Collaborate Disseminate
By the end of World War II the world had changed forever, as nuclear weapons were used for the first and – to this date – only time in anger. …read more Continue reading Atoms For Peace: the US Nuclear Fleet Build-Out and Modern-Day Revival
Capacitive touch buttons are a great way to turn just about any (non-conductive) surface into a button, but people generally dislike the lack of tactile feedback. [KontinuumLab] apparently agreed and …read more Continue reading Silicone Tubing as Springs for Capacitive Touch Buttons
Altermagnetism is effectively a hybrid form of magnetism and ferromagnetism that might become very useful in magnetic storage as well as spintronics in general. In order to practically use it, …read more Continue reading Nanoscale Imaging and Control of Altermagnetism in MnTe
Although the world of the X86 instruction set architecture (ISA) and related ecosystem is often accused of being ‘stale’ and ‘bloated’, we have seen a flurry of recent activity that …read more Continue reading Intel Terminates X86S Initiative After Formation of New Industry Group
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum+2 was the first home computer released by Amstrad after buying up Sinclair. It’s basically a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128, but with a proper keyboard and a …read more Continue reading Fixing 1986 Sinclair Spectrum+2 With a High-Score of Issues
Recently there was a bit of a panic in the media regarding a very common item in kitchens all around the world: black plastic utensils used for flipping, scooping and …read more Continue reading Human Civilization and the Black Plastic Kitchen Utensils Panic
Extremophile lifeforms on Earth are capable of rather astounding feats, with the secret behind the extreme radiation resistance of one of them now finally teased out by researchers. As one …read more Continue reading Bacterium Demonstrates Extreme Radiation Resistance Courtesy of an Antioxidant
With the recent teardown of the Raspberry Pi 500, there were immediately questions raised about the unpopulated M.2 pad and related traces hiding inside. As it turns out, with the …read more Continue reading Enabling NVMe on the Raspberry Pi 500 With a Handful of Parts
If you ever wanted to dive into the source code for the 1980s space game Elite, but didn’t want to invest many hours reverse-engineering the 6502 assembly code, then [Mark Moxon]’s …read more Continue reading Documented Source Code for Elite on the C64, BBC Micro and Others
One of the major reasons why using Linux on a desktop system is unsuitable for many is due to the lack of Linux support for many major applications, including Autodesk …read more Continue reading Running Fusion 360 on Linux with Wine