I used to live across the street from NIST. They have a small nuclear reactor there, I think to make Cesium for atomic clocks. Anyway, about 6 or 7 years ago they cataloged their basement and found so much equipment that had been developed there but was unlabeled that they put out a call to former and retired employees to please come help them figure it out.
Working_Structure310 t1_iy1javm wrote
Reply to TIL about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - a US government agency maintaining a reference catalogue of almost any item known; from peanut butter to New Jersey waste water samples. And everything is for sale. by samgarita
I used to live across the street from NIST. They have a small nuclear reactor there, I think to make Cesium for atomic clocks. Anyway, about 6 or 7 years ago they cataloged their basement and found so much equipment that had been developed there but was unlabeled that they put out a call to former and retired employees to please come help them figure it out.