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Bernoulli Disk Goes “Wii!” When Plugged Into WiiU

  • Tyler August--Hackaday
  • published date: 2026-06-21 05:00:00 UTC

The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The airflow around that rapidly-spinning disk actually s…

The Bernoulli disk was a wild piece of 1980s hardware. Take a big floppy. Spin the platter at 1500 RPM just a micron or so from a read head. The airflow around that rapidly-spinning disk actually sta… [+2107 chars]