Bet everything on science and knowledge

The opportunities that science will provide are endless. After this pandemic crisis, all the economic agents will consider much more deeply to dedicate more resources to research and development. This pandemic has demonstrated that those countries that put many resources on the knowledge-based economy and promote a strong research and development ecosystem, have the best tools and skills to respond to a crisis. Germany and South Korea are two clear examples.

We are firm believers in science. We truly believe that knowledge has to be accessible to the society and everyone should be able to benefit from it. Our company was founded with a vision:

“3D technology for all, pushing the boundaries of human progress”

We at Doitplenoptic, aim to democratize the scientific use of lightfield technology with affordable and high 3D performance products. Our goal is to make this sophisticated image technology accessible to society by providing SMART products for clinical, biological and industrial applications.

One of the most critical challenges science faces is to obtain 3D information of microscopic samples. This is the reason why our efforts are focused on 3D microscopy in first place.

Investing in Science: 3D Imaging & 3D Microscopy

Optical microscopy has played a key role in the development of life sciences and materials. Despite the multiple opportunities microscopy has provided, the fact of producing 2D images of real three-dimensional samples in a single shot has limited its possibilities in fields where 3D information is crucial. The world is 3D, not 2D!

Nowadays, the problem of obtaining 3D images of microscopic samples is solved by making numerous captures after an axial scanning process (light-sheet microscopy) or 3D scanning (confocal microscopy). An alternative not requiring scanning is digital holographic microscopy. However, it is restricted to transparent samples observed by coherent lighting.

Even though all these 3D technologies for microscopy are still very expensive and complex. As we said previously, we believe science has to be as accessible to researchers and technicians as possible.

For 15 years, science has been trying to implement lightfield microscopy (also called plenoptic or integral microscopy). Integral microscopy has as its main characteristic its ability to record the 3D information of thick samples without the need to perform more than a single shot.

These systems simultaneously capture a whole series of perspectives of the sample, which is achieved by placing an array of microlenses in front of the sensor or a matrix of cameras. From these perspectives, with the appropriate algorithms, it is possible to perform in-depth reconstruction (focusing on different planes) and calculate a depth map of the distinguishable parts across the width and length of the sample.

The lightfield microscopy techniques developed until now, are based on large (and very expensive) equipment, which are arranged over wide distances.

DOIT® is based on a new concept of lightfield: a new optical design that allows us to reduce the size of the system and maximize resolution. Doitplenoptic has developed a portable and affordable device that can be easily and immediately coupled to commercial microscopes to give them the functionality of obtaining three-dimensional images in real-time.

We are real game-changers! We hope to contribute to the spread of knowledge and to make more accessible 3D imaging. Time for science has arrived. Our priority for the future and the answer to human challenges is SCIENCE.

#LetsDOIT3D!