In the ages before convenient global positioning satellites to query for one’s current location military aircraft required dedicated navigators in order to not get lost. This changed with increasing automation, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-electromechanical-computer-of-the-b-52s-star-tracker/)

Itanium: the Great X86 Replacement that Never Was
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/itanium-the-great-x86-replacement-that-never-was/

Die shots of an Intel Itanium processor courtesy of [der8auer]
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/itanic.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/itanic.jpg?w=800">Itanium was once meant to be the next step in computing, to compete with the likes of IBM, Sun and DEC, but also for Intel to have an architecture that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/itanium-the-great-x86-replacement-that-never-was/)

Wearable MIDI Controller Built With Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/wearable-midi-controller-built-with-raspberry-pi/

Most synths happily get by with keyboard or pad inputs and make lovely sounds in response. [Becky Clarke] and her fellow collaborators are building a synth that works rather differently. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/wearable-midi-controller-built-with-raspberry-pi/)

DIY Smart Button Gets Surprisingly Complicated
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/diy-smart-button-gets-surprisingly-complicated/

There’s a reason that the standards specifications for various wireless communications protocols are extremely long and detailed. [Made by Dennis] found this out first hand when he decided to build …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/diy-smart-button-gets-surprisingly-complicated/)

ESP32 Hosts a Public Website
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/esp32-hosts-a-public-website/

If you wanted to host a website, you could use any one of a number of online services, or spin up a server on a spare computer at home. If …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/esp32-hosts-a-public-website/)

What Have We Dumped on the Moon?
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/what-have-we-dumped-on-the-moon/

If you read a headline that signs of intelligent life were found on the moon, you might suspect a hoax. But they are there! Humans have dumped a lot of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/what-have-we-dumped-on-the-moon/)

Repairing a Mercedes EQC 300 BEV Battery
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/repairing-a-mercedes-eqc-300-bev-battery/

When [OGS Mechanics] got a Mercedes EQC 300 battery-electric car in for repair, it was found to have a bit of a weird issue: after sitting in a garage for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/repairing-a-mercedes-eqc-300-bev-battery/)

AI For The Skeptics: The Universal Function For Some Things Only
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/ai-for-the-skeptics-the-universal-function-for-some-things-only/