Serving as one of the first benchtop next-generation instruments to offer fast, affordable human genome and exome sequencing, the Ion Proton sequencer features an integrated touch screen thanks to its innovative technology. Its special doors allow quick access to the reagents and the semiconductor chip technology housed within its compact body. A welcoming, aesthetically-pleasing addition in a world of rather monotonous, industrial-looking sequencers.

designer: RKS design
producer: life technologies
design award: red dot 2012
period: 2012