This week on Maker Update: 90s toy tech with an AI upgrade, return of the cyberdecks, body bots, a Rubik’s cube that solves itself, and a pickup truck that writes.

++Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.339]++

=Project of the Week=

0:27
Talkboy Ultra by Hung Truong
https://www.hung-truong.com/blog/2023/05/20/introducing-the-talkboy-ultra-voice-cloning-toy/

=News=

2:25
Cyberdeck 2023 Challenge
https://hackaday.io/contest/191511-cyberdeck-2023

=More Projects=

2:57
Calico: A Wearable Robotic Assistant by University of Maryland SMART LAB
https://smartlab.cs.umd.edu/publication/calico

3:34
Self-Solving Rubik’s Cube by Takashi Kaburagi
https://makezine.com/projects/smart3-the-self-solving-rubiks-cube/

4:16
I Turned My Pickup Truck Into a Printer by Ryder Calm Down
https://youtu.be/WKIs_u5jr1s

Pickup Truck Dot Matrix Printer Software (GitHub)
https://github.com/rydercalmdown/pickup_truck_dot_matrix_printer

=Tips & Tools=

4:49
Arduino R4 WiFi & Minima Now available
https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/2023/arduino-uno-r4-minima-and-wifi-now-available

5:45
Meeting An instrument Inventor with a difference – Lomond Campbell
https://youtu.be/B-07uzruIHo

=Digi-Key Spotlight=

6:19
IlluminateSky – Luminous Umbrella by using M5Stack
https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/projects/illuminatesky-luminous-umbrella-by-using-m5stack/30b2caab712743c3be4daf4a315e0a38