

Dr. Arthur Kreitenberg and his son Elliot got some strange looks when they began the design work for the GermFalcon, a new machine that uses ultraviolet light to wipe out coronavirus and other germs inside an airplane. The father-son founders of Dimer UVC took tape...

The pictures of evacuation flights as countries bring their citizens home during the coronavirus pandemic have been incredible, with hazmat-suited crew, medical staff and some passengers even flying in windowless converted freighter aircraft with seats bolted to the...

Dimer Co-founder and President Elliot Kreitenberg joins Squawk Alley to discuss how his company's machine, the "GermFalcon" uses UV light to help kill viruses and stop the spread of infectious disease on airplanes.

The coronavirus, which is in the same family as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), has spread to 473 patients in China, and that 17 people have died from the virus. In the U.S., officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed one case...

Amid a dearth of new plane models, the aviation industry is intensifying the search for in-cabin innovations to lure passengers with wider seats, faster service and even fresh pancakes. Among developments this year, Qatar Airways revealed a business berth which can be...

Studies suggest that airplane travel facilitates the spread of viruses, making people more likely to get sick. But a Los Angeles-based startup is offering airlines a product it says will go a long way toward solving those problems. "If your kid is sick three days...