Today’s students want to solve problems and experience engineering regardless of where they are – in lecture, in the laboratory, or the dorm room. Professors want to provide a hands-on learning experience to empower students who want to tinker, experiment, and explore concepts while improving the comprehension through reinforcement. Student access to affordable, low-cost technology enables educ...

In clinical laboratories, the installation of total laboratory automation systems and/or modular systems has grown dramatically in the 1990s, particularly in the US, Japan, and Europe. As the number of installations and level of interest grew, several individuals and corporations active in the automation field recognized that the development of prospective standards might enable customers of su...

According to WHO, at any one time, around 50 per cent of medical equipment in lowand middle-income countries cannot be used because of lack of maintenance or spare parts.1 We have found that unwillingness or inability to repair equipment and put it back in use is also a major cause. New equipment is made available by different international non-government organisations (INGOs) competing with on...