“…We’re now capturing data electronically with no human intervention required. A single device doing this isn’t particularly compelling, but two or more can be. The wiki becomes an electronic lab notebook written entirely by your machines. Because it can be viewed and edited with a Web browser, scientists can begin by using it as a web portal to recently completed analyses. Each discovery can be recorded into the wiki, one click away from the supporting raw data. Simple programs can build reports from or read and write into the wiki. An automatic full history of every page provides a safety net, and a way to view how our understanding of the data has evolved. This enables cycles in which humans and software each complement the other’s strengths.”

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http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2008/april/inside-box-wikilims.html

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Summary:

A few years ago, having gained familiarity with various microarray platforms, I figured out how to run my own DNA and extract the details. By cataloguing my single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), I knew 500,000 facts about myself, but had no idea about their implications. As my resources were more technical than financial, starting a wiki made more sense than starting a genetic testing company.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2007/dec-jan/inside-the-box-snpedia/

Summary:

Buying CPUs by the hour is back. Marketing apparently decided that ‘On Demand’ sounds pushy and ‘Utility’ and ‘Grid’ are too rigid. This time it will be called a ‘Cloud’, and it will be running inside Amazon.com.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2007/nov/inside-the-box-buying-cpus/

Summary:

How will the ability to generate so much more sequence so cheaply affect the sequencing market, and what are the IT implications for analyzing all this data?

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2007/oct/inside-the-box-next-gen-sequencing/

Summary:

The data explosion hits even the smallest labs with the arrival of terabyte-producing lab instruments.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2007/june/inside-the-box/

Summary:

Each of us at The BioTeam contributed a few topics (in no particular order) that we think will be important to watch closely in 2007.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2006/dec-jan/inside-the-box/

Summary:

Virtualization has turned an important corner: it is now a productivity tool for the individual user

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2006/nov/inside-the-box/

Summary:

Chris Dwan takes a look at power consumption monitoring.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/issues/2006/july-aug/inside-the-box/

Summary:

Bill Van Etten takes a look at dynamic services through a static URL.

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/columns/inside-the-box/copy4_of_inside-the-bo

Summary:

Bill Van Etten asks: Why can’t today’s bioinformatics research tools be as simple to operate as the iPod?

Article link:

http://www.bio-itworld.com/columns/inside-the-box/copy3_of_inside-the-box