We finally finished the new control box for the water sampler video today. It's hard to believe that only a couple of weeks ago, I was fascinated by my own first control box, which I had gone through many struggles to set up. This time, the control box took only a day and a half, and the wiring and soldering seemed so much more straight-forward for me.
I stood in front of the camera, showing how to set up the solenoid valve and collecting canister. Under the pressure of the camera, I felt clumsier than usual, especially with little things such as ripping off electrical tape. We filmed mostly in one take, with a couple of pauses in the middle as I tried to attach the zip ties, but the canister kept slipping away! We'll have to do some minor editing to connect the various parts of the video before it is released for the whole world to see.
Thankfully, Matt helped me to clean out a back room for my research project. I have half of a countertop to myself in this cramped space, but I think it will work. Today I took the subway to Central Station and bought ibuprofen and antibacterial soap (triclosan) in as high concentrations as possible for my project. In the evening, I bought more gang valves and an extra air pump at Petco, 98.25% DEET insect repellent, and pure caffeine pills. I will have to figure out the dilutions for the ibuprofen, triclosan, DEET, and caffeine tomorrow.
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