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June 1, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Up in the Air [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: Getting your projects off the ground, The Maker Music festival, Robots with sucky handwriting, Bullet time, Joystick drift, and rare magnets and where to find them.

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May 18, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jar of Flies [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: capturing lightning in a bottle, a finger-tapping automaton, making your perfect sketchbook, tough relays, hand-wavey details, and turning a logo into an animated sculpture.

+Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.333]+

=Project of the Week=

0:31
Firefly Lantern by Electroboom
https://youtu.be/iJGPMMMn8VU

=More Projects=

2:57
Typing Automaton by Uri Turchman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA-KpGYG83E

3:49
LED Wave Array LuLabs
https://lulabs.net/electronics/ledwave/

4:30
Turning a Logo into an Animated Sculpture by JBV Creative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzX03VIRgs

=Tips & Tools=

5:31
Making Sketchbooks by Eric Strebel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqqxQ9RcBE

6:14
Tough Relay by Digital Loggers
https://www.adafruit.com/product/5718

6:46
Fantastic Fabrics by Kitty Yeung, Jen Colstillo and bleeptrack
https://makezine.com/projects/design-your-own-fantastic-fabrics/

7:36
Keep Your Clamps Oiled by Jimmy Diresta
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2TRLtC_RCfY

=Digi-Key Spotlight=

8:00
What is Matter? by Shawn Hymel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJIEfih9bl0

May 11, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Tread Gently [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: bringing your own baby Wall-E to life, Hackaday’s Op Amp challenge, a new twist on the video synthesizer, and adding animations to backlit panels.

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April 6, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Dancing With Myself [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: beats with a side of AI, Hackaday Prize, tiny lightsabers, Furby backpacks, foldable rovers, MIDI Lyres, and new gear from Arduino and Prusa.

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March 30, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Makers of Alt.CTRL GDC 2023 [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update we’re at the Game Developers Conference covering the awesomely weird, maker-made games of Alt CTRL.

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March 16, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Oddly Satisfying Solutions [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: A battery powered fume extractor, robots made of spiders, hacking a cyberpunk e-bike, and the largest collection of armorer’s tools in the world.

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