Blog

Sewing & Welding & Teaching Skill
Sewing & Welding & Teaching Skill

Steven Lubar–Professor of American Studies, Brown University–discusses what it’s like to take 13 first-years from the museum to the machine shop in search of a new understanding of skill.

Infrastructure in the age of supercells
Infrastructure in the age of supercells

Thaddeus Miller–Assistant Professor, Arizona State University–discusses the infrastructure crossroads facing the United States.

Missile alert lessons for active shooter alarms
Missile alert lessons for active shooter alarms

My brother was in Hawaii, and this is what it felt like: "A full blast 10 on the scary scale. Somehow, some way, we were expecting life would change, and we were hoping to survive."

Disrupting your office
Disrupting your office

What do WeWork, mobility providers, and outcome-driven technology tell us about the future of the office?

Don’t get surprised by blockchain
Don’t get surprised by blockchain

If you transact with people you don’t fully trust, over a network that imposes costs and risks, then blockchain will hit your building in the next three years.

Bitcoin energy is 234 kWh per transaction
Bitcoin energy is 234 kWh per transaction

How many kWh were used on Bitcoin energy yesterday, and were any of them hiding in your building's load curve?

Lighting is no longer about the lumens
Lighting is no longer about the lumens

Open protocol systems connecting all hardware to your building IoT will bring analytics everywhere and changes to every dimension of building operations.

Maintenance procedures that actually work
Maintenance procedures that actually work

Dr. Hodkiewicz–of The University of Western Australia–and team asked 176 maintainers about their work and what makes procedures effective.