We’ll start things off this week with some breaking news from NASA: just days after the space agency announced the Artemis II crew was preparing to blast off towards the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/hackaday-links-february-22-2026/)
Testing the Pressure Limits for Glass in Water Cooling Blocks
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/testing-the-pressure-limits-for-glass-in-water-cooling-blocks/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/testing-the-pressure-limits-for-glass-in-water-cooling-blocks/
Many people who use water cooling in their computer systems like to go full-bore with ‘aquarium’ aesthetic, which includes adding a window to their cooling blocks so that they see …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/testing-the-pressure-limits-for-glass-in-water-cooling-blocks/)
You may or may not know, but printf is a Turing-complete language, once you exploit all the strange and wonderful format characters in it (especially %n). But who has time …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/running-in-printf/)
For a little over two thousand years, the primary light sources after the sun had set were oil lamps and candles. This was well before the age of fossil fuels, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/a-candle-powered-light/)
Even entry-level oscilloscopes today have simple math functions such as adding or subtracting two channels. But as [Arthur Pini] notes, more advanced scopes can now even do integration and differentiation. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/calculus-by-oscilloscope/)
How Safe Are Old Airbags, Anyway?
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https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/how-safe-are-old-airbags-anyway/
Automotive airbags are key safety devices that aim to reduce injuries and mortality in the event of motor vehicle accidents. These rapidly-inflating cushions act to soften the blow of an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/how-safe-are-old-airbags-anyway/)
Nuclear Waste Remediation by Proton Beam
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/nuclear-waste-remediation-by-proton-beam/
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/nuclear-waste-remediation-by-proton-beam/
One of the issues with nuclear power plants is that they produce long-lived radioactive waste. Storing spent nuclear fuel is a real problem. However, researchers at the Department of Energy’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/nuclear-waste-remediation-by-proton-beam/)