The best introduction to our technology (underlying and foundational) - before we talk about cars, vehicles, spacecraft and "smart energy" - may be found by looking not at our products but their predecessors in other fields of application. Subsurface sensing for oil exploration or searching for buried missile silos. Ultrasound imaging of embryos or internal organs. MRI, PET, and IMRT (intesity-modulated radiation therapy). Scanning probes and quantum mechanics if you want to get down to the basics. We tend to point people with these kinds of questions to Dr. D (Martin) because that is what he knows. But first we point out that we are in business to sell products and make good money, so there is a time and place for talking about deep science.

Dr. D. is right that our core technology starts first in the mathematics and then is implemented in hardware and software. Our sensors are MEMS devices that are designed for interchangeability and replacement of parts - for adapting to new targets (e.g., chemicals, biopathogens), or new application environments (e.g., needs to detect multiple targets in the same place), or new sensing methods that can be incorporated into the common framework. A lot of our technology derives from the way computer science and software engineering evolved. We have taken object-oriented design, modularity and parallelism and applied it into nanotechnology and microsystems.

Yes, we have some trade secrets. Don't expect us to tell them here on our website! But the magic and the power is not dependent upon one little thing - we decided to break with tradition and not base our business and our futures upon one gadget or widget that we know will be either duplicated or matched or surpassed. Our real secret is in how we apply our knowledge to making solutions that solve somebody's problem and help them to cut costs and to save on work and worry, and to save lives.

Here's just one example of what is the beauty in FORTE's method and model and practice. We have one set of sensors and wireless communications that we are applying to challenging problems for the oil industry, for shipping ports, for college and pro football, for police SWAT teams, and for women's personal safety. Some people get confused about seeing so many applications under one "roof." Well, so sorry! We're just very good at what we do. But a lot of this is possible only because we can use the same devices, the same software, and the same brains interchangeably.

Now That is called INTELLIGENCE Adapting, experimenting, verifying, using new tools to Survive and Thrive.