This is a description of progress on an automatic machine for routine bacteriology now being developed under the auspices of the National Research Development Corporation at the Hatfield Polytechnic. Although the work reported here is in no sense complete, it has already been possible to link components from existing miniaturized techniques into a mechanical process and to build a small computer-controller which will play a central role in the developing system.
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