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Hard drive
Spinning platters versus flash
Comes after #19 Memory
Build the real thing
Teardown
Dead drive with an acrylic lid, beside an SSD
Open a dead hard drive, swap its lid for clear acrylic, and set it beside an SSD: spinning platters and a moving arm on one side, chips with no moving parts on the other.
- Cost
- $ · Under $25
- Time
- One session
- Screens
- No screen needed
For the grown-up
The platters can be glass and shatter, and the magnets pinch hard. Wear eye protection, and a grown-up removes the magnets.
Build it in bricks
Brick build comingPalm-size
Step-by-step brick booklets land one model at a time, starting with the Starter Five.
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