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September 28, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.

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May 18, 2023 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jar of Flies [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: capturing lightning in a bottle, a finger-tapping automaton, making your perfect sketchbook, tough relays, hand-wavey details, and turning a logo into an animated sculpture.

+Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.333]+

=Project of the Week=

0:31
Firefly Lantern by Electroboom
https://youtu.be/iJGPMMMn8VU

=More Projects=

2:57
Typing Automaton by Uri Turchman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA-KpGYG83E

3:49
LED Wave Array LuLabs
https://lulabs.net/electronics/ledwave/

4:30
Turning a Logo into an Animated Sculpture by JBV Creative
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKzX03VIRgs

=Tips & Tools=

5:31
Making Sketchbooks by Eric Strebel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtqqxQ9RcBE

6:14
Tough Relay by Digital Loggers
https://www.adafruit.com/product/5718

6:46
Fantastic Fabrics by Kitty Yeung, Jen Colstillo and bleeptrack
https://makezine.com/projects/design-your-own-fantastic-fabrics/

7:36
Keep Your Clamps Oiled by Jimmy Diresta
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2TRLtC_RCfY

=Digi-Key Spotlight=

8:00
What is Matter? by Shawn Hymel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJIEfih9bl0

November 17, 2022 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A Nose for Art [Maker Update]

This week on Maker Update: stopping to smell the abstract paintings, elevating your shop storage, bubblewrap bling bags, precise sheet metal parts, automatic wire cutting, and reverse engineering a 3D scan.

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September 17, 2020 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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.

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December 13, 2018 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cardboard Plywood [Maker Update #104]

This week on Maker Update, cardboard trees for cats, an LED pixel clock, a pocket disco, Molecules for your neck, a light river for your kitchen, a solar heart, and an 8-player NES.

November 14, 2018 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Open Source Mech [Maker Update #101]

This week on Maker Update, a dance-activated sampler, MegaBots goes open source, a futuristic bike light, a vertical turntable, 5 ways to upcycle old filament reels, edge banding with Bob, Mitre Saw with Diresta, and controller hacking for a great cause.

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August 8, 2018 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Spider Clock [Maker Update #89]

This week on Maker Update, an LED filament clock, a pool noodle robot rover, a scream that screams back at you, a motorized Flippy crawler, 7 vintage toy robot designs you can 3D print, a project packaging generator, and a mini metal chop saw.

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