This week on Maker Update: a kazoo with auto-tune, Particle goes big, a new spin on the macropad, a lamp with a twist, and surfing with Neopixels.

This week on Maker Update, a pizza compass, taking Groot for a walk, wooden rockets, lemon keyboards, pet eyes, and the downfall of duct tape.

This week on Maker Update, smart dice, a combining of the bits, demonstrating algorithms, a sequin clock, SVG emojis, and the end of Particle Mesh.

This week on Maker Update, Ghost Rider, Prop-Maker, Particle Mesh boards, Simone’s Calendar, defeating DRM, MIT’s Fiberbots, an open source cat, and a library of printable Lego bricks.

This week on Maker Update, a CNC mug plotter, the future of 3D printed shoes, Particle’s new Iot Rules Engine, a kid noise alarm, a crown for Princess Peach, a hoverboard robot, and an over-the-top trampoline mod.

This week on Maker Update, an animated wooden sign, new mesh boards from Particle, 3D printed QR coasters, 3D printing on fabric, and my talk with Jon-A-Tron. This week’s Cool Tool is a Retractable Cardboard Cutter.

Particle, the company behind the Internet of Things hardware and software platform of the same name, announced three new, low-cost development boards today that make use of mesh network technology. The Arduino-compatible development boards come with either a cellular (LTE/3G/2G) connection, Wi-Fi connection, or a mesh-only option. All three boards are also cable of communicating over Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE).