Ben Conrad
@benc0nrad
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...because the future is just waiting to be built. Father, PhD ME, CEO @Mechanomy_
Madison, WI
Joined August 2009
looking into membership at the local ceramics studio and they have this on their page. I just don't understand how anyone looks around at the modern world and thinks "yep, hellscape's the first word that comes to mind." you guys are doing pottery for fun. you have so much free
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Looks cool and correct
Today, we're announcing Heaviside, our foundation model for electromagnetism. Trained on tens of millions of designs and over 20 years of proprietary simulation data, Heaviside predicts electromagnetic behavior from geometry in 13ms, which is 800,000x faster than a commercial
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And if movement within yards is the target, forklifts/cranes seem much better https://t.co/UYdTCw3spz
Switchyards seem like a prime target as the serial (car-by-car) assembly of trains must be a lengthy process: cranes & forklifts should work just as well for traincars as ships https://t.co/0YcycbwzkW
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Why go autonomous when a bolt-on regen braking and acceleration assist would immediately improve metrics without impacting operations?
Railroads built American power. Reindustrialization demands they carry that weight again. At Intramotev, we’re deploying the next generation of rail technology to get America back on track.
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So true: "there is a factory feedback step that, unless you build at high volume, you will never achieve. The loop doesn't even become observable until you have throughput. When you're building 10 units, the failure modes are drowned in noise. When you're building 10,000, the
darkmatter.blog
Everything I learned about manufacturing by staring at a camera module — and why America can't build the things that matter anymore.
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Gateway never made any sense, transparent cope on SLS
6/ Isaacman says NASA is "pausing Gateway in its current form and focusing on infrastructure that supports sustained operations on the lunar surface." He adds that beyond Artemis 5, "we intend to work with no fewer than two launch providers with the aim of crewed landings every
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Shipyards are behind because America spent decades gutting skilled trades and disrespecting the people who actually build things. Now the welders are old, machinists are retiring, the pipeline is dry, and leadership wants miracles. You can’t rebuild industry with PowerPoints.
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Awesome, another example of using computation to thread the needle
There was a massive advance in laser scaling that was somewhat under the radar: if you phase-align individual lasers you can combine beams into one higher-power beam. Stack that with PCSEL tech and you can deliver wafer-scale laser systems that collimate into a single beam…
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Vevor quality is usually acceptable but this time they didn't send their best: top bearing is rust-seized and bottom feels gritty, maybe evaporust fixes it.
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Patents restrict the market, tariffs protect it. Economists do your jobs!
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Patents restrict the market, tariffs protect it. Economists do your jobs!
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Oh that's right, patents https://t.co/eAx7oM3tZW About 10x what I paid for the Ryobi+bucket separator It's good they US manufacture but I don't agree on their non-plastic product placement
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After 7 months of occasional miter saw and router use, I'm impressed.
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5 whys and remedies should proceed bug fixes @microsoft! : https://t.co/0Rp5aOVO4B
blogs.windows.com
Hello Windows Insiders, I want to speak to you directly, as an engineer who has spent his career building technology that people depend on every day. Windows touches more people's lives than almost...
i don't want TO CREATE A FUCKING MICROSOFT ACCOUNT TO SETUP WINDOWS!!!!!!!!
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This is completely inexcusable
🚨In 2025, Wisconsin ranked as one of the least affordable states in the Midwest. While other states lower taxes and attract growth, Wisconsin’s high taxes, heavy regulations, and rising utility bills are making it harder for families to get ahead.
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