Pathing.
- Google's Project Zero is a bunch of hackers being paid to expose vulnerabilities around the web.
- Boston Dynamics AlphaDog is training with the Marines.
- Robert Schouwenburg (Shapeways cofounder) says people don't actually want customized (3d printed) stuff.
- GE Aviation is investing in a research center in Cincinnati.
- Love people, not pleasure.
- Google open sourced the code for a tool that would encrypt gmail from end to end.
- Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
Building.
- Arup's overview of how they're building the world's tallest modular structure.
- A long blog post on the process of building a PDF scraper & read-it-later app.
- A laser sintered metal car part.
- Nest and Samsung are developing an 802.15.4 mesh network standard that supports IPv6.
- The US Army is working on 3d printed skin for burn victims.
Logistics.
- Google's cars are mapping methane leaks.
- Stay in an Airbnb for a month, claim squatters rights.
- Robots are getting better at harvesting produce.
- Carbon Capture & Storage is (kinda) moving forward.
- The .nyc TLD is being released this summer.
Reflecting.
- An excellent report on museums' educational goals, and how they usually don't hit them.
- In order to move up in tech companies, women learn to interrupt - a lot.
- The (somewhat sad) life of Major Taylor, the early 20th century black cyclist.
- An essay on why bike policy debates are so dumb.
- A really interesting interview with Penelope Boston, an expert in life in space and in caves.
- A history of autocorrect.
Stuff that doesn't fit into my dumb/arbitrary categories.
- An appreciation of guayaberas.
- How to survive airline travel.
- The "confidence gap" between men and women.
- A good post on the New Yorker's web redesign.
- Apple's 1986 fashion line.
- Fucking wild photos taken from rooftops in Hong Kong.
- The USGS created a full geological map of Mars.
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