This Week on Maker Update: a low resolution display you can’t take your eyes off of, turning trash to treasure, a snap-fit cyberdeck, and the internet of solder paste.

This week on Maker Update: weaponized candy, a smart bot ball contraption, floating sine waves, and getting the most out of your digital caliper purchase.

This week on Maker Update: a simulator for RC Planes, a Scomp Link shoebox, budget calipers, and making art from Colin’s tunnel dirt.

This week on Maker Update, a book-actuated lamp, big caliper energy, reviving old power banks, injection molding, space ship paneling, and how to debounce your circuits.

This week on Maker Update, an RGB Kayak, CNC Foam Cutting, artificial sunlight, laser tag, glowing swords, measuring holes, and how to use weird displays.

Today I’m going to show off what you can do with a pair of dirt cheap digital calipers (Amazon link). These come in a plastic case. Mine even had an extra battery included. On the front here you have a power button, a zero button to zero out the measurement, and a toggle between inches and mm.

This week on Maker Update: an autonomous beach-roving art bot, Kickstarter wants your ideas, a project that makes kits for other projects, GUIs for Raspberry Pi, stipple ceramics, and I’ll show you why digital calipers are cool (and why you should buy them here: http://amzn.to/2ov1YJU).