Abstract: Apparatus for effecting safe handling of biological and/or chemical materials, the apparatus comprising: a housing enclosing a workspace, wherein the housing comprises an opening for accessing the workspace; a sash mounted to the housing, the sash being configured to move between a closed position in which the sash covers the opening of the workspace and an open position in which the sash does not cover the opening of the workspace; a ventilation system disposed in the housing for drawing air out of the workspace; a motor for moving the sash between the open position and the closed position; an external power source for operating at least one of the ventilation system and the motor; and a secondary power source for operating at least one of the ventilation system and the motor when the external power source cannot deliver power to operate at least one of the ventilation system and the motor.

Abstract: A mobile air-filtering isolation system, the system comprising: a base; a frame extending upwardly from the base; an air filtration unit mounted to the frame; and at least one flexible curtain extending downward from the air filtration unit, whereby to form an enclosure.

Abstract: A system comprising: a machine comprising: a local, wireless, peer-to-peer network with a unique network identifier and a unique machine identifier; an interface for enabling web browser-based communications over the network; a dashboard generator for providing a machine control dashboard for controlling operation of the machine over the network; and a gateway tag associated with the machine for wirelessly providing all of the information required to access the network and the machine control dashboard for the machine; and a portable device enabled for web browser-based communications over the network and configured to acquire the gateway tag and to use the information from the gateway tag to automatically connect to the network and the machine so that the machine control dashboard is displayed on the portable device, whereby to enable the machine to be controlled by the machine control dashboard displayed on the portable device.