{
  "id": 924128,
  "title": "Reading List 08/01/26",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/reading-list-08-01-26",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-01T12:04:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Construction Physics",
    "slug": "construction-physics",
    "url": "https://www.construction-physics.com/p/reading-list-080126"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Welcome to the Reading List, a weekly roundup of news and links related to buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology. This week, we explore pepper-spray drones, China's chip Manhattan Project, Commonwealth Fusion's fundraising efforts, and a proposed renovation for Dulles Airport.\n\nHousing and Cities:\nIcon, a company specializing in 3D printed buildings, has completed printing 10 barracks buildings for Fort Bliss. The first two buildings are now completed and occupied. In a surprising development, some schools are now equipping themselves with pepper-spray drones to deter active shooters. A total of nine schools, located in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado, will store these plastic, nonlethal aircraft made by Austin-based Mithril Defense. The drones can be activated by teachers and reach a shooter within 15 seconds, distracting them with flashing strobes, blaring sirens, pepper gel, or ramming into targets at 60 mph. The Wall Street Journal reports a decline in the number of children living in big U.S. cities, with a 6% decrease over the past decade compared to a 1% decline nationwide. The drop is particularly significant among families with young children, with a 15% reduction in children under age 5 in big cities, compared to a 7% nationwide decline.",
  "summary": "Pepper-spray drones, China’s chip Manhattan Project, Commonwealth Fusion’s fundraise, and a proposed Dulles Airport renovation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}