Make It Snooze [Maker Update #118]
This week on Maker Update, a Star Trek themed alarm clock, Oblique Strategies, an animated GIF display, a high tech View Master, a NeoPixel corset, and a blood glucose display.
I Want My Lissajous TV [Maker Update #117]
This week on Maker Update, stop motion with Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA’s $99 AI board, Game Burgers, Lissajous Jukebox, StreetWriter, Ping Pong clock, and a laser cut turntable cabinet.
Flippin’ Switches [Maker Update #115]
This week on Maker Update, flipping switches, free boards for PyCon, shields, swords, robot music, purple rovers, LED legs, neon bikes, Lidar for dogs, and a look at PyPortal.
Exploding Vader [Maker Update #112]
This week on Maker Update, catch with a robot, Arduino’s IoT cloud, sorting screws, making fabric, exploding darth, and the anti-drawing machine.
Clocking In [Maker Update #111]
This week on a special Adafruit edition of Maker Update, clocking in with a cube, Grand Central MIDI control, wireless Neopixels, a rainbow archway, and a Mini Mac with a skull inside.
Boards, Bots & Ghosts [Maker Update #99]
This week on Maker Update, Ghost Rider, Prop-Maker, Particle Mesh boards, Simone’s Calendar, defeating DRM, MIT’s Fiberbots, an open source cat, and a library of printable Lego bricks.
Coffee Mug CNC [Maker Update #96]
This week on Maker Update, a CNC mug plotter, the future of 3D printed shoes, Particle’s new Iot Rules Engine, a kid noise alarm, a crown for Princess Peach, a hoverboard robot, and an over-the-top trampoline mod.
Split-Flap Forecast [Maker Update #90]
This week on Maker Update, a laser cut split-flap weather station, a hacker-improved insulin pump, TensorFlow machine learning comes to the Raspberry Pi, Barbie eats sushi, a neon sign from LEDs, an orbital lab shaker, a googly gear monster, velocity painting, wet sanding, braising, SVG tracing and CNC stitching.
Becky Stern Explains Her Social Stats Tracker Display
My talk with Becky Stern about her Social Stats Tracker Display project on Instructables, which keeps tabs on her followers on Instagram, Twitter, and Instructables. Also, check out Becky’s previous YouTube Tracker project that laid the foundation for this.
Particle Brings Mesh Networking to DIY IoT Projects
Particle, the company behind the Internet of Things hardware and software platform of the same name, announced three new, low-cost development boards today that make use of mesh network technology. The Arduino-compatible development boards come with either a cellular (LTE/3G/2G) connection, Wi-Fi connection, or a mesh-only option. All three boards are also cable of communicating over Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE).