Multiplayer Mural [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: repainting your neighborhood with a video game, a 3D printed Strandbeest that knows where it’s going, Anouk’s new LED dress, and a remote controlled Yip Yip.
Cyber Sandwich [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a modular cyberdeck, a clock that runs on marbles, a Faz-Wrench, and a backpack for bots.
Jumping the Jungle [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: look ma, no jumpers, an E-Book with no strings attached, the return of the keytar, and a pinball machine with no brain.
Prime Time [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: Bob’s bobble head, machine learning for quirky droids, a laptop with a side of soldering iron, and an easy recipe for haunted mirrors.
An Ear for Art [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: the art of conversation, Halloween contest season, a tombstone with a twist, and a bright idea on pet portraits.
The Future We Forgot To Make [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: the Echo you really want, low riding’s new low, and the Huggy Wuggy you may need to make for Halloween.
Building a Remote Controlled Tricycle-Riding Puppet
I’ve published an Instructables guide showing how I made this remote controlled tricycle-riding puppet.
It was such a fun project that I’m already hard at work on an updated version and a more manageable project guide. The bill of materials alone is simply ridiculous. It’s what happens when you’re prototying and just ordering random bits and grabbing things out of your stash of whatever boards you have on hand.
But until the next version is finished, I hope this guide can offer some inspiration.
Pleats and Tweets [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: bringing origami to life, Lego lets go of Mindstorms, taking your dragon up a notch, pedaling puppets, and waterproofing your mermaid tech.
Synthesthesia [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: cranking up the light pipes, battling gourd bots, animatronics for your 12-ft skeleton, digital techniques for foam, bobblehead bots, and a teeny tiny TV.
In Flux [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: Arduinos on the ceiling, a Cookie Monster for your home, looking out for pedestrians, barbwire wear, and turning foam board into foreheads.