Although digital computers are – much like their human computer counterparts – about performing calculations, another crucial element is that of memory. After all, you need to fetch values from …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/retrotechtacular-bleeding-edge-memory-devices-of-1959/)
Miranda’s Unlikely Ocean Has Us Asking If There’s Life Clinging On Around Uranus
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If you’re interested in extraterrestrial life, these past few years have given an embarrassment of places to look, even in our own solar system. Mars has been an obvious choice …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/mirandas-unlikely-ocean-has-us-asking-if-theres-life-clinging-on-around-uranus/)
How the Intel 8087 FPU Knows Which Instructions to Execute
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An interesting detail about the Intel 8087 floating point processor (FPU) is that it’s a co-processor that shares a bus with the 8086 or 8088 CPU and system memory, which …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/how-the-intel-8087-fpu-knows-which-instructions-to-execute/)
[Hans Rosenberg] has a new video talking about a nasty side effect of using resistors: noise. If you watch the video below, you’ll learn that there are two sources of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/quieting-noisy-resistors/)
Why Chains are Still Better for Bicycles than Belts
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https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/why-chains-are-still-better-for-bicycles-than-belts/
Theoretically a belt drive makes for a great upgrade to a bicycle, as it replaces the heavier, noisy and relatively maintenance-heavy roller chain with a zero-maintenance, whisper-quiet and extremely reliable …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/21/why-chains-are-still-better-for-bicycles-than-belts/)
Exclamation Point Indicates Worthy Notifications
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As far as punctuation goes, the exclamation mark is perhaps the most eye-catching of the bunch. That’s why [Conrad Farnsworth] thought this form would be perfect for his Home Assistant …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/exclamation-point-indicates-worthy-notifications/)
Inside a Compact Intel 3000 W Water-Cooled Power Supply
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Recently [ElecrArc240] got his paws on an Intel-branded 3 kW power supply that apparently had been designed as a reference PSU for servers. At 3 kW in such a compact …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/22/inside-a-compact-intel-3000-w-water-cooled-power-supply/)