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December 21, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Android, Android Things, Arduino, Audio, Cats, cocktail, Cookie Cutter, Cookies, DIY, Electronics, Events, Eye, Fairy Globe, Feathering, FLAC, Google, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Infinity Mirror, Instagram, Instant Camera, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, ITP, Laser, LED, Lixie, Make It Rain, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, MIDI, MP3, Music, Nixie, Nixie Tube, Ogg, Pi Hat, Pimoroni, Project, Python, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Roboxotica, Soldering, Student, Thermal printer, Thingiverse, Vienna, Winter Show

Cocktail Robotics and Laser Cats [Maker Update #15]

This week on Maker Update, a Nixie tube alternative for the 21st century, Arduino puts your sketches in the cloud, robot cocktails, laser cats, making it rain, making music, and making the cookies. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE!

December 14, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, 3D Scan, Adafruit, BOINC, CHIP, Christmas Lights, Computer, Contest, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Events, Fish Feeder, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, ITP, Magic Mirror, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Marionette, Microcontroller, Mythbusters, NYU, Panel Mount, Pocket CHIP, Project, Radiation, Raspberry Pi, RasPi, Robotics, SALTO, Seismograph, SETI, Soldering, TISCH, UC Berkeley, VOIP, WD, WD Labs, White Rabbit Project

5 Ways to Slice a Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #14]

This week on Maker Update, highlights of the best projects from our WD Labs Raspberry Pi contest, Minecraft in your Pocket, Coding for Medieval Glory, Fish Feeders, Alien Finders, and a maker show to put in your queue. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

December 7, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Analemma, Arduino, Autodesk, Axidraw, Breadboard, Chandelier, Commodore, Computers, Contest, Contests, DIY, EagleCAD, Electronics, Events, Fusion 360, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, Lamp, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Miniature, Periodic Table, Pi Compute Module, Pi Zero, Project, Raspberry Pi, Retro, Robotics, Soldering, Thingiverse, Vacuform, WD Labs, Western Digital

Let Me Give You a Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #13]

This week on Maker Update: making your own 3D printed computer museum, Fusion 360 learns a new trick, a smoking laser sword, a new drawbot, a reason to buy a dental vacuform, and a giveaway for a full Raspberry Pi computer setup from our show sponsor, WD Labs. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

November 30, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, Billy Bass, Boombox, Christmas, Clock, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Embroidery, Events, Hardware Hacking, Holidays, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, Lunar Phase, Machine, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Moon, Ornaments, Payphone, Project, Raspberry Pi, Sewing, Thingiverse

Time to Print the Ornaments [Maker Update #12]

This week on Maker Update: a payphone that calls the 90’s, a moon for your nightstand, a way to finally get your fish talking, a mini NES with NFC, 3D print ornaments, a sewing machine for makers, a ridiculous amount of maker contests, and the first Maker Faire in L.A.

November 16, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Adafruit, Alligator Clip, Arduino, Circuit, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Element14, Emulation, Events, Games, Gaming, Hackaday, Hard Drive, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, LEDs, Light-Painting, Long-Exposure, Make Magazine, Maker, Maker Faire, Maker Space, Makerspace, Making, Microcontroller, Mini, NES, Nintendo, Photography, Project, Raspberry Pi, Sensor, Soldering, Thingiverse, WD

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.

November 9, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Alexa, Amazon, Animatronics, Arduino, Big Mouth Billy Bass, Billy Bass, Boing Boing, Brazing, Candy, Collar Stay, Collarstay, Contests, Dispenser, DIY, Echo, Electronics, Events, Facebook, Gumball Machine, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Open Hardware, Open Source, Project, Projection, Raspberry Pi, Research, RISD, Robotics, Soldering, Swarm Robotics, Thanksgiving, Thingiverse, Wearable

Let’s Hack Alexa into a Fish [Maker Update #10]

This week on Maker Update: making your own Alexa-Powered Billy Bass, the rise of the modular swarm bots, DIY candy dispensers, 3D printed Thanksgiving accessories, and a good excuse for a blow torch.

November 2, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Acrylic, Adafruit, Alligator Clip, Arduino, Autodesk, Contests, Cool Tools, DIY, Drone, Electronics, Events, Go Kart, Goggles, Infinity Mirror, Instructables, Inventing, Iris, Jumper Wire, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Mark Frauenfelder, Microcontroller, Mirror, Modular Robotics, Project, Recomendo, Robotics, Shapeways, Thingiverse, UPENN

Warping Infinity Mirrors and Disposable Drones [Maker Update 09]

This week on Maker Update, an infinity mirror that bends, a single-motor miniature drone, a no-weld go-kart, mechanical iris goggles, and more.

