Monster Chompers [Maker Update #175]
This week on Maker Update, our robot overlords get a new, terrifying mouth, the Pi camera goes deluxe, Maker Faire goes virtual, mirror inspiration, and singing toilet paper.
Be Still My Heart [Maker Update #161]
This week on Maker Update, a beating heart, robot dreams, giant numbers, real-time object tracking, puffy bricks, and HackSpace goes half-price.
Creature Feature [Maker Update #122]
This week on Maker Update, magnetic animatronics, a photo frame with a dark side, a conductive paper dragon, keyblades, a Star Trek desk, and gaming with a PyBadge.
Privacy Parasite [Maker Update #109]
This week on Maker Update, a privacy parasite for your virtual assistant, MakeCode Arcade, asteroid harvesting robots, a hot glue light show, spaceship control panel, a laser-cut flap cascade, grippers, fitters, and tic-tacs.
Dodecahedron Dance Party [Maker Update #100]
This week on Maker Update, a Jedi-worthy lightsaber, Kickstarter’s test print, an iFixit giveaway, a musical dodecahedron, sound bending, disc shooting, MIDI motors, and stringy plotters.
Asus Tinker Board S [Maker Update #66]
This week on Maker Update, an interactive music ring, the Asus Tinker Board S, Google’s Vision kit for Raspberry Pi, and a servo movement recorder. This week’s Cool Tool is 3M SandBlaster Ultra Flexible Sanding Sheets.
Favorite Projects of 2017 [Maker Update #65]
This week on Maker Update, I’ll take a look back at some of my favorite projects from 2017 and show you a cordless hot glue gun for hot glue on the go. This week’s Cool Tool is a Ryobi Cordless Glue Gun.
Deckard’s Binoculars [Maker Update #56]
This week on Maker Update, Blade Runner binoculars, setbacks at Glowforge, custom zipper pulls, JOY pads, and colorized laser engraving. This week’s Cool Tool is the Canary Corrugated Cardboard Cutter.
The Talking Tiki [Maker Update #50]
This week on Maker Update, an enchanted talking tiki totem pole, my trip to OSH Park and Metrix Makerspace, a retro lightbox, and why you need flush cutters. This week’s Cool Tool is the Hakko CHP-170 Flush Cutter.
Fake Gold & Overwatch Animatronics [Maker Update #48]
This week on Maker Update, a servo robot puppet, Raspbian moves to Stretch, a YouTube Live camera, giant gold bricks, trauma shears, and pouring your own knobs. This week’s Cool Tool is a pair of Fluoride Coated Medical Shears.