• Question: have you invented anything?

    Asked by laurenxx to Daniel, Derek, Ian, Phil, Upul on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by clairejane.
    • Photo: Derek Mann

      Derek Mann answered on 17 Jun 2010:


      No, I am not really that sort of scientist

    • Photo: Ian Sillett

      Ian Sillett answered on 17 Jun 2010:


      In my head, I once invented a machine for cutting hair. Basically it gave you an electric shock to make all your hair stand on end and then a razor whizzed around cutting it.

      Back in reality, the most exciting thing I’ve ever invented was a new module to our evaluation software. Thrilling.

    • Photo: Daniel Mietchen

      Daniel Mietchen answered on 17 Jun 2010:


      If “inventing” is interpreted in terms of patents that have been granted, no. I might have been the first to build an apparatus capable of measuring temperatures within living cells, though (don’t know of any other attempts).

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