Before the era of digital electronic computers, mechanical analog computers were found everywhere. From the relative simplicity of bomb sights to the complexity of fire control computers on 1940s ...

Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create ...

Reverse-engineering lithography machines—the equipment on which advanced computer chips are manufactured—is not as straightforward as copying most industrial designs. In the race between innovators ...