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CORE ROPE MEMORY MAKES ONE OF THE ODDEST LED FLASHERS WE’VE EVER SEEN

CORE ROPE MEMORY MAKES ONE OF THE ODDEST LED FLASHERS WE’VE EVER SEEN

If you’ve heard of core rope memory, it will probably be in the context of vintage computing equipment such as Apollo-era NASA hardware. A string of magnetic cores and sense wires form a simple ROM arrangement, which though long-ago-superceded by semiconductor memory remains possible to recreate by the experimenter. It’s a path [Nicola Cimmino] has […]

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KINETIC LAMP SHEDS LIGHT ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

KINETIC LAMP SHEDS LIGHT ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

This thing right here might be the coolest desk toy since Newton’s Cradle. It’s [Stephen Co]’s latest installment in a line of mesmerizing, zodiac-themed art lamps that started with the water-dancing Aquarius.  All at once, it demonstrates standing waves, persistence of vision, and the stroboscopic effect. And the best part? You can stick your finger in it.

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