A medical technology station comprising: a portable cart; a computer system comprising an input device, a display device, and a processor, the computer system positioned on the cart and including computer memory in communication with the processor; a hollow housing mounted on the cart including at least one portable cassette system removably coupled to the hollow housing; wherein the processor is in electronic communication with the input device, the display device, and the cassette system; wherein the cassette system further comprises a cassette frame, the cassette frame defining an interior divided into compartments, the cassette system further having a plurality of drawers, each of the drawers having an interior, each of the drawers being slidably positioned in at least one of the compartments and capable of moving between a closed position, an almost closed position, in which a front of the drawer is positioned slightly beyond a front edge of the cassette frame, and an open position; wherein the cassette system further comprises a series of electrical actuators and an associated series of actuator latches, each of the compartments associated with one of the electrical actuators and one of the actuator latches; and wherein each of the actuator latches is configured to interact with an inserted one of the drawers, and is movable by operation of the associated one of the electrical actuators between a drawer locked position and a drawer unlocked position; wherein in each compartment the electrical actuator and the actuator latch are also configured to interact with the drawer in the compartment to move the drawer between the closed position and the almost closed position; wherein in the almost closed position the drawer is unlocked and in the closed position the drawer is locked; wherein the computer system is configured to automatically transition a specific one of the drawers from an unlocked position to a locked position if the specific one of the drawers remains in the unlocked position and almost closed position for a selected period of time, such that the drawer is moved to the closed position. a portable cart; a computer system comprising an input device, a display device, and a processor, the computer system positioned on the cart and including computer memory in communication with the processor; a hollow housing mounted on the cart including at least one portable cassette system removably coupled to the hollow housing; wherein the processor is in electronic communication with the input device, the display device, and the cassette system; wherein the cassette system further comprises a cassette frame, the cassette frame defining an interior divided into compartments, the cassette system further having a plurality of drawers, each of the drawers having an interior, each of the drawers being slidably positioned in at least one of the compartments and capable of moving between a closed position, an almost closed position, in which a front of the drawer is positioned slightly beyond a front edge of the cassette frame, and an open position; wherein the cassette system further comprises a series of electrical actuators and an associated series of actuator latches, each of the compartments associated with one of the electrical actuators and one of the actuator latches; and wherein each of the actuator latches is configured to interact with an inserted one of the drawers, and is movable by operation of the associated one of the electrical actuators between a drawer locked position and a drawer unlocked position; wherein in each compartment the electrical actuator and the actuator latch are also configured to interact with the drawer in the compartment to move the drawer between the closed position and the almost closed position; wherein in the almost closed position the drawer is unlocked and in the closed position the drawer is locked; wherein the computer system is configured to automatically transition a specific one of the drawers from an unlocked position to a locked position if the specific one of the drawers remains in the unlocked position and almost closed position for a selected period of time, such that the drawer is moved to the closed position.