Welcome to the tarkka newsletter! In this edition we feature our latest video and some interesting engineering tidbits we've been enjoying lately.

tarkka newsletter // july 2019

Welcome to the tarkka newsletter! In this edition we feature our latest video and some interesting engineering tidbits we've been enjoying lately.

new youtube video

We just released our video all about engineering fasteners. We hope it helps with the nuts and bolts of the topic, and that you find in fasten-ating. Does it seem like we have a screw loose?

what we're reading

They Write the Right Stuff (Fast Company): This fascinating article from the 90s is just as relevant today when it comes to processes, procedures, and cultures within coding (and other engineering professions).

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Simon Winchester): We finished this behemoth of a book recently, and while slow at times, it offers an interesting perspective on the origins of precision manufacturing.

Degrees of Freedom: How to Control a Machine with Your Brain (The New Yorker): A gripping story on applied robotics for a paralyzed woman.

what we're listening to

Nadya Peek: Making Modular & Accessible Machines (The Edge Podcast): A fun interview with the professor who runs the Machine Agency lab at The University of Washington.

Gearing Up (Engines of Our Ingenuity): A short and sweet episode on Continuous Variable Transmissions.

Stories of Her Strength (Houston We Have A Podcast): Four awesome interviews of leading women at the Johnson Space Center.

what we're watching

Why Machines That Bend Are Better (Veritasium): A delightful video on compliant mechanisms.

Print the Legend (A Netflix Film): Insightful documentary on the formation of MakerBot and Formlabs.

Building the Steam Controller (Valve): Incredible automated manufacturing snippet that will make you want to become a manufacturing engineer.

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