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Jamie Bailey from Initial State<\/a>\u00a0wanted to find out how far his 9-year-old daughter’s hamster ran. He came up with a great way of measuring it using a laser (and who doesn’t love lasers!). Find out how they did it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamie Bailey from Initial State\u00a0wanted to find out how far his 9-year-old daughter’s hamster ran. He came up with a great way of measuring it using a laser (and who doesn’t love lasers!). Find out how they did it here.<\/p>\n

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