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February 15, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: $500, Adafruit, Arduino, Audio, CHIP, Circuit Bending, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Enclosure, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Intercom, Inventing, Kickstarter, Kit, Laser Cutter, Laser Etching, LED, Linux, Maker, Making, MeArm, Microcontroller, Next Thing Co, Plotter, PocketCHIP, Project, Project Board, Protoboard, Raspberry Pi, Recording, Robot Arm, Robotics, Soldering, Vintage, Voice Recorder, Whisker Switch

Hacking a $2 Voice Recorder [Maker Update #21]

This week on Maker Update, a circuit-bent voice recorder hacked into an intercom, a $500 laser engraver, a Raspberry Pi robot arm, a Flick Face electronics project, Pi Cams compared, a PocketCHIP review, and contests! SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

February 10, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: Tools Tags: CHIP, Code, Coding, Command Line, Computer, DIY, Fantasy Console, Game, Handheld, Keyboard, Linux, Oakland, Open Source, Open Source Hardware, PICO-8, Product, Raspberry Pi, Rechargeable, Review, Single Board Computer, SOC, Technology, Video Game

PocketCHIP $69 Handheld Computer Review

The Oakland-based startup Next Thing Co. made a splash in 2015 when they announced a $9 single-board Linux computer called C.H.I.P. Like the Raspberry Pi, C.H.I.P. is a Linux computer designed for DIY projects and education — only significantly less expensive. And while the price made an impression on me at the time, I wasn’t yet into Raspberry Pi enough to even be tempted by a competitor. That is, until I saw PocketCHIP.

Next Thing Co. is clever enough to sell an accessory called PocketCHIP that transforms the credit card-sized board into a thoroughly unique, fully functional handheld computer. The PocketCHIP’s $69 price includes both the CHIP board and the portable handheld computer hardware that it simply slots right into.

February 8, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, Billy Bass, Breadboard, Camera, DIY, Dremel, Electronics, Events, Friction Weld, Guitar, Hackaday, Heart, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, Kuwait, MacroFab, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Manufacturing, Microcontroller, Pangolin, Pedal, Photography, Plastic, Project, Raspberry Pi, Soldering, Spy, Stompbox, Thingiverse, Time Lapse, Valentine

DIY Spy Camera and IoT Valentines [Maker Update #20]

This week on Maker Update, a cheap, DIY spy camera, manufacturing with Voodoo, the Billy Bass Alexa gets fully realized, an internet valentine, printed pangolins, a guitar stompbox development rig, friction welding plastic, and Maker Faire Kuwait. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

February 1, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, Book, Coin-Op, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Events, Flipbook, Fumes, GIF, Glowforge, Hack, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, Laser Cutter, Launcher, Locker, Maker, Maker Faire, MakeXYZ, Making, Microcontroller, Mission Creek Festival, Project, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Soda, Soldering, Sparkfun, STEM, String, Thingiverse, Wearable

GIF Books & Soda Lockers [Maker Update #19]

This week on Maker Update, a kid turns his locker into soda vending machine, a serious word on laser cutter fumes, printing GIFs into books, string launchers, a breadboard/Arduino/LEGO brick mashup, contests ending on Instructables, and why I’m flying to Iowa. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

January 25, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, ASUS, Autodesk, Bluetooth, Breakout, Bristlebot, CAD, Capacitor, Chicago, Design, DIY, Dome, Eagle, Eagle CAD, Electronics, Events, Furby, Geodesic, Hack, Hackaday, Haptic, Hardware Hacking, Instagram, Instructables, interactive, Inventing, ITP, LED, Light-Sensitive, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, MIDI, Motor, PCB, Project, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Soldering, Sparkfun, Tinker, Tinker Board, Toothbrush, Vape, Vaporizer, Vibrobot

Asus Tinker Board Challenges Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #18]

This week on Maker Update: the classic bristlebot gets an upgrade, Eagle CAD drops a bomb, ASUS takes on Raspberry Pi, musical domes, hacked Furbys, vape tech, and Chi-town gets a big ol’ Maker Faire.

January 19, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: Project Tags: Accelerometer, Adafruit, Arduino, Art, Circuit Playground, DIY, Electronics, LED, Light-Painting, Long-Exposure, Neopixel, Photography, Project, Review

Review: Light Paintbrush for Circuit Playground

I love when a DIY project gives you something that feels almost like a magic trick. The TV-B-Gone project is one such project, but so is this LED paintbrush project published by John Park on Adafruit.

