Today I realized I needed a physical object of a certain size and shape for my research. I was thinking that in order to get the shape I wanted, I would need to run a 3D print job.<\/p>\n
I really didn’t want to do that because it would be both complicated and expensive. But where was I to get a 3D shape that did exactly what I want?<\/p>\n
Pondering this question, I went to our lab kitchen to make myself a coffee.<\/p>\n
And that’s when I saw it: It turns out that the plastic coffee lids in our kitchen are exactly the right size and shape for my experiments.<\/p>\n
There are other benefits as well: The total cost of materials for a plastic coffee lid is less than a penny.<\/p>\n
I felt excited by this discovery, and newly energized to continue my research. In fact, I was so happy, I forgot to drink the coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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