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R Laing

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PubMed1979

Machines as organisms: an exploration of the relevance of recent results.

The capacity of machines to exhibit organism-like behavior is examined. Some known results on machine description, self-description, construction and self-construction, are reviewed. The basic mechanism of machines and the ways in which they can be combined to form more complex biological-like systems are put forth as a source of explanatory mechanisms in biology. The proven properties can be employed in the design of machines which can repair themselves, and can exhibit a behavior distinguishing between machines which are or are not structurally similar to themselves. It is then argued that in an appropriate setting of variation and competition, such behavior would arise without explicit design.

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A calibration service for biomedical instrumentation maintenance laboratories.

An in-house calibration laboratory for the Biomedical Instrumentation Maintenance Services of the hospitals in the West of Scotland was established in 1993. This paper describes the development of this calibration service in the context of an overall quality system and also estimates its costs. Not only does the in-house service have many advantages but it is shown to be cost effective for workloads exceeding 260 items per annum.

Biomedical Engineering↗