{"id":206,"date":"2023-03-31T07:48:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T07:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2023-03-31T08:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:33:41","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"206\" class=\"elementor elementor-206\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34dd4493 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34dd4493\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-516f152c\" data-id=\"516f152c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d2ede6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50d2ede6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 25-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3b0cd8 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4a3b0cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Our History<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-113352fd elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-lottie\" data-id=\"113352fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;source&quot;:&quot;external_url&quot;,&quot;source_external_url&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/assets3.lottiefiles.com\\\/packages\\\/lf20_7wqd7fw5.json&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;arriving_to_viewport&quot;,&quot;viewport&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;play_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;start_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;end_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;renderer&quot;:&quot;svg&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"lottie.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.17.0 - 25-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Cruza was born in <strong>Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/strong>. It started as a wild dream: what would happen if the design faculty and the physics department would join forces for a graduation project?<\/p><p>Cruza is the intersection of skills, interests, and world views. At its technical core, it&#8217;s a light-sheet microscope, at its center it&#8217;s a project that aims at bringing together people from different backgrounds. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715b122 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"715b122\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb8636 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bb8636\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0629538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0629538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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the refractive optics by <a href=\"https:\/\/cruzainstruments.com\/reflective-optics-in-multi-color-applications\/\">reflective optics<\/a>, allowing not only to achieve a much smaller footprint, but also better performance when using different wavelengths through the same excitation path.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-789416e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"789416e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9de7fb9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9de7fb9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a386aa elementor-widget 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Improving the design of the instrument can deliver a big impact in usability. <\/p><p>Cruza is the product of the graduation project of a group of design students (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.todociencia.com.ar\/cruza-de-ciencia-y-diseno\/\">press article, in Spanish<\/a>) that jumped in to improve the overall performance of the system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cf2de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48cf2de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8701a3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8701a3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d51e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4d51e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1-1024x926.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1-1024x926.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1-1536x1389.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4_cropped-1.jpg 1617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2d233 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d2d233\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f39b7ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f39b7ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The results<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-824291d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"824291d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filter exchanges and sample mount<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68758f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68758f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks to the relentless work of both teams (physicists and designers) for a year, some results are immediately visible.<\/p><p>The <strong>filter exchanger<\/strong> is a radical new approach compared to traditional filter wheels. By moving the filter horizontally, the assembly is very compact and is much gentler in tolerancing requirements. <\/p><p>Mounting samples in light-sheet microscopes can be tedious and error prone. Cruza developed a rotating mount that allows to insert tubes or needles comfortably, and secures them in place with an adjustment head. Just sliding it brings them into the index-matching bath, ready to start the measurement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5e2e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f5e2e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc8893c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc8893c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1-1024x927.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1-1536x1391.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aquiles.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3_cropped-1.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d1f39 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"30d1f39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c97250e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c97250e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Technology Transfer<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342b99c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"342b99c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commercializing a research project<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0847664 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0847664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cruza is more than just a device, it is a long-term project that aims at showing a different path forward for instrument design and commercialization. Through a partnership between the University of Buenos Aires and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solbion.com\">Solbion<\/a>, a high-tech company in The Netherlands, Cruza became a device available to everyone, regardless of their skills on the optical table.<\/p><p><strong>Cruza Instruments<\/strong> is not only a vehicle to commercialize the <a href=\"https:\/\/cruzainstruments.com\/neo1\/\"><strong>Neo1<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>it is also an experiment to show that it is possible to build a sustainable business case around\u00a0 open-hardware scientific instruments. We are building a platform for the easy exchange of best practices around scientific instruments, taking into account not only the perspective of other developers, but of the intended users. <\/p><p>We are open to discussing about projects that may become part of our portfolio, best practices, and open-hardware in general. 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