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We already do this with automated e.g. drug testing. I've worked with a couple different machines (and worked on the development of another) that existed specif
by petsfed 3y ago
We already do this with automated e.g. drug testing. I've worked with a couple different machines (and worked on the development of another) that existed specifically to rapidly do certain chemical and biological tests, to parse through computationally or AI suggested drugs. They run at about the same cost, with similar service contracts, and they're VERY common in the pharmaceutical industry. If your goal was to find a process to produce some precursor chemical necessary for material development (prior to heading to the foundry), it makes sense.
- dekhn 3y agoI work in pharma and most of the time when I visit labs, they don't run 24/7 and in fact run at about 10% or less of their total capacity.
- petsfed 3y agoWell, people are still buying them, otherwise I'd be out of job. My experience with the Tecan and Hamilton machines that I got to interact with was that the setup seemed tedious as hell, but once it was off and running, it would rapidly outpace even the best pipetters.
- dekhn 3y agoyeah they are great for employment insurance.