2021-11-01
Surjan Singh on high stakes engineering education, being killed by your own inventions, and Nomex honeycomb.…
Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
The Big Score Interview
A conversation with Michael S. Malone on the history of Silicon Valley.
In 1985, Charlie Sporck, then president of National…
2021-10-25
Spencer Wright on unsuccessful repair efforts, international standards organizations, and the Schwinn Varsity.…
2021-10-18
Hillary Predko on bizarre Alibaba finds, San Francisco's bespoke trash cans, and the precise definition of flotsam and jetsam.…
The New Breed
Starting 2021-10-15, Scope of Work’s Reading Group is reading The New Breed: What our History with Animals Reveals About…
2021-10-11
Kate McMahon on fire insurance maps, DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, and combined sewers.…
2021-10-04
Amreeta Duttchoudhury on space cowboys, test pilots, and Roomba poop avoidance.…
2021-09-27
Lee Wilkins on hacking vintage tech and nationalist visions of space from around the world.…
2021-09-20
Spencer Wright on the industrial history of rubber, mean wind turbine output, and yet another perversity of the US auto market…
2021-09-13
Sean Kelley on the great resignation, high-speed rail, and kettlebell manufacturing.…
2021-09-06
Ruth Grace Wong on curbside recycling, pseudo-self cleaning toilets, and shipping market concentration.…
2021-08-30
Anna & Kelly Pendergrast on DIY backpacking gear, guerilla infrastructure, and poetic weather monitoring…
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