| 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 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]
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What Nanotronics does, we work with a lab that regenerates the esophagus. This is kind of interesting because this was by chance, but I had esophageal cancer. I was lucky enough and had good enough oncologists and scientists working on my case that I recovered from it, but it's incredibly deadly form of cancer. With regenerative medicine you're able to actually take out part of the esophagus and replace it with a bio scaffold and seed that with stem cells so that it can regrow a new scaffold. This has been known for a long time, it's even been tried, but without the ability to do know the exact pore size and the density of how those cells will react to each other, so in other words to have nanoscale resolution it's only an idea, it's only a theoretical idea. Now this is something that's a reality. This should be also applicable to any regenerative processes like this. Full complicated organs are already being recreated. What makes it into the mainstream is a matter of regulation, it's a matter of politics, it's a matter of things that are outside of science. But we do hope that enabling it in many labs for a point that everybody can try it out will help this adoption happen quicker. So five years is absolutely a technological reality. We'll see if it's a political reality. There are of course political hurdles in doing anything in medicine, but that is also kind of an excuse for us when we don't accomplish things as fast as we would like to. They are real but I think the biggest hurdle in nanotechnology and regenerative medicine specifically is that the public doesn't know about it so it's not on the radar of most people so they're not excited about it. They don't push for it. They don't spend money on it. They don't lobby for it. They don't realize that their lives or their parent's lives and their children's lives can be saved by it. It's always amazing to me the types of technology that get attention while others that are truly world changing don't get any attention at all. Regenerative medicine is a good example of that.
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]
In 2015, Nanotronics acquired Franklin Mechanical & Control, a manufacturer of optical equipment based in Hollister, California.[5]
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]
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]
References
- ^ a b Finley, Klint (April 24, 2015). "New VR Tech Lets You Explore Worlds at the Nanoscale". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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.
{{cite news}}: 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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