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April 2, 2020 AUTHOR: Christine Cain CATEGORIES: News Tags: Adhesive, Coronavirus, Covid-19, E-Vent, Easy Tack, face shield, Kids, Krylon, Mask, Medical, MIT, Open Source, Safety, Scuba, Soap, Spotify, supply, Valve, ventilator

Scrub-a-Dub [Maker Update #168]

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.

July 18, 2018 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: Animation, Lab, Open Source, Pinball, PVC, Rocker, Slide, strobe, water, Zoetrope

Stroboscopic Zoetrope [Maker Update #87]

This week on Maker Update, a 100 foot slip and slide, two kinds of zoetrope, an open source test tube rocker, car lock pinball, a new issue of Make, diffusing LEDs, and a chance to win one of my favorite maker books.

February 10, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: Tools Tags: CHIP, Code, Coding, Command Line, Computer, DIY, Fantasy Console, Game, Handheld, Keyboard, Linux, Oakland, Open Source, Open Source Hardware, PICO-8, Product, Raspberry Pi, Rechargeable, Review, Single Board Computer, SOC, Technology, Video Game

PocketCHIP $69 Handheld Computer Review

The Oakland-based startup Next Thing Co. made a splash in 2015 when they announced a $9 single-board Linux computer called C.H.I.P. Like the Raspberry Pi, C.H.I.P. is a Linux computer designed for DIY projects and education — only significantly less expensive. And while the price made an impression on me at the time, I wasn’t yet into Raspberry Pi enough to even be tempted by a competitor. That is, until I saw PocketCHIP.

Next Thing Co. is clever enough to sell an accessory called PocketCHIP that transforms the credit card-sized board into a thoroughly unique, fully functional handheld computer. The PocketCHIP’s $69 price includes both the CHIP board and the portable handheld computer hardware that it simply slots right into.

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.