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.
Reverse Engineering [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: bikes made weird, the infinite text adventure, a 3d printed router lifter, the Arduino Giga, counting screws, and 3d printers for $34 dollars.
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.
Return to Sender [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a parachuting robot, a less-is-more approach to 3d printing, sliding tables, pixel cufflinks, impossible overhangs, and nine ways to over-engineer a drill press.
Segment Surf [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a maritime matrix, an LED katana, a Nerf dart that fires itself, and a floppy disc with its own file browser.
Digital Analog [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: Human augmentation, a 100lb laptop, A crash course in CAD, Making faces, pushing plastic, and Digikey’s annual boards guide.
Glow Up [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a massive LED wall, donut propellers, a massive useless machine, scribble buddies, Octoprint controllers, and making tools with your leftover epoxy.
Canned Response [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: putting Spam to work, LED filament for your finger, pencil sculpture, and a See & Say makeover.
Cut of Your Jib [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: moving cameras the hard way, a circuit that solders itself, a clock to confuse your friends, pipe clamps, studio lights and the real cost of cheap tools.
Rolling With the Rabbit [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, riding in the Lunar New Year, a world of sound, cactus-core, a guide to Noods, DIN rails for your racks, and Cuttle boxes.