Today was very different from the norm in that a student, visiting from another university, started work in the lab. The day was full of your typical orientation (tour, keys, desk, etc.), however very quickly we got down to business and started setting up an experiment and collecting data. It was a particularly full day, but it was awesome to make such significant progress. Now just to clear up any confusion, as on the weekend I said I would be prioritising my work, the data we hope to collect will be included in my thesis (in some form) as a demonstration of the new methods/hardware that are the core of my PhD. Thus, although this seems like a major distraction, it will hopefully be a very productive couple of weeks.
Also today, I worked on a couple electronics projects, which works out well because yesterday, mid-experiment, one of the circuit components on a card (that I did not make) went out. This leaves me scrambling to put a work system back together, but luckily I was already thinking of manufacturing my own board; the fault is just helping to motivate and expedite my work.
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