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.
Visors Down [Maker Update #139]
This week on Maker Update, a 3D printed Starman helmet, a beating heart, an Adabot solder helper, a disco band camp jacket, emulating Magic Cap, and an early look at BrainCraft.
Jon-A-Tron’s 3D Printed Animatronic Puppet
Occasionally there are projects that hang at the top of my “someday” list and refuse to budge, nagging me until I tackle them. Jonathan (Jon-A-Tron) Odom’s 3D Printed Animatronic Puppet project on Instructables is one of these projects.
When I started Maker Project Lab, the whole idea was that I was going to be rebuilding, evaluating, and elevating awesome projects that makers have shared online. It’s a process that was part of my job as a Projects Editor at Make: magazine, and it seemed like a cool thing I could continue doing. I mean, isn’t that part of what the Maker Movement is all about — sharing what you’ve done and inspiring people to build their own version and take it someplace new?
Needless to say, if you’ve been following this blog, you know that I got wonderfully sidetracked by making my own weekly show and reviewing tools. What little spare time I have left for actually making my own projects is typically sucked in to paid original project content, or personal projects for which a lot of the appeal is selfishly chipping away at something that’s just for me.
Lasers to 11 [Maker Update #138]
This week on Maker Update, an upright laser harp, Sphero gobbles up LittleBits, reeling kite string, wiggly antennas, and designing for burning man.
Hocus-Pocus [Maker Update #137]
This week on Maker Update, dueling wands, robots without the wiggle, Chirp, Scratch, a Marquee sign for your room, homeschool imagineering, hacking heat shrink, and finishing with graphite.
Fading Triangles [Maker Update #136]
This week on Maker Update, adding nuance to your LED projects, Teensy 4.0, machine learning for knitting, hello drinkbot, AI wearables, and toy hacking.
Fly-By [Maker Update #135]
This week on Maker Update, a cable robot, adhesive wearables, crankies, morality tickets, dueling hummingbirds, and a 3D printer that runs on MDF.