Winning with the Wiggle Stick [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: A pool game you can’t lose, a saw blade bicycle, a modern desk, cardboard whales, extra GPIO and casting tips from The Crafsman.
Circadian Sound [Maker Update #198]
This week on Maker Update, a circadian sound sculpture, TensorFlow for the ESP32, NVIDIA buys ARM, flexball, walking triangles, and tapping threads.
Creature Feature [Maker Update #122]
This week on Maker Update, magnetic animatronics, a photo frame with a dark side, a conductive paper dragon, keyblades, a Star Trek desk, and gaming with a PyBadge.
Boards, Bots & Ghosts [Maker Update #99]
This week on Maker Update, Ghost Rider, Prop-Maker, Particle Mesh boards, Simone’s Calendar, defeating DRM, MIT’s Fiberbots, an open source cat, and a library of printable Lego bricks.
Particle Brings Mesh Networking to DIY IoT Projects
Particle, the company behind the Internet of Things hardware and software platform of the same name, announced three new, low-cost development boards today that make use of mesh network technology. The Arduino-compatible development boards come with either a cellular (LTE/3G/2G) connection, Wi-Fi connection, or a mesh-only option. All three boards are also cable of communicating over Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE).