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Preserving biological evidence is one of the most important priorities for a forensic scientist. However most labs have not added technology to automate tube labeling. Why is automated tube labeling so critical? As the National Institute of Standard and Technology put it in its superb “The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook: Best Practices for Evidence Handlers”: …

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“Good, cheap and fast.  Pick two.” – Manufacturing idiom. The above quote is included to remind us all that there are no perfect solutions and in purchasing lab automation equipment we are balancing price, throughput, flexibility, scalability, durability, and a host of other factors. That being said here are some simple steps we recommend you …

Best Practices for purchasing lab automation equipment? A step by step guide. Read More »

The vast majority of modern barcodes fall into 2 basic categories – linear (1D) and 2-dimensional (2D).  Some people mistakenly refer to 2D barcodes as 3D barcodes and while 3D barcodes do exist, they are generally never seen and used in life sciences. Linear (also known as 1D or 1-dimensional) barcodes encode data using vertical bars and …

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