Reading Lists

Reading List 09/13/2025

3D printing company Icon, transporting wind turbine blades on the largest airplane in the world, insurers funding cloud seeding, earthquakes in the…

Sep 13 •

An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project, the US program to build an atomic bomb during WWII, is one of the most famous and widely known major government projects: a…

Sep 11 •

Reading List 09/06/2025

London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history of nuclear reactor construction, and more.

Sep 6 •

Reading List 08/23/25

Thermal energy storage, an adjustable allen wrench, the new race to the moon, the former world’s largest indoor water park, and more.

Aug 23 •

Reading List 08/16/25

Efforts to stop solar and wind permitting, Ford’s new manufacturing process, Lake Powell’s water levels, Tesla’s used car prices, and more.

Aug 16 •

Reading List 08/09/2025

Microplastics in the air, the Blanchard lathe, the report on the OceanGate sub disaster, a plan to visit a black hole, and more.

Aug 9 •

Reading List 08/02/2025

European multifamily construction, a robot lamp, China’s self-driving car test, a “mini Moravec's paradox”, and more.

Aug 2 •

Reading List 07/26/25

An important FAA rule change, construction microfactories, recycling data center waste heat, the rise and fall of MATLAB, and more.

Jul 26 •

Reading List 07/19/25

Chinese shipbuilding, air quality around the world, construction equipment automation, a worldwide map of lightning strikes, and more.

Jul 19 •

Reading List 07/12/2025

25 years of earthquakes, Google’s 2013 efforts to build a phone in the US, bear attacks in Japan, coal seam fires, and more.

Jul 12 •

Reading List 07/05/2025

A microscopic electric motor, California’s CEQA rollback, a US shipbuilding startup, Chinese map obfuscation, and more.

Jul 5 •

Reading List 06/28/25

Fannie and Freddie’s mortgage blacklist, the air traffic controller shortage, the largest landowners in the US, a blended wing airliner, and more.

Jun 28 •

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