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Lab automation equipment and robotics
News Release from: Simbiotix Control
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 14 July 2005
A knowledge database for community
participation
Database allows users to share the publicly available tools used in their daily tasks and improve the knowledge base for all in the community
The Life Science Automation Knowledge Database is a searchable collection of user views and vendor offerings of tools available to the community Simbiotix envisions this initiative as the initial step in moving the community towards a more efficient path of product development
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 4 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The database allows for Simbiotix users to share the publicly available tools used in their daily tasks and improve the knowledge base for all in the community.
New items are added everyday allowing all to gain access to published and unpublished tools that only a few know about.
Vendors and consumers benefit directly from this as the community feeds back vital ratings on the use history of the tool.
The Simbiotix rating identifies key community values for the specific class of tool and ratings are calculated based on community use cases.
When a user performs a search on the database, the results are sorted by Simbiotix ratings and then alphabetically.
This allows the user to see the best available products in use by the public.
Values change as communities grow and our needs change the same, thus the rating criterion is dynamic as the rating itself.
The Simbiotix rating is reported via strict statistical rules and will be audited by an independent accounting firm to maintain its validity.
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