Spectech Newsletter

Research Has Customers

For better or worse, it's time to sell.

Apr 9 • Ben Reinhardt

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March 2026

Fungible Factories

From Interchangeable Parts to Interchangeable Specs

Mar 26 • Ben Reinhardt

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Meet the 2026 Brains Fellows!

Electric noses, bacteria-fighting viruses, atom-tracking cameras, and more!

Mar 3 • Ben Reinhardt

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February 2026

Stealing the Spider’s Secrets

Tim McGee's Mission to Reinvent Fiber Manufacturing

Feb 11 • Ben Reinhardt

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January 2026

Beyond the Endless Frontier

Recommendations for NSF's Tech Labs initiative

Jan 27 • Ben Reinhardt

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Spectech Lessons and Updated Hypotheses from 2025

Things we got right, things we got wrong, and things we didn't know we didn't know going into 2026

Jan 13 • Ben Reinhardt

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December 2025

The art of industrial leapfrogging

Why manufacturing paradigms matter and how to create the next one

Dec 16, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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150x

Giving Tuesday and the case for Speculative Technologies

Dec 2, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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Beck Brachman's Quest to Decode the Immune System

The first post in a mini-series about the Brains Fellows

Dec 2, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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October 2025

[Announcement] We desire your Brains in 2026

Now accepting applications to start accelerating ideas for FROs, ARPA Programs, and more!

Oct 1, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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September 2025

Who Funds Misfit Research?

A practical guide

Sep 24, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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August 2025

Meet the 2025 AI Brains Fellows

Another adventure begins

Aug 21, 2025 • Ben Reinhardt

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