> Taking the call, he shut off the stove and stretched plastic wrap over the pot to keep the pudding fresh. By the time he returned, the cooling air in the pot

> Taking the call, he shut off the stove and stretched plastic wrap over the pot to keep the pudding fresh. By the time he returned, the cooling air in the pot had drawn the wrap into a concave shape, and in that warped plastic, he saw something – the magnified reflection of an overhead lightbulb – that gave him an idea that could revolutionize space-based sensing and communications. I love stories like this where the perfect experience matched with a person with specific knowledge collide. If this happened to a normal person, this revelation wouldn't have clicked. So many great inventions come from unique experiences/accidents like this.