Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

What a cool centerpiece for a colleague's baby shower.  All those rolled up and tiered diapers and baby toys.  Creative and fun-...

That's a cool way to point something out.  Sort of unexpected sticking out of the wall like that.  But effective use of visualizat...

So I learned that this is called a Van de Graaff Generator. It generates very high voltage electricity.  The guy setting it up asks me...

Awesome presentation on Interplanetary Travel by Charlie Kuehmann, VP Materials Engineering at SpaceX and Tesla.  Interplanetary travel an...

This is a beautiful set of nested brass weights from France.  It dates back to 1852! The weights range from 1 gram to 500 grams.  T...

Picture from active shooter training today.  Saw a great (and scary) video on RUN, HIDE, FIGHT (from  http://www.readyhoustontx.gov ) --...

Thought this was a pretty stunning puzzle of The Atom .  With sections for: composition, atomic model, thermonuclear fusion, periodi...

I just think this is such an amazing tree (at work).  It's like a cave.  You go in through the overhanging branch...

So this was a little surprising.  In the courtyard (next to the cafeteria) at work, there is a nice seating area open during the Spring/...

So good today to visit the NIST Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) . The cybersecurity solutions developed are aligned to ...

Really impressed today going back to work after the 5-week Federal government shutdown... And who is at the front gate, in the dark a...

So we had our holiday party today, and guess what I got? Yes, a Sharp Twin Bell Alarm Clock! Of course, with each gag gift came a mini...

Took this photo yesterday in the courtyard during a thunderstorm. It is the first time that I was actually able to see the rain almost i...

So this was absolutely amazing today.  We had a meeting and someone brought in a bag of "prizes" as an icebreaker. Low and ...

So earlier in the week, I had a great opportunity to visit the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).  It was fascinating to see the...

So this is a funny story from today. I had a wonderful opportunity to tour a couple of labs at NIST today. One of them does work in co...

Great speaker today at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Mike Reiss, producer and writer for the hugely successf...

So working in a place with scientific geniuses and even a history of Nobel Prize winners is serious business.  I see things that I don...

Today, I had a wonderful opportunity to explore the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Net-Zero Energy House . As its n...

So I learned that Metrology is the science of measurement.  And measurement is the foundation of scientific research and creating stand...