2016-07-03

Notes.

None.

Wayfinding & Strategy.

• Autodesk acquired Cadsoft Eagle. This makes a ton of sense and is a real power move.
• Y Combinator is not working on crazy libertarian utopias for techies.
• Research shows that people want autonomous cars to decide based on utilitarian ethics - unless they're personally involved.
• With natural gas down, rigs in the North Sea are shutting down - and wind farms are popping up.

Making & Manufacturing.

• A short video tour of the Nitto (bike components) factory. Love the rotary friction welding on that rack.
• Using softer materials (aluminum/copper) to create lattice structures that absorb more energy.
• On Bosch's modernization.
• A pretty awesome (and massive) solar oven. The video is in French but is totally worth watching.

Distribution & Logistics.

• The MTA is being sued for its lack of ADA compliance at a 6 station in the Bronx. This tradeoff - requiring improvements (in some cases small improvements) to include upgrades for ADA is a hard one.
• A Model S on autopilot hit a truck; the driver died.

Inspection & Testing.

• A good retrospective on a bike clothing brand who struggled to sustain itself due to the complications and costs of running on US manufacturing.

Tangents.

• Taiwanese fire fishing.
• NYC has a floating jail.
• Microbes that live off of raw electrons.
• Anyone know a CM capable of doing assembly of rather complex paper products? If so, check this out and then give a holler.

Credit to Tarik and Jon for sending links this week. If you see something, send something :)

And.

On the (world's biggest) airplane that Paul Allen's
space company is building.