John Park has an embarrassing number of great projects, but I ordered up the parts for this one specifically because I’ve been looking for an approachable project with a fun payoff to use for a beginner electronics workshop I’m teaching in April. I love the idea of students walking away with a unique gadget to show off, rather than just a blinking LED.

January 18, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, 9v battery, AA Battery, Adafruit, AI, Ambilight, Arduino, Bangkok, Camera, Circuit Playground, Compute Module, DIY, Electronics, Events, Hardware Hacking, Inventing, Kickstarter, Laser Cutting, Machine Learning, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, Microsoft, Octopus, Parametric, Processing, Project, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Servo, Shop Tips, Soldering, Spring Contacts, Thailand, Thingiverse, VCC

DIY Camera Explains Your Picture [Maker Update #17]

This week, an artificially intelligent word camera, the launch of the Pi Compute Module 3 and why it’s ok not to care, a goofy walking Arduino bot, a slot-together octopus lamp, a $20 color-matching laptop light, shop tips, battery tips, and where in the world is this week’s Maker Faire? SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

January 11, 2017 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 123D, 3D Printing, Adafruit, Arduino, Autodesk, BBC, Blaster, Contests, Curriculum, DIY, Electronics, Instructables, Interface Design, Inventing, Lucio, Maker, Making, Microbit, Microcontroller, Overwatch, Project, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Soldering, Star Wars, Thingiverse, UI, User Interface

DIY Overwatch Blaster & Star Wars Interfaces [Maker Update #16]

This week on Maker Update! A sonic blaster from Overwatch, the Arduino reconciliation gets real, the BBC Microbit crosses the pond, the demise of 123D, another LED Nixie to consider, 3D printed Amazon Echo accessories, a study Star Wars user interfaces, and upcoming contests from Instructables. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

December 21, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, Adafruit, Android, Android Things, Arduino, Audio, Cats, cocktail, Cookie Cutter, Cookies, DIY, Electronics, Events, Eye, Fairy Globe, Feathering, FLAC, Google, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Infinity Mirror, Instagram, Instant Camera, Instructables, Inventing, IoT, ITP, Laser, LED, Lixie, Make It Rain, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Microcontroller, MIDI, MP3, Music, Nixie, Nixie Tube, Ogg, Pi Hat, Pimoroni, Project, Python, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, Roboxotica, Soldering, Student, Thermal printer, Thingiverse, Vienna, Winter Show

Cocktail Robotics and Laser Cats [Maker Update #15]

This week on Maker Update, a Nixie tube alternative for the 21st century, Arduino puts your sketches in the cloud, robot cocktails, laser cats, making it rain, making music, and making the cookies. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE!

December 14, 2016 AUTHOR: Donald Bell CATEGORIES: News Tags: 3D Printing, 3D Scan, Adafruit, BOINC, CHIP, Christmas Lights, Computer, Contest, Contests, DIY, Electronics, Events, Fish Feeder, Hackaday, Hardware Hacking, Instructables, Inventing, ITP, Magic Mirror, Maker, Maker Faire, Making, Marionette, Microcontroller, Mythbusters, NYU, Panel Mount, Pocket CHIP, Project, Radiation, Raspberry Pi, RasPi, Robotics, SALTO, Seismograph, SETI, Soldering, TISCH, UC Berkeley, VOIP, WD, WD Labs, White Rabbit Project

5 Ways to Slice a Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #14]

This week on Maker Update, highlights of the best projects from our WD Labs Raspberry Pi contest, Minecraft in your Pocket, Coding for Medieval Glory, Fish Feeders, Alien Finders, and a maker show to put in your queue. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE

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Hacking a $2 Voice Recorder [Maker Update #21]

PocketCHIP $69 Handheld Computer Review

DIY Spy Camera and IoT Valentines [Maker Update #20]

GIF Books & Soda Lockers [Maker Update #19]

Asus Tinker Board Challenges Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #18]

Review: Light Paintbrush for Circuit Playground

DIY Camera Explains Your Picture [Maker Update #17]

DIY Overwatch Blaster & Star Wars Interfaces [Maker Update #16]

Cocktail Robotics and Laser Cats [Maker Update #15]

5 Ways to Slice a Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #14]

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