Collaborate Disseminate
Having a good set of (working) headlights is a crucial feature of any motor vehicle, assuming you want to be able to see the road ahead of you when there’s …read more Continue reading Blinded by the Light: the Problem with LED Headlights
An unfortunate reality of pre-1990s computer systems is that any manuals and documentation that came with them likely only existed on paper. That’s not to say there aren’t scanned-in (PDF) …read more Continue reading Keeping Track of Old Computer Manuals with the Manx Catalog
Although the US’ Moon landings were mostly made famous by the fact that it featured real-life human beings bunny hopping across the lunar surface, they weren’t there just for a …read more Continue reading ALSEP: Apollo’s Modular Lunar Experiments Laboratory
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