Researchers at the University of Vermont used a real-time Linux operating system to control a “laser trap” that manipulates individual molecules with a computer-controlled laser beam. The project illustrates how RTLinux, a real-time Linux operating system from FSMLabs, separates time-critical and non-time-critical tasks.

Learn more about this fascinating application for real-time Linux in this brief article by FSMLabs CEO Victor Yodaiken:

 
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