The Mystery Object

Among the various items of Euclid Merch in the goody bag given to attendees at the annual Euclid Consortium Meeting in Rome are a nice bag, a cap, a notebook, and a mystery object:

Can anyone suggest what this item does?

(Wrong answers preferred.)

8 Responses to “The Mystery Object”

  1. Anton Garrett's avatar
    Anton Garrett Says:

    Thermos for coffee.

  2. Pneumatic tube capsule.

  3. Obviously it’s a capped cylinder for for carrying items through a pneumatic delivery system inside a building.

  4. Vacuum bottle for cold/hot drinks

  5. Miss Lemon-Lamb's avatar
    Miss Lemon-Lamb Says:

    A spaghetti holder or something to keep your banana safe or a safe receptacle for a mini airline pillow

  6. Anton Garrett's avatar
    Anton Garrett Says:

    It’s the bit they realised they’d forgotten to install in Euclid which pevents it misting up.

  7. I had expected Euclid to be a bit bigger. Anyway, if this is Euclid, what was it that they launched?

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