Improvision
Encyclopedia
Improvision is a software developer based in Coventry
, England
. The company is the developer of Confocal, live cell imaging solutions and image analysis software for 2D, 3D and 4D imaging.
Improvision was founded in 1990 by Ken Salisbury, Andrew Waterfall and John Zeidler. Improvision was acquired by PerkinElmer
on April 2, 2007, in a cash transaction.
The company is based in Coventry, England, and it develops and sells scientific imaging equipment and software including confocal microscopy systems
and image analysis software (Volocity) for the Life Sciences
industry.
In 2004, Improvision was runner-up in the Apple Design Awards for Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution for their Volocity 2.6.1 software release.
In 2002, it was a winner in the annual Lord Stafford Awards for Innovation.
In April 2000, Improvision received a Queen's Award for Enterprise, the highest honour which can be given to a UK company, in recognition of outstanding achievement in export sales.
Improvision is also an improvisational theatre troupe based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that formed in 2001. The troupe has performed in the two biggest Fringe Festivals in North America, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival (2001 through 2009) and Edmonton Fringe Festival (2009) as well as various other improv and theatre festivals, private performances and public shows. See ImproVision Improv Theatre.
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The company is the developer of Confocal, live cell imaging solutions and image analysis software for 2D, 3D and 4D imaging.
Improvision was founded in 1990 by Ken Salisbury, Andrew Waterfall and John Zeidler. Improvision was acquired by PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer
PerkinElmer, Inc. is an American multinational technology corporation, focused in the business areas of human and environmental health, including environmental analysis, food and consumer product safety, medical imaging, drug discovery, diagnostics, biotechnology, industrial applications, and life...
on April 2, 2007, in a cash transaction.
The company is based in Coventry, England, and it develops and sells scientific imaging equipment and software including confocal microscopy systems
Confocal microscopy
Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique used to increase optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by using point illumination and a spatial pinhole to eliminate out-of-focus light in specimens that are thicker than the focal plane. It enables the reconstruction of...
and image analysis software (Volocity) for the Life Sciences
Life sciences
The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms, like plants, animals, and human beings. While biology remains the centerpiece of the life sciences, technological advances in molecular biology and biotechnology have led to a burgeoning of...
industry.
In 2004, Improvision was runner-up in the Apple Design Awards for Best Mac OS X Scientific Computing Solution for their Volocity 2.6.1 software release.
In 2002, it was a winner in the annual Lord Stafford Awards for Innovation.
In April 2000, Improvision received a Queen's Award for Enterprise, the highest honour which can be given to a UK company, in recognition of outstanding achievement in export sales.
Improvision is also an improvisational theatre troupe based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that formed in 2001. The troupe has performed in the two biggest Fringe Festivals in North America, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival (2001 through 2009) and Edmonton Fringe Festival (2009) as well as various other improv and theatre festivals, private performances and public shows. See ImproVision Improv Theatre.