In the summer, you want to look super shady, right? Uhh… Everyone knows that the best way to look (and feel) cooler is to add a pair of sunglasses to your ensemble. Especially during the summer heat (even at night...
Author - Sarah Simonovich
Sarah Simonovich
Kurt Vonnegut, Cloud Seeding, and the Power of the Weather
Q: What does a novel, GE, and governmental control of the weather have in common? A: At least one Vonnegut. My first introduction to Kurt Vonnegut was his 1963 novel, Cat’s Cradle. Shortly after that I also devoured...
How ‘Mechanical Gears’ Help These Insects Jump
We’re no strangers to gears. They appear in mechanisms dating back before the common era and continue to be used in modern machines. Everything from clocks (including the Long Now variety) to cars to Santa’s Workshop...
Petroleum Product of the Week: High Heels
Long before powerful television policewomen were hitting the streets in surprisingly high heels while in the pursuit of bad guys (blister free!), men of history were strutting their stuff in heeled footwear. …But...
These Industrial Absorbent Products Got You Covered
While there’s no use crying over spilled milk, but spilled oil is another story entirely. At PSC, we know that the world runs on industry and that all industry runs on a variety of oils, coolants, solvents, and...
How the Staatliches Bauhaus Fused Art and Industrial Design
“If today’s arts love the machine, technology and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Porta-Potties
Porta-potty. Port-a-john. Jiffy-john. Honey pot. Porta-loo. Toi-toi … No matter what you call them, your business is their business. Nobody likes portable toilets. And those that do have clearly never had to use...
The Industrial Revolution Was a Steamy Time in History
And we don’t mean Soap Opera steamy–although things were certainly hot. When it comes to steam technology today, most of us might think of carpet cleaning, fancy showers, and perhaps 19th-century industrial...
How Do You Lubricate a 10,000 Year Clock?
Time flies when you’re busy contemplating the next ten millennia… Time. It’s on your side. It’s changing. It’s not in a bottle. We try to remember it, but as far as we know, we can’t turn...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Elastic Underwear
Tighty whities, boxers, g-strings, boxer briefs, hipsters… short of going commando, chances are you have some petroleum products below the belt. Today’s undies are a modern invention—they come in all shapes, sizes...