That sure is an impressive-looking device. The copper wires go very well with the green glow. It is interesting to think about how devices that exist in very f

That sure is an impressive-looking device. The copper wires go very well with the green glow. It is interesting to think about how devices that exist in very few instances also have very specific usages. Devices that are mass-produced tend to cater to a lot of different usages. When you come to the devices manufactured in hundreds of millions of units, they generally can be useful in a wide range of situations. According to the image description, this device is "used to study the nitrogen vacancies in diamonds." I can't imagine it being mass-produced, since there are not a lot of different situations where this would come handy. It doesn't even seem to have a name, or it would have been stated. A device not having a name is a sure sign that it only exist in a few instances. As soon as it is mass-produced, it will be named. I'm thinking of you, Geiger-Müller-meter. Which can be handy in a lot of different situations, like in a science lab or if you are ever volunteering to help cleaning up after japanese natural disasters. Which is probably why it is mass-produced. Still, if it were manufactured in the hundreds of millions, it would probably get multi-functional AND have a name that is easier to pronounce and spell. My 2c.