Introduction — a short scene, some numbers, one blunt question I still see it clearly: a tech in scrubs hunched over a failed run at 7 a.m., coffee cold on the bench. I have over 15 years in medical device testing and consulting, and I’ve watched tight timelines snap when…

Introduction — a quick lab moment I remember the first time I watched a busy bench fall quiet as a new instrument took over—a small, odd relief. In many labs today the automated nucleic acid extraction workstation is doing the heavy lifting: one device, dozens of samples, hours reclaimed. Recent…