VG-10 and Its Relatives from Takefu
Takefu Special Steel is a steelmaker from the city of Takefu, Fukui Prefecture. That is where VG-10 was developed — specifically for Japanese kitchen knives, not for bearings, dies or…
Small Doses
Many large crises consist of small actions that went undone for a long time. Order is easier to maintain daily than to restore after a month. Scheduled maintenance is cheaper…
Rest Without Delivery
The cult of busyness finds rest suspicious unless it produces development, experiences or a new photograph. Yet working without a break is impossible: even if the body stays at the…
Aogami and Shirogami: Hitachi’s White and Blue Paper
Hitachi Steel Ltd. — or more precisely its knife division Yasuki Hagane, also known as YSS, Yasuki Specialty Steel — has supplied Japanese forges with steel in ingots for decades.…
A Crowd Has Physics
Not every crowd is dangerous. Concerts, festivals and demonstrations can be organized properly. In 2000 Dirk Helbing, Illés Farkas and Tamás Vicsek published a model of how people move during…
The Price of Worry
Damage and the experience of damage are two different expenses. You can lose a small sum and then spend the evening proving to the culprit how far he has fallen.…