Fermilab, United States
I’m a fan of open source software, which is what we tend to use in physics. I’ve always been interested in computers, electronics and hacking. I have an RFID chip implanted in my hand, and can control things with it using Arduino or my phone. It can also store small amounts of data – like contact information or strings of text. The reason I like supporting physics experiments is that the detectors are extremely high-tech, they have never been built before, and they come together with a hacker mentality. It’s a unique environment. We have challenges like custom hardware, unusual facilities – in DUNE, we’ll be a mile underground – and pieces built by groups around the world that must come together and work. It’s not like a typical data center. It’s stuff I’ve never seen anywhere else, and at a scale I’ve never seen.