2022-10-24
Kane Hsieh on waste-to-energy power plants, artificial ski surfaces, and V5 motorcycle engines.…
The Prepared Archive
From late 2013 through late 2022, we published a weekly newsletter called The Prepared; it evolved into Scope of Work in 2023. Our Members- and Supporters-only archive includes all back issues from this time period.
469 posts
2022-10-17
James Coleman on surprisingly versatile tools, the ISM index, and a field of giant umbrellas in Saudi Arabia.…
2022-10-10
Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo on the sublime in the built world from salt-carved monuments 2 km underground, to the world’s submarine cables.…
2022-10-03
Hillary Predko on IMST's robot arms, Alberta's oil sands, and steeplejacks.…
2022-09-26
Spencer Wright on sincerity, termites, and concrete wave dissipation systems.…
2022-09-19
Anna & Kelly Pendergrast on New Zealand’s Gib crisis, eco-industrial parks, and Bhutan’s experimental postage stamps.…
2022-09-12
Amreeta Duttchoudhury on the value of coaching, spin forming metal, and whether Americans would actually want to work in semiconductor manufacturing.…
2022-09-05
Sean Kelley on the dream of crowd-developed hardware, Boeing’s last 747s, and the ongoing chip shortage.…
2022-08-29
Matt Pogue on the invention of flavor science, fabricating the JWST mirrors, and the Grateful Dead’s cutting-edge sound engineering.…
2022-08-22
Natasha Balwit-Cheung on learning from the landscape of New Mexico, making Miyake’s pleats, and evaluating new technologies' role in climate justice.…
2022-08-15
Ruth Grace Wong on flexible work as an equity strategy, remote incident management, and how a 3D printed titanium part failed during the Olympics.…
2022-08-08
Shannon Mattern on what we can learn from the enduring legacy of Shaker material culture and the stunning artifacts in the Shaker Museum.…
