This week on Maker Update, catch with a robot, Arduino’s IoT cloud, sorting screws, making fabric, exploding darth, and the anti-drawing machine.

Particle, the company behind the Internet of Things hardware and software platform of the same name, announced three new, low-cost development boards today that make use of mesh network technology. The Arduino-compatible development boards come with either a cellular (LTE/3G/2G) connection, Wi-Fi connection, or a mesh-only option. All three boards are also cable of communicating over Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE).

This week on Maker Update, an update for Circuit Python, Adafruit IO Plus, casting metal in Kinetic sand, a 3D printed tape measure tool, and reusing vintage voltmeters. This week’s Cool Tool is a 12v SLA battery.

This week on Maker Update, a vintage GIF cam, a fidget spinner art machine, sketching the sky, using a flap disc, black hot glue, and MagPi 62. Our Cool Tool is this Sanding Flap Disc.

This week on Maker Update, a giant mechanical iris, a lightsaber, remote control Arduino, a micro torch, python boxes, Google HATs, Processing Spirographs, and Maker Faires. Support the show by purchasing this week’s featured tool.