October 19, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D design, 3D printer, 3D Printing, Adafruit, Alcohol, alphabet, Anouk Wipprecht, Arduino, Autodesk, bartendo, Beta, BooSTick, Booze, Browser, CAD, cocktail, cocktail robotics, components, DIY, dress, droid, Electronics, Events, fashion, Gonk, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, hoarding, Instructables, Intel, interactive, Inventing, IoT, LED, LiPo, Make Magazine, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, MySketchup, Peristaltic, Project, prop, pump, resistors, Robotics, Shapeways, SketchUp, Star Wars, storage, Stranger Things, Teensy, Teensy 3.6, Tinkercad, Ultimaker, Ultimaker 3, wall, Wearable, WS2811

Maker Update #07: Put On Your Drinking Dress

This week on Maker Update we’ll take a look at a DIY cocktail robotic dress designed by Anouk Wipprecht. We’ll take a look at a new online 3D design tool from SketchUp and a new 3D printer from Ultimaker. Learn how to quickly create your own prop Star Wars Gonk droid, as well as an interactive Stranger Things alphabet wall. Tips on storing small components (and getting rid of them), new product announcements, and the latest Maker Faires for the upcoming weekend.

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SHOW NOTES
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Project of the Week
Anouk’s Cocktail Dress Instructable
http://www.instructables.com/id/HOW-TO-MAKE-YOUR-OWN-ROBOTIC-COCKTAIL-DRESS/

News
SketchUp in Browser: MySketchUp (Open Beta)
http://www.sketchup.com/products/my-sketchup

Ultimaker 3 announced
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-3

Projects
Arduino-Powered Stranger Things Wall
http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Based-Stranger-Things-Lights/

Gonk Droid Prop from Junk
http://www.instructables.com/id/GONK-Droid-From-Junk/

Tools/Tips
BooSTick
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3265?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts

Teensy 3.6
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3266?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts

Teensy 3.5
https://www.adafruit.com/products/3267?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=videodescrip&utm_campaign=newproducts

Small Parts Organization
http://makezine.com/2016/10/15/small-parts-organization-in-the-shop/

Too Good to Throw Away
http://hackaday.com/2016/10/13/too-good-to-throw-away-dealing-with-an-out-of-control-junk-hoard/

Maker Faires
http://makerfaire.com/map/
October 22, 2016 Derby Mini Maker Faire Derby, Derbyshire UK
October 22, 2016 Fredonia Mini Maker Faire Fredonia, New York USA
October 22, 2016 Shreveport Mini Maker Faire Shreveport, Louisiana USA
October 22 + 23, 2016 Maker Faire Orlando Orlando, Florida USA
October 23, 2016 East Bay Mini Maker Faire Oakland, California USA
October 21 + 22 + 23, 2016 Maker Faire Shenzhen Shenzhen China
October 23, 2016 Bengaluru Mini Maker Faire Bengaluru India

October 12, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Animatronics, Button Banging, Chicken Wire, Controllers, Cosplay, DIY, Electronics, Frightprops, Garbage Bag, Ghost, Ghosts, Goggles, Halloween, Halloween Decorations, Haunted House, iFixit, Instructables, Inventing, Keybanging, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Monster, MyMini Factory, Neopixel, Packing Tape, Project, Props, Robotics, Scary, Thingiverse, Toolkit, Trash Bag

Maker Update #06: Garbage Ghosts & Key Bangers

This week’s Maker Update is dedicated to taking your Halloween up a notch, with tips on costume resources, cheap and easy (and scary) DIY ghosts, 3D printed cosplay props, and site recommendations for professional haunted house props and controllers.

October 5, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 123D Make, 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, Autodesk, Candle Holder, Candles, Coffee, Contests, DIY, Electronics, ESLOV, Espresso, Events, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Maps, Microcontroller, Moon, Photography, Project, Raspberry Pi, Tamper, Time Lapse, Topography, Wearable

Maker Update #05: Love Conquers Arduino

This week on Maker Update: How to Make a 3D Map from cardboard, Arduino Makes up with Arduino, an orbiting time-lapse rig, maker contests, Maker Faires, and 3D printed designs to fuel your coffee addiction.