Texas Instruments Explain Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulators - Today in power electronics, the folks over at Texas Instruments have put together a video covering low-dropout (LDO) linear regulators. For a hacker, power is pretty fundamental, so it behooves …read more
Extra Weekend Sleep Is Linked to Better Mental Health in Teens - Catching up on sleep over weekends may be an easy way for teens to support their mental health. Sleeping longer on weekends to make up for rest lost during the school week may support better mental health in teens and young adults, according to new research from the University of Oregon and the State...
The Staggering Complexity and Subtlety of Concurrency - If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write code. And if you write code eventually you’re gonna have to deal with concurrency. Concurrency is what we …read more
Diabetes Doesn’t Just Raise Sugar It Can Change Your Blood - After years of type 2 diabetes, red blood cells may quietly turn against the heart—offering a new clue for spotting danger early. People who live with type 2 diabetes for many years face a steadily increasing risk of cardiovascular disease. New research from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal...
How Your Online Feed Gives You the Illusion of Knowing More - Personalized algorithms can quietly limit what people explore while making them feel more certain they understand a topic. Personalized recommendation systems are designed to show people online content based on their past behavior, but new research suggests these same systems may interfere with learning....
Repairing Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases - As computers like the venerable breadbox Commodore 64 age, their plastic doesn’t just turn increasing shades of yellow and brown, the ABS plastic also tends to get brittle. This is …read more
Could a Simple Nasal Drop Treat the Deadliest Brain Cancer? - A nano-sized medicine boosts the anti-cancer immune response and eradicates tumors in mice. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with colleagues at Northwestern University, have created a noninvasive strategy to target one of the most severe and life-threatening...
Tools Are Infrastructure - Have I now found the only corporate booth at the entire congress? The question came from a visitor as she drifted over to our table—curious, not accusatory. It’s a reasonable…
BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached - Today in programming language hacks we have string art rendered in BASIC. String art — also known as pin and thread art, or filography — is an art form where …read more
NPAPI and the Hot-Pluggable World Wide Web - In today’s Chromed-up world it can be hard to remember an era where browsers could be extended with not just extensions, but also with plugins. Although for those of us …read more
Power Integrity for NVIDIA H200–Based AI Servers: The Role of Capacitors in System Reliability - Explore how capacitors ensure power integrity and reliability in NVIDIA H200 GPUs for AI servers, addressing extreme transients, heat density, and PDN stability. The post Power Integrity for NVIDIA H200–Based AI Servers: The Role of Capacitors in System Reliability appeared first on EE Times .
Scientists Made a Flash of Light Disappear Inside a Liquid - Liquids and solutions may look simple, but on the molecular scale they are constantly shifting and reorganizing. When sugar dissolves in water, each sugar molecule quickly becomes surrounded by fast moving water molecules. Inside living cells, the situation is even more intricate. Tiny liquid droplets...
