I finally remembered that my blog existed.
Things have been pretty crazy with the research we’re doing–we finally got silicone and a fingerprint reader and have been trying to create model fingers and match them and everything. It’s been quite the process. Our first batch of silicone fingers worked well, but they were printed incorrectly so they were mirrored and unusable. We haven’t been able to get a batch to set since, though.
I’m pretty certain that we won’t have exciting results by the end of the week. It okay. That’s how research goes sometimes. I think, given more time, we would potentially be able to have some interesting outcomes. Dr. Li plans to have Micah continue the research after we leave, so maybe my name will be on a paper someday. We’ll see.
I hurt my shoulder Friday evening, so I didn’t end up going to the pool with everyone on Saturday, which I felt bad about. I ended up getting a lot done over the weekend though, so that was good.
This week is flying by, even though it’s been sweltering. It was cool to see all of the bikers in Ames for RAGBRAI yesterday and today. Just a few more days now! I can’t believe the program is almost over.