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Volume 7
Issue 9

Incognito draws similarities between advances in car technology and HPLC systems. Better end products have come at the cost of knowledge about how it actually works and can be maintained.

Incognito draws some similarities about how the advances in car technology have mirrored those in HPLC systems. Whilst the end products may look better, perform better and be more reliable than previous ones this progress is at the loss in knowledge about how the car or instrument actually works and how it can be maintained.

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