Reading Lists

Reading List 12/20/25

Tesla’s robotaxi crash reports, a fusion startup merger, the decline of US injection molding, Wyoming’s snow fences, and more

Dec 20, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 12/13/2025

Boom Supersonic’s gas turbine, the reliability of learning curves, a fake bridge collapse, using coal mines for geothermal energy, and more.

Dec 13, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 12/06/2025

3D printed legos, exploding wire detonators, the David Taylor model basin, multi-point metal forming, and more.

Dec 6, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 11/29/25

NIMBYism and aesthetics, defibrillator drones, railway track detonators, a proposed mach-23 space gun, and more.

Nov 29, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 11/22/25

The ship failure that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the boring part of Bell Labs, a more efficient way of making antimatter, underground…

Nov 22, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 11/15/25

Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.

Nov 15, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 11/8/2025

Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric…

Nov 8, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 11/01/2025

A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate listings, a monastery being built in Wyoming, and…

Nov 1, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/25/25

Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.

Oct 25, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/18/25

North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.

Oct 18, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/11/2025

Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.

Oct 11, 2025 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/04/2025

Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.

Oct 4, 2025 • Brian Potter

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