Pumpkin Spice Reflow [Maker Update #148]
This week on Maker Update: A shouting pumpkin, Build your own Feather module, be goose do crimes, dripping skills, boiling cauldrons and open source e-readers.
In Sync [Maker Update #146]
This week on Maker Update, windshield wipers that sync with music, the Arduino IDE goes pro, TensorFlow goes tiny, Bob’s flip-top workshop, Pi goes cyberpunk, butt joints and blow torches.
Little Dipper [Maker Update #144]
This week on Maker Update, making tea with a robot, walking through radio waves, an Excitebike shed, fiber optic wings, and 3D printed googly eyes.
Restoring Oakland’s 1956 Wonder-Go-Round
On this blog, I get the chance to explore my love of how people create and invent using new technology. In many ways, Children’s Fairyland in Oakland, California runs completely against the theme of this blog. It is one of the earliest theme parks in the United States, seemingly frozen in time for generations, and what little technology it has is about as analog as it gets.
Glass Eye for the Spooky Guy [Maker Update #143] *Adafruit Edition*
This week on Maker Update: Everything is awesome with this 3d printed lamp, over 2000 guides, a Xenomorph Candy Bucket, a creepy beating heart, mobile coding, keychords, IoT security and crazy cartoon eyes.
Framed [Maker Update #142]
This week on Maker Update, a Google calendar for your wall, real pinball over the internet, a laser crown, snoozing skeleton, and upgrading a vintage vending machine.
Internet of Tiny Cars [Maker Update #141]
This week on Maker Update, internet controlled RC cars, a 3D printer world record, animating 36 servos, plotter art from Wi-Fi maps, a funky ghost, and freeform circuit tips from the master.