This week on Maker Update, a monocycle with some extra kick, light up thread that runs off you, a laser cut spice elevator, and an LED coat for the club.

This week on Maker Update: a holiday town controlled with your phone, robots that twist, robots that hop, a tool for flexures, and supercapacitor earrings.

This week on Maker Update: Arduinos on the ceiling, a Cookie Monster for your home, looking out for pedestrians, barbwire wear, and turning foam board into foreheads.

This week on Maker Update, a steering wheel for your Xbox controller, a new tax on filament, Adafruit reinvents the MEGA, two new 3D printed r/c boat designs, robot operation, a LEGO battery pack, a project board for Halloween, and drilling at a right-angle.

This week on Maker Update, a $20 screen for your Pi, a cheeseburger battle bot, a giant LED ring, and Maker Faires. This week’s Cool Tool is black hot glue.

I recently broke down a used kid’s bike and was surprised how many cool materials I found that could be reused for other projects. Even just the parts taken from a single wheel could be reused a number of different ways.