2016-07-18

Took the weekend off :)

The Maersk group (which you probably didn't realize did non-shipping stuff like oil drilling) might break up.
Hyperloop One seems to be totally imploding.
Semil, on additive manufacturing and his investment in nTopology.
Russia is planning to detach their newest modules from the ISS when it reaches the end of its life in the early 2020s, creating a new Russian Orbital Station.
A good piece on Tesla and SolarCity, and the strategic benefits that their merger will produce. Note, I'm posting this before Musk's updated Master Plan is supposed to be published; his Twitter feed should be a good place to find updates.

Apparently the 2nd Ave. Subway is now being delayed by change orders asking for new colors of concrete. This seems a bit overblown, but also not out of the realm of possibility.
A 2 minute time lapse of the 9 year construction of the Panama Canal Expansion.
Long Island might get an offshore wind farm.
How e-mattress companies deflate and fold your mattresses for shipping.
The full ~1hr Wired documentary on Shenzhen.
An interview with Magnus Rene, the CEO of Arcam.
Alcoa (soon to be Arconic) opened their new metal AM materials facility.

Honeywell spent $1.5B to acquire Intelligrated, a provider of warehouse automation equipment that sells to companies like Amazon and UPS.
Some details on Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs' urban infrastructure analytics products.

A (good, qualitative) comparison between printed parts made on a Lulzbot ($2500) and a Stratasys Fortus 380MC (~$200k). See also the top few comments on this HackerNews thread, which are smart.
LLNL's Wayne King & co published their multiscale model of the laser metal powder bed fusion process.

Credit to Tanner, Patricia, Jordan, Jay, and Eric for sending links this week. If you see something, send something :)

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