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Reading List 08/09/2025
Guangzhou Circle, Guangzhou, China, via @sci_fi_infra.Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology. This week we look at microplastics in the air, the Blanchard lathe, the report on the OceanGate sub disaster, a plan
Group Technology, the Forgotten Cousin of Lean Manufacturing
Industrial improvement systems — strategies for making a business more profitable, more efficient, or better operated — rise and fall in popularity over time. Today, the most widely known improvement systems are probably various flavors of "Lean methods," the adaptation of the Toyota Production Syst
Reading List 08/02/2025
Goddess of Kannon statue, Japan, via @sci_fi_infra.Welcome to the reading list, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology. This week we look at European multifamily construction, a robot lamp, China's self-driving car test, a "mini Moravec's p