The box seemed too small to be right until it fell open and, as promised, a mountain of 1,000 micro white pieces spilled onto my coffee table. I stared at the pieces, trying to make sense of them.

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Some people really like puzzles. [Simone Giertz] is one of these serious puzzle lovers and built a transforming table (YouTube) to let her easily switch between puzzles and more mundane tasks, like… ...

Heck, we’d even just sit there turning the table’s knobs for fun. Which sounds about as exciting as doing a jigsaw puzzle? Just kidding, puzzle peeps, we know it can be… thrilling.