2021-08-23
Hillary Predko on phytomining, fire sighting, and air traffic control.…
Scope of Work
Excellent writing about the physical world.
The Big Score
Starting 2021-08-20, The Prepared’s Reading Group is reading The Big Score, Michael S Malone’s history of pre-internet Silicon Valley.…
2021-08-16
Kane Hsieh on the metaverse, E-Prime, and weird plant growth patterns…
Paper Trails
A conversation with Cameron Blevins on the operational history of the USPS
As American settlers headed west in covered wagons…
2021-08-09
SJ Jones on dress codes, Sankey energy diagrams, and how to ensure that EEGs work well - regardless of the participant's hair type.…
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2021-08-02
Spencer Wright on the Hoover dam, long distance power lines, and polycrystalline diamond cutter drill bits…
On Geofoam
Images from the 2014 construction of Maggie Daley Park in Chicago are something to behold. Where one might expect earthmoving…
2021-07-26
lee wilkins on Canadarm, HydroQuebec, and the full catalog of Apollo program experiments.…
A Symbiotic Truce
On composites, crayfish, and reinforced concrete's tentative alkalinity.
For most of a red swamp crayfish’s life, cambarincola…
2021-07-19
Hillary Predko on crystal radios, North Korean CNC capacity, and bullet train biomimicry.…
Paper Trails
Starting 2021-07-16, The Prepared’s Reading group is reading Paper Trails: The US Post and the Making of the American West - Cameron Blevins’ history of the USPS…
2021-07-12
Spencer Wright on Dr. Bronners GHG emissions, cellulose carbamate production, and the emotional experience of physical exertion.…
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