Scientific Progress Doesn't Go Boink, I Pray
This is a picture of the setup from one of the recent setups we had in
a lab. Yes, the camera tripod is being used to support a
radioactive source. Yes, the biohazard box is being used to
support the camera tripod. What's not obvious is that the piece
of imaging equipment the tripod is balancing above has a very fragile
NaTl crystal that costs about $30,000 to replace.
posted by Dustin @ 12:03 PM
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Huzzah for experimental jury-rigging!
About 9 motnhs ago, beforre our lab left for Dartmouth, my labmate Madhu and I cut the head off a $0.25 stainless steel bolt and used it to modify the high-voltage connection on the LEO SEM (scanning electron microscope) at Rice so that the newly-installed ion pump would work with the old connection.
To the best of my knowledge, that bolt is still keeping that (when it was purchased new) at least $200,000 piece of equipment running.
If it ain't broke...
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