You can now simulate a nuclear reactor meltdown on your Raspberry Pi Pico, complete with ominous ticking

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Jun 20, 2025 - 04:28
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You can now simulate a nuclear reactor meltdown on your Raspberry Pi Pico, complete with ominous ticking

Nuclear reactors always have that weird mystique about them, don't they? While modern-day reactors are probably a lot safer than the ones created decades ago, thinking about them still invokes mental images of events like Chernobyl, where a nuclear reactor went into meltdown and set off a chain reaction that's still active today.