This week on Maker Update: building a prop that can withstand real lightning, a glowing pomodoro timer, a plywood air hose reel, tracking running goals with DIY electronics, a selfie stick that makes you frown, DIY x-rays, satisfying tool restorations, and making robots from everyday objects.

This week on Maker Update, 20 seconds of Spotify from your soap pump, MIT’s $100 open source ventilator, safe tools for kids, and the Hackaday calendar of virtual events.

This week on Maker Update, crowdsourcing hospital equipment repair, lessons from Josef Prusa’s medical shield manufacturing, and the games we never got to play at Alt.Ctrl GDC.

This week on Maker Update, a shelf clock, making a difference with COVID-19, a face tracking robot head, an illuminated book nook, and the MagPi goes half off.