Paint by Numbers [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, watercoloring the hard way, music makers wanted, a Victorian GIF player, art by the inch, and stitching with the stars.
Life Among the Hexels [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, a hexagon clock with some life in it, measuring your days, turning invisible, a fortune-telling necklace, and a CNC sand table.
Dropping the Ball [Maker Update]
This week on Maker Update, an attractive clock, robots on the ceiling, Micro:Bit gets an upgrade, a cylon scooter, pocket model kit, a box of life, and OLED fangs.
Servo Seamstress [Maker Update 197]
This week on Maker Update, a Pangolin-inspired mind-control dress, a freeform circuit sound sculpture, flip-up spidey goggles, and shooting scrails.
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.
Visors Down [Maker Update #139]
This week on Maker Update, a 3D printed Starman helmet, a beating heart, an Adabot solder helper, a disco band camp jacket, emulating Magic Cap, and an early look at BrainCraft.
Fast Cars, Soft Bots [Maker Update #120]
This week on Maker Update, a blazing fast 3D printed RC car, soft robotics in Korea, taking pictures with an Etch A Sketch, a robot recycler, and reading your pet’s RFID.
The DIY Nintendo You Really Want [Maker Update #11]
This week on Maker Update: a project for painting the air, a new ally for Maker Spaces, Hackster has a new owner, Make Magazine’s 3D printer shootout, hacking the NES Classic, making your own NES Classic, and Maker Faires.