matheweis

Former civilian Fed here. Something I've wondered ever since it happened to me... and just about everyone else. Were you "outed" by the OPM hack? Do the Chinese (or whoever got that) know who all of our agents are now?

What a great AMA. Some of your designs don't quite seem to make sense even though they look really cool, so I'm curious how much you allowed aerodynamics vs "photodynamics" ( space aerodynamics) vs art influence the designs? Given the amount of influence that sci-fi has on technology, you think some future development might make them practical?

First thing I thought about watching the video was that these could be used for small brushless motors to make them smaller/more efficient/more powerful...

How does their field strength compare to neodymium magnets, and do they have high enough environmental tolerance in terms of temperature and material strength? ( lots of micro brushless applications push them to extreme physical limits )

My boss has a Subaru from right around there. There's a known issue with the cylinder seals... She eventually got them to replace it all, but not after a huge amount of BS from the dealer about there not being an issue, saying it was normal to burn that much oil, etc. Good luck.

There’s an over abundance of negative news these days. Have you considered writing about some of the positive paths forward instead of focusing on yet another story of bad corporate behavior?

For example, Morgan Vague’s work on bacteria that break down of of the most common kinds of pollution; https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/plastic-eating-bacteria-pollution-crisis-environment-microbes-student-a8423146.html