Going Super-Duper Throughput
Going Super-Duper Throughput
R2-D2 and C3PO would probably have enjoyed the scene. After all, the exhibit hall at the World Trade Center in Boston buzzed with robots, gadgets, widgets, and, of course, humans--lots of humans. More than 4,000 attendees and 300 exhibitors met Aug. 12-17 at the sixth annual Drug Discovery Technology (DDT) conference. Automated multichannel liquid dispensers, robotic arms, cell sorters, and computers whirred and hummed, while scientists poked and played, queried, and chatted. All this high-tech