This week on Maker Update: Human augmentation, a 100lb laptop, A crash course in CAD, Making faces, pushing plastic, and Digikey’s annual boards guide.

This week on Maker Update: a tough nut to crack, hand-made computers, top tips for perfect prints, flexures, supersized switches, and making tensegrity sculptures out of humans.

Tool:

BESTEK 300W Power Inverter
http://amzn.to/2xr08BK

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tools review. This time I’m going to show you guys this in-car power inverter from Bestek. I picked this up on Amazon for around $27, it’s a best seller, and by using the link in the description to pick one up you’ll be helping to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

Prestige Medical Fluoride Scissor
http://amzn.to/2xs1EDA

Transcript:

It’s time for another Cool Tools video review. This time we’re going to take a look at a nicer pair of medical shears or trauma shears or penny cutters. I got this pair for around $9 on Amazon, they’re the highest rated set on there and you can pick up these same ones using the Amazon link in the description, which helps support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

OXO Good Grips Smooth Edge Can Opener
http://amzn.to/2wTj7UQ

Transcript:

In this Cool Tool review I’m going to show you the OXO Good Grips Smooth Edge can opener. I picked this up for around $23 on Amazon — not cheap, but I wish I’d bought it sooner. If you end up wanting one for your own, using the link in the description helps support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tool:

DeWalt Dual-Mold Safety Goggle
http://amzn.to/2vN6Pua

Transcript:

For this Cool Tools review I’m going to share my thoughts on these safety goggles from Dewalt. I picked these up on Amazon for around $10, and by using the Amazon link in the description here you help to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

Tools:

TEKTON Automatic Center Punch
http://amzn.to/2vFuhMu

Neiko Automatic Center Hole Punch
http://amzn.to/2uquDH1

Rennsteig Adjustable Automatic Center Punch
http://amzn.to/2wuR6A7

Transcript:

Hey, I’m Donald Bell and in this Cool Tools video I am going to take a look at automatic center punches. Maybe you have a cheap one like this for marking drill holes in wood or metal. I’ll show you how this performs against two higher end options. I’ve got Amazon links for all of these in the description, and if you pick one up using the link, it helps to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

This week on Maker Update, a mechanical tulip, the E3D print slicer, a LEGO walkie talkie Twitch switch, 3D printing with DiResta, a triaxial clock, Laura Kampf’s swing bike, and turning pixels to gcode.

Hey I’m Donald Bell for Maker Project Lab and in this video we’re going to take a look inside the new Amazon Echo Alexa-compatible version of the Big Mouth Billy Bass talking fish. I got this for around $40 on Amazon. I’ll leave a link in the video description, but you may want to watch this whole video and hear my opinion before picking one up.

Tools: LED Light Weight Magnifier with 5 Lenses
http://amzn.to/2uDdG90

Transcript

For this week’s Cool Tools review, I’m going to show off these wearable magnifying glasses. These run around $14 on Amazon, and by using the link in the video description you help to support my videos and the Cool Tools blog.

I bought these a year ago looking for a way to get a better look at soldering up small stuff. They really are perfect for those times when you’re wiring or painting or glueing up something tiny and delicate. Plus there’s a little LED on the front that helps put a little extra light on things.