"In 1988, with the experiment proudly displayed at Brisbane's World Expo, Prof Mainstone was fetching a drink when the seventh drop fell. By 2000, a video camer

"In 1988, with the experiment proudly displayed at Brisbane's World Expo, Prof Mainstone was fetching a drink when the seventh drop fell. By 2000, a video camera had been set up to capture drop number eight, but it malfunctioned at the crucial moment." Taken from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28402709 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28402709 I imagine he took this with the sort of humour that such a custodian would adopt for such an experiment!