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19th New Scale Patent Extends UTAF Motor Applications
New Scale Technologies has been awarded its 19th US patent for a highly miniaturized, two-axis angular pointing device using its UTAF (Ultra-Thin Actuator Family) piezoelectric motor technology.

New Scale featured in NASA Spinoff
New Scale Technologies is featured in the 2019 NASA Spinoff magazine for its work in developing precision, miniaturized piezoelectric positioning systems for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The technological...
New Scale adds patent for piezoelectric micro stages
New Scale Technologies has been awarded a patent for a highly miniaturized slip-stick stage using piezoelectric technology. Patent 10,187,037 issued January 22, 2019 to inventors David Henderson, Qin Xu and Danielle Piazza. “This, our 18th patent, illustrates...
Miniature piezo smart stage now available at Digi-Key and Mouser
Precision linear microstage with embedded controller is a compact, easy-to-integrate motion system with 15 mm travel and >100 gram load capacity

Multi-Probe Manipulator supports imec Neuropixels probes
Precision manipulator supports imec’s new ultra-high density Neuropixels 1.0 probes for acute in-vivo neural recording in awake, behaving animals. The compact, easy-to-use manipulator allows neuroscience researchers to quickly and precisely position multiple probes.

Facility Tour Supports Instrumentation and Controls Education Program
Victor, NY – Oct. 19, 2018 – New Scale Technologies, Inc. hosts students from the Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) in New Scale’s micro-mechatronics research and development lab near Rochester, NY. The Instrumentation and Control Technologies program at...
Smart stage with embedded controller is new, compact solution for automated microscope focus
Microstage is ideal for rapid development of automated microscope-based instruments needing small size, high precision Victor, NY – Sept. 25, 2018 – New Scale Technologies, Inc. has introduced a compact linear positioning stage targeting embedded microscopes in...
New Whitepaper: How Embedded Motion Makes Great Products Smaller
Starting new designs with all-in-one positioning modules allows product development engineers to achieve smallest system size. Find out how.

New Scale Robotics Launched
New division targets industrial automation distributors and end users of smart grippers for small collaborative robots; solutions address the fast-growing collaborative robotics market and the need for agile automation, or rapid deployment and re-deployment in the factory with minimum engineering effort.

Neural probe positioning system featured in WSJ
Article shows New Scale’s micropositioning technology at work in the lab | The Allen Institute for Brain Science was featured in the June 15 Wall Street Journal article, “The Quest to Decode the Brain.” Micropositioning expertise from New Scale Technologies…

M3 actuator powers tiny high-Q tunable bandpass filter made from plastic
Prototype created by researchers at Purdue University demonstrates high performance and low cost to meet the demands of future 5G networks
New Scale’s Focus Module Helps IrisGuard Aid Vulnerable Refugees
The innovative UK company IrisGuard is using New Scale Technologies’ Focus Module to power its iris recognition systems that serve millions of unbanked customers around the world.

VIDEO: M3-RS-U-360 Rotary Microstage Developer’s Kit
Rotary micropositioning stage is only 12 mm diameter including embedded controller. It offers 360 degrees continuous rotation at up to 1,100 degrees/second with an accuracy of 0.25 degrees.

NeuroNexus adds MPM System to its line of neural probes and actuators
Ultra-compact system automatically positions multiple high-density silicon neural probes for electrophysiology, optogenetics research.

See the Multi-Probe Micromanipulator MPM System at Neuroscience 2017
NeuroNexus, Cambridge NeuroTech and The Allen Institute will offer demos, presentations of the MPM System at Neuroscience 2017
Video from Laser World of Photonics in Munich
The video “Forward-looking medical technology” features innovative products on display in Munich at Laser World of Photonics 2107. New Scale Technologies’ David Henderson describes a medical application of the M3-FS Focus Module. Watch the video.

Newest M3-LS Linear Smart Stage has longer travel, higher load capacity for embedded microscopes, other precision micro positioning tasks
Latest addition to “all-in-one” microstage stage family moves >100 gram loads with 500 nm resolution over 15 mm travel
Cambridge NeuroTech to offer New Scale Technologies’ Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System for in-vivo electrophysiology
The MPM System, the first multi-probe micro-manipulator optimized for use with new silicon neural probes, enables high-yield acute in-vivo brain recording and optogenetics

Miniature beam steering, mirror positioning developers’ kits now available for purchase at Digi-Key and Mouser
Rotary piezoelectric smart stages with embedded controllers make the system smaller, easier to use than galvo systems