Are Friends Electric? [Maker Update #185 Adafruit Edition]
This month on Maker Update, rolling your own slot machine, a robot pal, a mask that doesn’t hide your face, a brake light for your bicycle, and building your first game in circuit python.
Beachcomber [Maker Update #184]
This week on Maker Update, a sand plotter, making masks, motion activated bird calls, cutting the lights, an LED repair kit, wiring Dupont connectors, and a less lazy susan.
Bike Messenger [Maker Update #183]
This week on Maker Update, a leaky bike, old-fashioned MIDI, connect four, a show-stopping fiber optic star ceiling, R2’s guts, great rags, and technicolor CNC.
Bending the Rules [Maker Update #182]
This week on Maker Update, a robotic golf club, cheating at Scrabble, a tetrahedron for your head, a really long gripper, and see-through Arduino.
Grin and Wear It [Maker Update #181]
This week on Maker Update, a mask with an automatic grin, a one-legged robot, dual-screen cyberdeck, the Pi MixMakr, infill earrings, and giving your cutting mat a boost.
Dress Defender [Maker Update #180]
This week on Maker Update, a social distance dress, cracking the code, mini mini golf, popping prairie dogs, latching broom holders, cutting foam and sculpting tricks.
Symphony of Solenoids [Maker Update #179 Adafruit Edition]
This month on Maker Update: A Robot Xylophone, Adafruit’s Open for Business, Painting with Light, Teletyping with Clue, Texting with Blinka, and the BBC MicroBit grows a tail.
Pi-way to the Danger Zone [Maker Update #178]
This week on Maker Update, a pint-sized Pi flight sim, the Pleasurebot 9000, a Fallout guitar, a crawling ballbot, an RFID Spotify player, bending plastic, and hands-free handles.
Chocolate Volume [Maker Update #177]
This week on Maker Update, a face-tracking chocolate launcher, Teensy 4.1, a Pi-powered pupper, a flaming lamp, a steampunk tub, a people detecting mask, and a VHS videodrome.
Thank You for Being a Friend [Maker Update #176]
This week on Maker Update: a robot friend, flying birds, Sith jewelry, lockdown gardening, and maker marathons.
This week’s guest host is Sophy Wong:
https://sophywong.com/