Not everything is meant to work, you are though. So work! Some things work by failing in a planned way. This makes no sense, but it is true, particularly for advanced complex systems. Modern cars are actually a post-accident safety cell that looks cool when the accident is reversed. So how do you start with a safe protective ball of suspension bits that encases the fuel tank and get great cornering performance before the bits become a ball? What design considerations go into this madness? Why was the destruction of Benson II (the coffee plunger) even discussed? 

Hosted by M. Boer and S. Schekman on 11 March 2020