About Voxa
Our Story
Voxa is a scientific instrument company focused on nanoscale measurement and analysis. Our equipment can be found on the International Space Station, in major universities, government laboratories where it is used by scientists, engineers, educators and researchers.
Voxa was founded in 2012 through the research and development of Dr. Christopher Own. As chief scientist and founder, Dr. Own has more than two decades of experience in scientific instrumentation with a focus in electron microscopy (EM), materials science, biology, and chemistry.
Through their experience and talents, Dr. Own and the Voxa team have crafted nanotechnology solutions for the company’s three product families.
Voxa Blade™
The Voxa Blade™ is a customizable ultra-high-throughput imaging pipeline that enables the automation and scaling of nano-scale electron-optical imaging. Blade eliminates manual operation and limited data retrieval constraints to allow for a rapid and effective process for charting the full nano-scale detail of our world.
In much the same way that improved satellites enabled us to effortlessly map the full macro surface of our world, Blade’s increases image acquisition speed of nano-image samples by a factor of millions over the traditional, manual approach.
Mochii™
Voxa's award-winning Mochii "S" is the world's first field-portable electron microscope, able to take sophisticated laboratory analyses including chemical identification into new and extreme environments, including outer space.
Because of its size, ruggedness, capabilities, and versatility Mochii has been adopted by the International Space Station to help detect crew and vehicle mission threats, and perform novel microgravity science, and is the first instrument of its kind in space. Mochii will serve as part of the backbone of services as part of the ISS National Laboratory and is a research platform for exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
Voxa Custom Design Solutions
Voxa created a family of products to support the specific needs of the nano-imaging world. Voxa can create everything from measurement instrumentation to integrated stage designs including quick-release and electromechanical interfacing. Voxa can also create IoT and collaborative information technology solutions to fit specific needs.
Voxa’s deep technology portfolio of imaging and automation technologies pushes the envelope of microscopy, from peta scale human brain maps at the synaptic level to the world’s first portable electron microscopes to bring powerful analog capabilities into the digital and cloud-based present and future. Voxa systems have impact in broad fields including agriculture, ocean research, energy, exploration, and the biological sciences to help unlock secrets of cellular organization and interaction. Voxa works with and serves leading institutions including the Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, Princeton University, MIT, Harvard University, Chulalongkorn University, and the US government to continue to expand the capabilities of discovering the nano-world on Earth, and in space.
The Voxa Team
Between Blade and Mochii, our team has enabled scientists, researchers, students and professors to propel education and scientific discovery forward.
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