Companies Partner for Nanopositioning Systems

The Value Engineering Alliance of Cambridge, Mass., and the DTI-NanoTech division of Discovery Technology International LLLP of Sarasota, Fla., have allied to promote the development, implementation and acceptance of nanopositioning systems for applications in the laboratory and in industrial automation and military/intelligence systems, particularly for those that require computer vision and precise motion control in combination. The Massachusetts company supplies software that supports automatic identification, image enhancement and alignment/precision registration, among other areas, and DTI’s portfolio includes the NTS NanoDirect series linear nanopositioners.

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Published: October 2007

Glossary

image enhancement: The digitization process by which an image is manipulated to increase the amount of information perceivable by the human eye.
nano: An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
photonics: The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...