Labscape: A Ubiquitous Laboratory Assistant for Cell

Biology

Visibility and Accessibility

Lab Notebook

Labscape

Ubiquitous Deployment

User Evaluation

1. The elimination of scrap paper used during the protocol execution -- important implications

2. An increase in the biologist's subjective sense of fluidity of interaction as compared to the scrap paper approach

3. A net decrease, or no change, in the total amount of time interacting with the computer as compared to scrap paper during experimentation

4. A net decrease in total time when lab notebook data entry is included

5. A net decrease in the time spent on protocol planning prior to experimentation

Infrastructure Evaluation

Admin Problem Diagnosis Problem Recovery Component update/installation User/task configurationDeveloper Development effort Product Cost Power/Performance tradeoffs Support requirements Scalability