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How Common Is Accidental Invention?
One of the most important inventions of the 19th century was mauve dye, the first synthetic aniline dye.
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Reading List 09/20/25
Shoddy US homebuilding, a foundation model for creating CAD files, ghost kitchens, lunar Helium-3, and more.
Sep 20
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Brian Potter
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What’s Happening to Wholesale Electricity Prices?
The last several years in the US have seen a dramatic increase in electricity prices.
Sep 18
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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
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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
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Brian Potter
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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
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I Was Wrong About Data Center Water Consumption
But there are also some issues with how the Berkeley Lab report is estimating it.
Aug 30
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Ford and the Birth of the Model T
Ford’s status as a large-volume car producer began with the predecessor to the Model T: the Model N, a four-cylinder, two-seater car initially priced at…
Aug 28
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