This week on Maker Update: a dorm room drone show, a tiny volumetric display, a new look at screen printing, and bullying robots.

This week on Maker Update: bringing your own baby Wall-E to life, Hackaday’s Op Amp challenge, a new twist on the video synthesizer, and adding animations to backlit panels.

This week on Maker Update, the most expensive rip surf ever made, some huge news from Raspberry Pi, thin floating shelves, clever mechanisms, making cut lists and foaming TPU.

This week on Maker Update, a test machine gets its groove back, the winner of the 2020 Hackaday Prize, 3d printed HOTAS, Controller teardowns, perfect circles, cutting felt with a table saw.

There’s an Instructables page up now, collecting all of the work on my cocktail machine for the 2020 Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge.

I call it the VK-01 Off-World Bartender. It’s a Blade Runner-inspired machine that’s a mix of sci-fi and retro. Every detail I can think of is collected in the Instructable — every line of code, wiring diagram, and 3D design.

I hope it can inspire you to build your own cocktail machine. It’s been a challenging project, but one of my most rewarding yet. It was also a great motivation for becoming more comfortable with coding, 3D design, and exploring the possibilities of working with other makers and artists. I wouldn’t take back a minute of it.

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.

Tool:

Outlet On/Off Switch
https://amzn.to/2GNKwJK

3-prong alternative
https://amzn.to/2GNFBbE

Transcript:

I’m Donald Bell for Cool Tools and in this video I’m going to show you this single-outlet on/off switch. I picked up a 3-pack of these for around $11 on Amazon. If you want to get these same ones, using the Amazon link in the description helps support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

Joe Knows Electronics 1/4W Resistor Starter Kit (16 Values, 400 Pieces)
https://amzn.to/2HpbRmG

See also…

Joe Knows Electronics 1/4W 1% 86 Value 860 Piece Resistor Kit
https://amzn.to/2GO3lk1
Joe Knows Electronics 630V X7R 10% Capacitor Kit (13 Values, 370 Pieces)
https://amzn.to/2Jw1Apr
Joe Knows Electronics 33 Value 645 Piece Capacitor Kit
https://amzn.to/2qjiTRI
Joe Knows Electronics Semiconductor Kit (320 Transistors & Diodes)
https://amzn.to/2qkST9m

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tool review. This time we’re taking a look at this resistor starter kit from Joe Knows Electronics. It’s just $8 on Amazon, it’s one of the best quality resistor variety packs I’ve found. And by using the Amazon link in the description to pick one up you’re helping to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool: Surebonder PRO2-100 Watt Glue Gun
http://amzn.to/2z05oZw

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tools video review. We’re going to take a look at the Surebonder Pro2 100 watt glue gun. I got this for $30 on Amazon, and you can pick up the same one using the link in the description, which helps support my show and the Cool Tools blog.

Tools:

Yobett 166 Values 1/4w Resistors pack
https://amzn.to/2kHMh1w

REXQualis 22 Values 1/4W 1% Resistor Kit Assortment
https://amzn.to/2spwfOh

Elegoo 17 Values 1% Resistor Kit Assortment
https://amzn.to/2LdiYz3

Joe Knows Electronics 1/4W Resistor Starter Kit
https://amzn.to/2LdiZD7

Joe Knows Electronics 1/4W 1% 86 Value 860 Piece Resistor Kit
https://amzn.to/2LRAJoU

Transcript:

I’m Donald Bell for Cool Tools and in this video I’m going to show you 5 different resistor kits for electronic projects. I found all of these on Amazon, and if one of them looks like the right one for you, you can find the links for all these in the video description below. By picking one up, you’re helping to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.