On Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls has long been a site of public negotiation and debate, weighing the inherent value of nature against the value of natural resources.…
Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
Make Big Plans
An interview with Bent Flyvbjerg, author of How Big Things Get Done…
On Hevea.
How the Brazilian rubber tree made Manaus – and then left it behind.…
We're reading The Imagineering Story
Disney is in the business of developing technologies that are indistinguishable from magic. This goal is aided by a research…
Notes, 2023-06-19.
TW Lim on the machinations of empire, the logistics of Madeira, and quaternary ammonium compounds.…
TW Lim
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EV Battery AMA with Kenton Harris
Our AMA with mechanical engineer Kenton Harris, Director of Battery Manufacturing Engineering at Rivian.…
Notes, 2023-06-12
James Coleman on the design and engineering behind amusement parks, both physical and virtual.…
On Naphtha
How naphtha -- one of the first fossil fuel derivatives ever made -- played a key role in the commercialization of rubber.…
On Vulcanization
On Charles Goodyear and the unlikely discovery of the vulcanization process.…
On Latex
The geography and logistics of pre-industrial rubber production.…
A Supply Chain in the Jungle
How did Foxconn arrive at the inaccessible heart of the Amazon rainforest?…
How are EV battery packs made?
Learn in our upcoming Members’ AMA with Kenton Harris of Rivian…
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