Once the microcomputer era got going in earnest, the floppy disk quickly supplanted the tape as the portable storage method of choice. They were never particularly large, but they were …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/superdisk-the-better-floppy-that-never-caught-on/)

CAN Bus Analyzer Runs In Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/can-bus-analyzer-runs-in-your-browser/

If you’ve got a modern car, truck, or tractor, it’s probably got a CAN bus or three that is bouncing data all around the vehicle. Listening in on these transmissions …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/can-bus-analyzer-runs-in-your-browser/)

The Splice Must Flow
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-splice-must-flow/

There are plenty of electronic components out there, but the one we tend to forget is the most basic: wire. Sure, PC boards have largely replaced wire with copper traces, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-splice-must-flow/)

2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Low Power Distraction Free Writing Tool
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-low-power-distraction-free-writing-tool/

Distraction free writing tools are a reaction to the bells and whistles of the modern desktop computer, allowing the user to simply pick up the device and write. The etyper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/2026-green-powered-challenge-a-low-power-distraction-free-writing-tool/)

Analog Circuitry Lets You Blow This LED Out
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/analog-circuitry-lets-you-blow-this-led-out/

LED candles are neat, but they’re very suboptimal for wish-making: you can’t blow them out. Unless you take the circuit from [Andrea Console]’s latest project that lets you do just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/analog-circuitry-lets-you-blow-this-led-out/)

The Electromechanical Computer of the B-52’s Star Tracker
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/21/the-electromechanical-computer-of-the-b-52s-star-tracker/

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/)