Though this thread may fit into Industrial Controls and Instruments category, because of specific interest to bioprocesses it is being put up here. Real time monitoring of biotechnology processes has been well nigh impossible till now. New developmennte in fibre optic technology may change all that. New instrumentation processes will permit easy monitoring of bio pharmaceutical fermentation processes in real time. http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/cceec878#/cceec878/11 http://www.stratophase.com/technology/