Hackaday Links: December 8, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/hackaday-links-december-8-2024/

For some reason, we never tire of stories highlighting critical infrastructure that’s running outdated software, and all the better if it’s running on outdated hardware. So when we learned that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/hackaday-links-december-8-2024/)

Silicon Carbide May Replace Zirconium Alloys for Nuclear Fuel Rod Cladding
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/silicon-carbide-may-replace-zirconium-alloys-for-nuclear-fuel-rod-cladding/

Since the construction of the first commercial light water nuclear power plants (LWR) the design of their fuel rods hasn’t changed significantly. Mechanically robust and corrosion-resistant zirconium alloy (zircalloy) tubes …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/silicon-carbide-may-replace-zirconium-alloys-for-nuclear-fuel-rod-cladding/)

Magic Eye Images In Your Spreadsheet
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/magic-eye-images-in-your-spreadsheet/

Ah, the 1990s. It was a simpler time, when the web was going to be democratic and decentralised, you could connect your Windows 95 PC to the internet without worrying …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/08/magic-eye-images-in-your-spreadsheet/)

Debugging the UE1 Paper Tape Reader and Amplification Circuit
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/debugging-the-ue1-paper-tape-reader-and-amplification-circuit/

After recently putting together the paper tape reader for his custom tube-based UE1 computer, [David Lovett] did get squiggles on the outputs, but not quite the right ones. In the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/debugging-the-ue1-paper-tape-reader-and-amplification-circuit/)

Robot Rodents: How AI Learned to Squeak and Play
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/robot-rodents-how-ai-learned-to-squeak-and-play/

In an astonishing blend of robotics and nature, SMEO—a robot rat designed by researchers in China and Germany — is fooling real rats into treating it like one of their …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/robot-rodents-how-ai-learned-to-squeak-and-play/)

Finally Putting the RK1 Through its Paces
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/finally-putting-the-rk1-through-its-paces/

The good folks at Turing Pi sent me a trio of RK1 modules to put through their paces, to go along with the single unit I bought myself. And the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/finally-putting-the-rk1-through-its-paces/)

Electric Bike Uses No Electronics, Weird Motor
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/electric-bike-uses-no-electronics-weird-motor/