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Figure 1. A) Photograph of automated biol-analyzer (ABA). Photograph of ABA work surface. Six Eppendorf tubes are placed by hand, starting from far left, in each of the two Metallic (soft iron) Racks. The robot arm (not pictured) using Disposable tips distributes aliquots of thrombin from the Thrombin reservoir into each of the Eppendorf tubes in Metallic Rack 1. After filling each Eppendorf tube with a predetermined volume of thrombin and before filling the next Eppendorf tube in line, the robot removes the filled Eppendorf tube from the Metallic Rack and places it in the Signal Coil. The tube is left there for 10 min during which time one of three signals (randomly determined) is played: DTI, WAT, or NS (see text). At the end of 10 min the tube is returned to the rack, and the disposable tip is ejected into the Garbage Box. A fresh disposable tip is acquired and the next tube in line is filled and placed in the Signal Coil. After 60 min when all tubes have been "treated" in this way, the robot proceeds to distribute aliquots of fibrinogen from the Fibrinogen reservoir into each empty Eppendorf tube in Metallic Rack 2. After filling each Eppendorf tube with a predetermined volume of fibrinogen and before filling the next tube in line, the robot adds, from the parallel tube, a predetermined volume of treated thrombin. It then mixes the two compounds by repeated pipetting and then distributes the resulting mixture into two side-by-side wells of the Microplate. The robot then proceeds to the next tube down the line and repeats the process until all six of the tubes have been processed and aliquots from each are distributed into the appropriate wells of the Microplate. B) Schematic diagram of the apparatus for "informing water." The device used for "informing" the water consists of a standard computer fitted with a sound card. The "line-out" outlet of the sound card is linked to the "line-in" of a commercially available stereo hi-fi amplifier by a stereo connection: a male minijack (3.5 mm) plug on the sound card side and two cinch plugs on the amplifier side. The wires from an electromagnetic coil (4 ohms) and the probes of an AC voltmeter are plugged into the speaker outlet at the back of the amplifier. When the prerecorded ".wav" files of either DTI or water (WAT) are played by the computer, the signal is delivered to the coil at 4V AC for 10 min. The frequency range is that of the sound card and the amplifier ranging from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. Not shown here is the recording process in which the sample to be recorded is placed between one transmitting and two receiving coils. The transmitting coil produces an electromagnetic noise signal that is passed through the sample and received by the receiving coils. These two receiving coils drive a differential amplifier whose output is connected to the "mic" input of the computer sound card and the recording is achieved as is done with normal sound through a microphone with settings at 44.1 kHz, mono, for 3 s.
