The best introduction to our technology (underlying and foundational) 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 (intensity-modulated radiation therapy). Scanning probes and quantum mechanics if you want to get down to the basics.

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, and this extends into their applications - biosensors and diagnostics, integrated detection, analysis, notification, and response. An "object oriented" model for biothreat and public health.

One might say that we have some "trade secrets" in how we apply a new mathematical approach and paradigm into an architectural family for both devices and the software that controls them, but also in how we do not depend upon one single component (including devices). As one example, we can attain faster PCR test results for an infectious disease like influenza and then distribute that information plus forecasting and modeling in a manner that is more useful to health care providers and emergency responders alike, all in an order of magnitude less time, burden, and cost.

Here's just one example of what is the beauty in TETRADYN'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." It is not confusing, and our basic introduction, below, should help.