Do you see that picture up there? It may look like something out of a sci-fi movie, but it is actually a CT Scan of a cap. A group of deeply curious engineers are scanning different types of items every month to give them a deeper appreciation of the engineering marvels surrounding them. The inventor of the squeeze-bottle cap took 185,000 hours and 45 prototypes to make it. The design was even licensed to NASA to create leak-proof containers for its astronauts.
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The team scanned a Sriracha nozzle that had a distinctive design, and the family behind the hot sauce chose to trademark it. The engineers scanned a Vita Coco bottle cap and confirmed that the foil inside is intact until the cap's miniature saw does its job. Food packaging could be fascinating.
In December, the team scanned three different AirPods to see how their wireless earbuds have evolved. Each generation of earbuds was given a complete redesign by the tech giant. The team uploaded scans of Nintendo's handheld consoles from the Game Boy to the Switch. Seeing the original Game Boy's processor will give you a new appreciation for how far handheld gaming has come. In February, the team scanned a bunch of Polaroid and Fujifilm instant cameras, showing how the small devices can print on large films.
You can see all the scans on their website, where future projects will most likely be uploaded.
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