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June 1, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Up in the Air [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: Getting your projects off the ground, The Maker Music festival, Robots with sucky handwriting, Bullet time, Joystick drift, and rare magnets and where to find them.

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March 16, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.

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March 2, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.

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November 17, 2022 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A Nose for Art [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: stopping to smell the abstract paintings, elevating your shop storage, bubblewrap bling bags, precise sheet metal parts, automatic wire cutting, and reverse engineering a 3D scan.

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May 26, 2022 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Access Granted [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: text for your chest, a robot that writes on tape, thumb actuated throttles, hot glue gem charms, threaded inserts, and beer crates for your batteries.

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April 8, 2021 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Take My Picture [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: An Arduino picture painter, tufting rugs, an RC snow speeder, DIY motion-control camera rigs, a scratch-built industrial robot arm, LED stick person costume, and an answer to the question “should I have used a 555 timer?”

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January 14, 2021 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

RGB Raft on Blue Water [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update, an RGB Kayak, CNC Foam Cutting, artificial sunlight, laser tag, glowing swords, measuring holes, and how to use weird displays.

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