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Link Connects Instruments with Cloud, Centralizes Remote Control, Monitoring and Data Storage
The TetraScience Link (TetraScience Inc., Boston, Mass.; www.
tetrascience.com) is a small Wi-Fi and ethernet-enabled hardware mod- ule that connects instruments and sensors to a centralized cloud-based software system. Data collected from the instruments facilitates remote monitoring (with alerts), remote control and data capture, promot- ing productivity, compliance and quality. Four USB ports allow each device to host up to four instruments or sensors at one time, and the TetraScience Link connects to a lab’s network using a laptop or mobile phone. Compatible with many different open protocols, it readily “bolts on” to lab devices.
Via a web-based dashboard, experiments can be monitored remotely from anywhere, on any device, and all connected instruments can be controlled from a computer, tablet or phone. Data-logging tools collect time-series data automatically, so less time is spent on data entry. A mobile app pro- vides alerts when sensors pick up anomalies. Modern security practices are leveraged, including multi-factor authentication and encryption.
TetraScience Link currently connects to over 35 instruments types—such as freezers, hotplates, ovens, incubators, balances, pumps and centri- fuges—and a number of sensors (CO2
, humidity, O2 , airflow) from over
70 manufacturers. Users to date include drug development, organic syn- thesis and polymer chemistry labs. Some manufacturers are beginning to incorporate the Link into their initial instrument builds.
Through a web-based dashboard, the TetraScience Link enables remote monitoring of instruments from devices such as a tablet.
Users access a central data center in order to collect files, look at software, etc., in an infrastructure configuration that makes setup fast and inexpen- sive. The technology can be continuously updated and improved and new functions added.
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