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January 2, 2020 AUTHOR: Tyler Winegarner CATEGORIES: News Tags: Adafruit, Christmas, Circuit Playground, Cosplay, cyberpunk, iOS, IoT, PyPortal, Python, Watchmen

CyberSlider [Maker Update #154] Adafruit Edition

This month on Maker Update: A Python Powered Camera Slider, Two new PyPortals, iOS notifications for your Circuit Playground, Goggles, Gift hunts, baubles, and thermal vision for your projects.

October 18, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Binoculars, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Canary, Cardboard, Circuit Playground, CNC, Cool Tools, DIY, Dye, Electronics, Foamcore, Gamepad, Glowforge, Grid Beam, HID, Hoodie, Instructables, JOY Controller, Joystick, Knife, Laser Cutter, Monocular, Movie, prop, Replica, Retro, Saw, Serrated, Shipping, USB, Zipper, Zipper Pull

Deckard’s Binoculars [Maker Update #56]

This week on Maker Update, Blade Runner binoculars, setbacks at Glowforge, custom zipper pulls, JOY pads, and colorized laser engraving. This week’s Cool Tool is the Canary Corrugated Cardboard Cutter.

July 5, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D, 3D Printing, 7-inch, Adafruit, Arduino, Art, Becky Stern, Circuit Playground, Cool Tools, DIY, Electronics, EP, Events, Hardware, IDE, Inventing, John Park, Magic Arm, MakeCode, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Manfrotto, Microcontroller, Microsoft, Photoshop, Podcast, Project, Python, Raspberry Pi, Record, Robotics, Soldering, Super Clamp

Pixie Power [Maker Update #41]

This week on Maker Update, a magic bag of NeoPixie dust, my #1 video and photography tool, hydrodipping 3D prints, MagPi 59, making art for 3D glasses, and maker faires. My Cool Tool this time is the Manfrotto Magic Arm and Super Clamp kit .

March 1, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Accelerometer, Adafruit, Apple, Apple II, Arduino, Arduino 101, Bicycle, Bike, Black and White TV, C.H.I.P., Car Hacking, Circuit Playground, DIY, E-Ink, Electronics, Events, Fiber Optics, Gyroscope, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Intel, Inventing, LED Bike Light, Make Magazine, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Miniature, Mission Creek Festival, OBD-II, PaPiRus, Pendant Lamp, Pi Zero W, Project, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Hat, RepRap, Soldering, Teensy, Television, Vintage Computer, Vintage TV, Workshop

$10 Pi Zero W Computer Gets WiFi & Bluetooth [Maker Update #23]

This week on Maker Update: a motion activated bike light, a new, better Raspberry Pi Zero W, a tiny retro Apple II, a stunning animated LED lamp, a time travel TV, e-ink displays, a board for car hacking, and easy fiber optics. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE.

January 19, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: Project Tags: Accelerometer, Adafruit, Arduino, Art, Circuit Playground, DIY, Electronics, LED, Light-Painting, Long-Exposure, Neopixel, Photography, Project, Review

Review: Light Paintbrush for Circuit Playground

I love when a DIY project gives you something that feels almost like a magic trick. The TV-B-Gone project is one such project, but so is this LED paintbrush project published by John Park on Adafruit.

John Park has an embarrassing number of great projects, but I ordered up the parts for this one specifically because I’ve been looking for an approachable project with a fun payoff to use for a beginner electronics workshop I’m teaching in April. I love the idea of students walking away with a unique gadget to show off, rather than just a blinking LED.

January 18, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, 9v battery, AA Battery, Adafruit, AI, Ambilight, Arduino, Bangkok, Camera, Circuit Playground, Compute Module, DIY, Electronics, Events, Hardware Hacking, Inventing, Kickstarter, Laser Cutting, Machine Learning, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Microsoft, Octopus, Parametric, Processing, Project, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Servo, Shop Tips, Soldering, Spring Contacts, Thailand, Thingiverse, VCC

DIY Camera Explains Your Picture [Maker Update #17]

This week, an artificially intelligent word camera, the launch of the Pi Compute Module 3 and why it’s ok not to care, a goofy walking Arduino bot, a slot-together octopus lamp, a $20 color-matching laptop light, shop tips, battery tips, and where in the world is this week’s Maker Faire? SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE