A More Fun Ride
Jan Heine on the physics of pneumatic tires, the rise of gravel cycling, and his role in the bike industry.
Cars.
Since the introduction of the Model T, the rubber industry has evolved in tandem with the automobile industry – and American car culture.
We're reading Shape
While I still traverse Cartesian planes in CAD, most of the geometry I learned in school is now a distant memory. I might paid closer
An Ode to Living on The Grid
An interview with Deb Chachra, author of How Infrastructure Works Deb Chachra is a material scientist and engineering professor at Olin College who writes extensively
Notes, 2023-10-09
lee wilkins on the complexities of 3D printing clay.
On Pneumatic Tires.
Pneumatic tires were invented (and then promptly forgotten) in 1846. Then, they became perhaps the quintessential twentieth-century transportation technology.