The Ceiling’s the Limit [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a dorm room drone show, a tiny volumetric display, a new look at screen printing, and bullying robots.
Robot Regularity [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update: a plastic excreting art bot, DiResta’s mini morbid mobile, glowing jewelry, invisible ink, and 3D printed repairs.
Turn, Turn, Turn [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, a wheel-y cool weather bot, a call for maker music projects, freaky fractals, making monsters, and drawing with the PlottyBot.
G-code Wuz Here [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, graffiti CNC, a commitment to carbonation, a laser cut haunted house, a face-detecting leaf blower, and going Gaga for Halloween.
Surfing with the Bern [Maker Update]
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.
Hot Dog [Maker Update]
Counter Rhythm [Maker Update]
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.
Making the VK-01 Cocktail Machine
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.
Fly-By [Maker Update #135]
This week on Maker Update, a cable robot, adhesive wearables, crankies, morality tickets, dueling hummingbirds, and a 3D printer that runs on MDF.
Alternative Controller [Maker Update #76]
This week on Maker Update, a MIDI compatible music box, alternative controller indie games at GDC, an Arduino for your knife, controlling your computer with zombie heads, free game developer software, and Hackspace issue 5. This week’s Cool Tool is the Makey Makey Kit.