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/

E-bikes combine a bicycle with a big lithium battery, a speed controller, and a motor. What you get from that combination is simple, efficient transportation. [Tom Stanton] wanted to build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/electric-bike-uses-no-electronics-weird-motor/)

Raspberry Pi 500 and the Case of the Missing M.2 Slot
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/raspberry-pi-500-and-the-case-of-the-missing-m-2-slot/

Raspberry Pi just dropped the new Raspberry Pi 500, which like its predecessor puts the similarly named SBC into a keyboard. In a detailed review and teardown video, [Jeff Geerling] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/raspberry-pi-500-and-the-case-of-the-missing-m-2-slot/)

PlayStation Motherboard Sanded and Scanned, But There’s More To Do
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/playstation-motherboard-sanded-and-scanned-but-theres-more-to-do/