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Singing Praise for the String Age
An interview with Virginia Postrel on the history of textiles.
Virginia Postrel’s The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made…
Hillary Predko
Hillary Predko is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher who works across the boundaries of craft and computation with a penchant for trash.
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Standard Issue Fun
An interview with an ASTM volunteer who keeps amusement parks safe.
Standards quietly subtend everything in the modern world -…
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NYC x MFG
An interview with Neil Padukone
While researching our recent piece on Vaclav Smil’s Made in the USA, I reached…
2022-07-11
Hillary Predko on learning from worthless trees, maintenance art, and the varied world of ferry flights.…
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Manufacturing an Ecosystem
Revisiting Vaclav Smil's Made in the USA
Following the 2008 financial crisis, manufacturing output in the United States…
2022-06-06
Hillary Predko on computation and the full manufacturing value stream, how to value soft skills in engineering, and projects from the Member community…
2022-05-23
Hillary Predko on chaotic construction, formula shortages, and Coanda hair culers.…
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The Future is Old News
An interview with Fred Scharmen
It’s an exciting time in space news, with ever accelerating launch schedules and new…
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Déneigement Montreal
A peek into Montreal's mastery of snow
Before moving to Montreal in 2020, I had lived my whole…
2022-01-03
Hillary Predko recaps the things that grabbed our attention most in 2021.…
2021-12-20
Hillary Predko on mahogany, funerals, and shipping monopolies.…
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Glass Act
The Coanda effect and why we transform nuclear waste into borosilicate glass.
Every week, after the flagship Monday issue of…