227. Minimum Constraint Design
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2022-07-25

Mechanical engineering has its own, mathematically-defined version of "less is more," & once you know about it, you'll see it *everywhere.*

- Links for the Curious -

The Minimum Constraint Design & the First Axiom (Santos et al, 2009) - https://www.axiomaticdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/icad2009_15.pdf 

Designing Cost-Efficient Mechanisms (Kamm, 1990) - https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Designing-Cost-Efficient-Mechanisms---Minimum-Constraint-Design--Designing-with-Commercial-Components--and-Topics-in-Design-Engineering-9781560914099

The Timeless Way of Building (Alexander, 1979) - https://www.june.kim/timeless-way-of-building

Mike Rugnetta - https://rugnetta.com/, https://www.patreon.com/mikerugnetta

136. Engineering Wisdom: Tolerance & Failing Gracefully - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AYuXNz_0Fc

175. The Aesthetic of Programming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH8HvHj5eFQ

Numberphile: Wobbly Tables - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuF-WB7mD6k