8. When the Lights Go Out

How do we make technology that lasts? In this episode, Grace Ewura-Esi and Shweta Saraf join Producer John Taylor as he talks with two cutting-edge technologists who are trying to extend the life of the hardware infrastructure around us. From a cell phone tower that can be installed on your roof (and repaired just as easily), to a clock that is built to last ten thousand years, we uncover the common threads that run through technology that’s built to last. Woven in this framework is the story of Sandra Rodríguez Cotto, who worked tirelessly to restore civilization—as well as hope itself—to the island of Puerto Rico with the help of the only piece of hardware infrastructure that withstood the powerful forces of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Additional Resources

• Connect with Shweta Saraf: LinkedIn or Twitter.
• Connect with Grace Ewura-Esi : LinkedIn or Twitter.
• Connect with Alexander Rose of The Long Now Foundation: LinkedIn.
• Connect with Dr. Matt Johnson: LinkedIn.
• Connect with Sandra Rodríguez Cotto: Twitter
• Visit Origins.dev for more information

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Traceroute is a podcast from Equinix and is a production of Stories Bureau. This episode was produced by John Taylor with help from Tim Balint and Cat Bagsic. It was edited by Joshua Ramsey and mixed by Jeremy Tuttle, with additional editing and sound design by Mathr de Leon. Our theme song was composed by Ty Gibbons.