This week on Maker Update: a transformer you can ride on, a time travel cable box, an IoT cat doorbell, and easy animated robot eyes.

+Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.438]+

=Project of the Week=

Experimental Transformers Mechanism Robot by James Bruton 0:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJnXCyGOesA
https://github.com/XRobots/MiniTransformer

=More Projects=

90s Cable Simulator – Recreating Retro Cable TV with a Raspberry Pi by wrongdog reckons 2:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDW1wokbRiQ

Cat at the Door by Andrea Favero 4:07
https://github.com/AndreaFavero71/cat_at_the_door

=Tips & Tools=

LED Matrix Alarm Clock by Ruiz Brothers and Liz Clark 5:11
https://learn.adafruit.com/led-matrix-alarm-clock

THE RIGHT WAY vs WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD by Make Something 5:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMgrP73snp8

Smoothly Animated Robot Eyes on OLED Displays with the Robo Eyes Library by FluxGarage 6:30
https://github.com/FluxGarage/RoboEyes

=DigiKey Spotlight=

Potentially Genius Playlist 7:04
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBQazB0HUyQBGOOgIlSWDcPie9jn3G1I

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Workshop location provided by CREACIÈNCIA, a science education resource for students in Barcelona. https://scienceclub.cat/