Do you ever feel you want to squash your computer to make it go faster? Well, if you like a “hands-on” approach researchers have developed a computer that can do calculations but only if you squish it ...

To build circuits, you need some simple mechanics. Pieces connected to the battery, which powers the circuit. Two, you need to have those pieces connected to other pieces. Three, you need an objective ...

Ask any electronics hobbyist or professional what the simplest building blocks of electronic circuits are, and they’ll undoubtedly say resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Ask a mechanically-inclined ...

(via Steve Mould) Spintronics has mechanical resistors, inductors, transistors, diodes batteries and capacitors. When you connect them together with chains, they give a really good intuition for how ...

After five decades at the top of the Geek Toy food chain, the iconic Lego building toy may have a serious challenger when Spintronics launches on Kickstarter (May 20). The game's inventors, Alyssa and ...