The ChemPilot Project is an initial step towards bringing into reality the concept of a portable electronic lab notebook. Laboratories of the future will be paper-free zones. Results and observations will be recorded digitally at the workbench, allowing flawless and efficient transfer of information to a desktop computer.

Hence, the aim of this project was to create a suite of software applications for a handheld computer that assists research chemists in their work. The Palm PDA was ideally suited to this role. Not only is it compact, robust and easy to use, but it is also by far the most popular handheld on the market.

I have developed a number of applications for the Palm OS, ranging from unit conversion programs to an elemental composition and molecular weight calculator. These applications can be downloaded from the ChemPilot web site (see opposite).

 

Since its release in April this year, the software has proved extremely popular with Palm users, with over 2000 downloads to date. This emphasizes the enormous potential of these devices in the laboratory, and will hopefully encourage further reseach in this area.
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The Flash-Player plug-in (for Flash) is required to view the ChemPilot site. This should already be included in the latest versions of the above browsers. However, if necessary, you can obtain a free download by following this link.
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