Nanotronics Imaging

Nanotronics Imaging
Type	Private
Industry	Nanotechnology
Founded	2010 [1]
Founders	Matthew Putman, John Putman
Headquarters	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio [2]
Key people	Matthew Putman, CEO
Website	www.nanotronics.co

Last updated October 04, 2019

Nanotronics Imaging is a nanotechnology startup in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. It has an office in Brooklyn, New York at New Lab and manufactures its devices in California.^[2]

Nanotechnology ("nanotech") is manipulation of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology. A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defines nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. This definition reflects the fact that quantum mechanical effects are important at this quantum-realm scale, and so the definition shifted from a particular technological goal to a research category inclusive of all types of research and technologies that deal with the special properties of matter which occur below the given size threshold. It is therefore common to see the plural form "nanotechnologies" as well as "nanoscale technologies" to refer to the broad range of research and applications whose common trait is size.

Cuyahoga Falls is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 49,652. It is the second-largest city in Summit County and part of the Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was founded in 1812 by William Wetmore and was originally named Manchester, but renamed for the Cuyahoga River and the series of waterfalls that run along the southern boundary of the city.

New Lab opened in June 2016, as a multi-disciplinary technology center. Housed in Building 128 of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the $35 million project serves as a hardware-focused shared workspace, research lab, and hatchery for socially-oriented tech manufacturing.

History

Nanotronics was founded by Matthew Putman, a materials science professor at Columbia University,^[3] and his father John Putman.^[2]^[3] Nanotronics has received $7 million in venture capital funding from Founders Fund and PayPal founder Peter Thiel,^[1] who sits on the company's board of directors.^[4]

Matthew Putman is an American scientist, educator, musician and film/stage producer. He is best known for his work in nanotechnology, the science of working in dimensions smaller than 100 nanometers. Putman currently serves as the CEO of Nanotronics Imaging, which provides ultra high-resolution images for industry and science.

The interdisciplinary field of materials science, also commonly termed materials science and engineering, is the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids. The intellectual origins of materials science stem from the Enlightenment, when researchers began to use analytical thinking from chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand ancient, phenomenological observations in metallurgy and mineralogy. Materials science still incorporates elements of physics, chemistry, and engineering. As such, the field was long considered by academic institutions as a sub-field of these related fields. Beginning in the 1940s, materials science began to be more widely recognized as a specific and distinct field of science and engineering, and major technical universities around the world created dedicated schools of the study, within either the Science or Engineering schools, hence the naming.

Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 near the Upper West Side region of Manhattan, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence, seven of which belong to the Ivy League. It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world.

In 2015, Nanotronics acquired Franklin Mechanical & Control, a manufacturer of optical equipment based in Hollister, California.^[5]

Hollister is an agricultural town county seat of San Benito County, California. Located in Central California, Hollister is part of the Monterey Bay Area and a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. With a 2010 census population of 34,928, Hollister is one of the largest cities in the largely rural Central California subregion. Primarily a small residential town, Hollister is the closest rural community to Silicon Valley, in Santa Clara County.

Products

Nanotronics builds hardware and software that can be used to see features down to the nanometer scale. It integrates off-the-shelf high resolution microscopes with custom software, including machine learning and artificial intelligence.^[2] Nanotronics technology has a number of medical applications, such as screening for cervical cancer.^[6]

Machine learning (ML) is the scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform a specific task without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead. It is seen as a subset of artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms build a mathematical model based on sample data, known as "training data", in order to make predictions or decisions without being explicitly programmed to perform the task. Machine learning algorithms are used in a wide variety of applications, such as email filtering and computer vision, where it is difficult or infeasible to develop a conventional algorithm for effectively performing the task.

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans. Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is often used to describe machines that mimic "cognitive" functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem solving".

Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix. It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Early on, typically no symptoms are seen. Later symptoms may include abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain or pain during sexual intercourse. While bleeding after sex may not be serious, it may also indicate the presence of cervical cancer.

In April 2015, Nanotronics announced a new virtual reality system, called nVisible, that allows anyone to "walk through" a 3D model of objects at the microscopic scale.^[7]

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. Applications of virtual reality can include entertainment and educational purposes. Other, distinct types of VR style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality.

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An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of accelerated electrons as a source of illumination. As the wavelength of an electron can be up to 100,000 times shorter than that of visible light photons, electron microscopes have a higher resolving power than light microscopes and can reveal the structure of smaller objects. A scanning transmission electron microscope has achieved better than 50 pm resolution in annular dark-field imaging mode and magnifications of up to about 10,000,000× whereas most light microscopes are limited by diffraction to about 200 nm resolution and useful magnifications below 2000×.

Augmented reality View of the real world with computer-generated supplementary features

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References

1 2 Finley, Klint (April 24, 2015). "New VR Tech Lets You Explore Worlds at the Nanoscale". Wired Magazine . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
1 2 3 4 Mackinnon, Jim (February 2, 2015). "Nanotronics Imaging in Cuyahoga Falls seeks to revolutionize industries by making a big deal out of the smallest things". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
1 2 McKenzie, Hamish (November 2, 2012). "Matthew Putman's super resolution and the poetry of nanotechnology". PandoDaily . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ "Peter Thiel's Newest Obsession: Nanotechnology". Reuters. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
↑ "Nanotronics Imaging Acquires Franklin MCI To Become Full-System Provider of Custom Nanoimaging Solutions". BusinessWire. May 19, 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ Gaglani, Shiv (March 24, 2014). "Seeing the Invisible: Interview with Nanotronics CEO". Medgadget . Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ Murphy, Mike (April 24, 2015). "A new microscope uses virtual reality to let you walk through atomic-level vistas". Quartz . Retrieved 5 April 2016.

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[wired-1] 1 2 Finley, Klint (April 24, 2015). "New VR Tech Lets You Explore Worlds at the Nanoscale". Wired Magazine . Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[akron-2] 1 2 3 4 Mackinnon, Jim (February 2, 2015). "Nanotronics Imaging in Cuyahoga Falls seeks to revolutionize industries by making a big deal out of the smallest things". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[pando-3] 1 2 McKenzie, Hamish (November 2, 2012). "Matthew Putman's super resolution and the poetry of nanotechnology". PandoDaily . Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[reuters-4] "Peter Thiel's Newest Obsession: Nanotechnology". Reuters. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

[businesswire-5] "Nanotronics Imaging Acquires Franklin MCI To Become Full-System Provider of Custom Nanoimaging Solutions". BusinessWire. May 19, 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[medgadget-6] Gaglani, Shiv (March 24, 2014). "Seeing the Invisible: Interview with Nanotronics CEO". Medgadget . Retrieved 5 April 2016.

[quartz-7] Murphy, Mike (April 24, 2015). "A new microscope uses virtual reality to let you walk through atomic-level vistas". Quartz . Retrieved 5 April 2016.