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Articles and publications tagged Manufacturing across the Atmosphere.

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Blog - Doc
Blog - DocFeb 3, 2026
Elevating the visibility of work from sales to production
Elevating the visibility of work from sales to production
trellomanufacturing
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 20, 2025
2 Fasten, 2 Furious: Oh, Snap
It turns out that the history of the snap fastener is actually surprisingly relevant to the political moment that we’re currently in.
snapsbutton snaps
Devtools FM
Devtools FMOct 20, 2024
Erez Zukerman - ZSA, ErgoDox, and the Future of Keyboards
Erez Zukerman shares the journey of building ZSA's open source ErgoDox keyboards and the challenges of crowdfunded hardware manufacturing.
keyboardsopen source
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 17, 2024
Locking A Loophole
The Biden administration’s push to close an obscure loophole on imports highlights just how disruptive the Temu model really is.
loopholesshipping
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 13, 2024
Never A Dull Moment
How sharp knives disappeared from the dining room table, only to return, centuries later, in steak knife form. Kings, cardinals, and factories are involved.
steakfood
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 3, 2023
Manufactured Gloss
Our continuing journey to write a Tedium glossary takes us through the manufacturing process—and the weird products it sometimes led to.
manufacturingmanufacturing history
EV Life
EV LifeMay 22, 2023
Car Manufacturing LCA, passenger road vehicles are a significant source of CO2 emissions
Big automotive brands aim to enhance the environmental performance of their vehicles, meet regulatory requirements, and respond to consumer demands for more sustainable and eco-friendly transportation options.
life-cycle-analysissustainability
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 2, 2022
Math + The Mechanics
The story of the Curta Calculator, a stylish portable mechanical calculator that doesn’t use electricity and has a surprisingly dramatic origin story.
calculatorsmath
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 5, 2022
Who Sets the Prices?
The legal decision that fostered the idea of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, and why it still sticks around even though that decision was overturned.
msrpretail
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJun 1, 2022
The Hard Pivot
Considering companies that ended up in a far different place from where they started. You know, like Samsung, Shell, Hasbro, and American Express.
corporate historypivoting
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 13, 2022
Disposability Interchange
Considering the tension between disposability and interchangeable parts, and how right to repair opponents are trying to have it both ways.
bicdisposable pen
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 26, 2021
The Can That Always Can
The history of WD-40, a chemical substance with an unusual origin story and a rust-fighting ability that has become a standby of workbenches the world over.
wd-40manufacturing
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 8, 2021
Vestigial Tales
Why the products you use every day, especially electronics, might come with parts or functions you weren’t expecting or have no actual use for.
manufacturingtechnology
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMar 10, 2021
Even Better Than The Real Thing
The history of the fake electronics that you sometimes see in furniture stores or in houses for sale. No, that 60-inch flat-screen TV doesn’t turn on.
propsprop electronics
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetApr 28, 2020
Byproduct Breakdown
When you hear about economic struggles involving pork or oil caused by COVID-19, it’s worth remembering that their byproducts are everywhere. Yes, everywhere.
manufacturingmanufacturing history
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJan 30, 2020
Dinwiddie’s Dream
NBA ratings are dropping, along with athletic shoe sales. So why is one player choosing this moment to push his own independent shoe brand?
sportsbasketball
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 2, 2018
Pens for Pennies
How cheap ballpoint pens, which are easy to lose and easy to make, changed the world due to their sheer disposability. They're really freaking cheap.
pensballpoint pen
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 19, 2018
Click, Clack
The famed mechanical keyboard switch manufacturer Cherry has been around since the 1950s—but it's only been defined by keyboard switches in the past decade.
keyboardsmechanical keyboards
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 24, 2018
Robotic, But Lovable
Alexa’s Interface is treated as revolutionary, but you might be surprised to learn of your favorite opinionated cylinder’s predecessors from the mid-1980s.
robotsrobotics
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 6, 2018
Ban The Box
The defining debate of the early compact disc era centered around the longbox, a wasteful form of packaging pushed by retailers and paper manufacturers.
cdcompact discs
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 25, 2017
Rough Edges
Why ceramic coffee cups have a spot at the bottom that’s rough to the touch, despite the rest of the cup being glossy. It's kiln you that you don't know.
ceramicscoffee
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 14, 2017
Total Eclipse Of The Counterfeit
For all of Amazon’s successes, it has a major achilles heel, and a controversy around the fake solar eclipse glasses it was selling perfectly highlights it.
amazoncounterfeit
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 28, 2017
Lemony Fresh
Lemon juice has long come in containers shaped like lemons. In the U.K., the containers hold an important legacy—both with pancakes and the legal system.
lemonslemon squeeze bottles
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 22, 2016
The Sound Of Science
Bose Wave stereo systems were legitimately innovative when they launched in the '90s—as was Bose itself. The marketing might make you forget that, though.
bosebose wave