Characterized by extensive licensing, partnering, and other collaborative activities, with home-based health care as a key driver.  First Principals experience in the Biomedical fields includes:  medical devices, robotic endoscopy, cancer detection with MRI, drug delivery systems, wound dressings, and biomedical polymers.

The phenomenal growth of the telecommunications industry in recent years is global in scope. In 10 years, the U.S. mobile communications business alone could be worth as much as $100 billion a year. The rapid convergence of telecommunications, computing, and information-content industries will be seen in:  speech recognition, digital television, data security, encryption and medical telemetry.

Battelle Memorial Institute and other technology forecasters see tremendous challenges and opportunities in robotics and automation of certain manufacturing technologies.  Advances such as artificial intelligence, smart materials, and user friendly interfaces overlap FPI's expertise in: robotics and automation, laser applications, sensors, guidance optics and positioning systems.