Espresso Photo Gallery

Several computer science researchers have provided photos of their departmental coffee machine setups. Espresso might be the secret ingredient behind getting research done all day.

• At UMass Amherst, students built an RFID-enabled payment system (and the old version) for the Rancilio Miss Silvia espresso machine.
• My undirected pouring created a latte ink blot that looks like a bunny at the MIT Computer Science and AI Lab.
• Before MIT's Lab for Computer Science became MIT CSAIL, researchers lived on espresso in the secret beverage room on the 4th floor of NE43. Note the Vax terminal on the right that controlled the coke machine dispenser (not pictured).
• Prof. Scott Smith from the Johns Hopkins University provides photos of his department's latest espresso setup.
• UC San Diego has a fine espresso machine.
• The University of Washington sports an espresso room with a webcam to scare off coffee thieves.
• Squeezing a coffee berry in Hawaii reveals the bean inside the membrane.
• In the Seattle-Tacoma airport, signs overhead direct researchers to espresso bars.
• SweetMarias provided an inside glimpse of their experimental setup for evaluating the quality of beans and their roasts.