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Robots use sound waves to create droplets a thousand times smaller than one a human can transfer.
But they also plan the experiments - interpreting data and generating hypotheses.
Zymergen tunes industrial microbes that produce ingredients for biofuels, plastics, or drugs.
This is already a $160-billion-per-year sector.
Can run a thousand experiments per week compared to a typical human's 10 per month.