Notes, 2023-02-27
TW Lim on an intractable issue: making physical things is still often dirty, dangerous, or demeaning.
We're reading Chip War
Microchips – their availability, their geopolitical importance, and their arduously exacting fabrication – have been in the news constantly for the past few years. From Rasberry Pi
Notes, 2023-02-20
Natasha Balwit-Cheung on the interplay between the built world and the passage of time.
For Good Measure
An interview with James Vincent, author of Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants.
Notes, 2023-02-13
Hillary Predko on buildingsheds, reducing carbon emissions from steel production, and anonymously authored designs.
Notes, 2023-02-06
lee wilkins on the intersections of textiles and computing, historical media storage, and liquid mirror telescopes.