Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This week on Maker Update: a box for translating conversations offline, a dress for translating movement into light, a clock for translating light into time, and a toy for translating your voice into gibberish.

+Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.496]+

=Project of the Week=

Gemma Translator by Google Creative Lab 0:32
github.com/google-gemma/gemma-translator

=More Projects=

Polka Dot Electro-Swing Dress with NeoPixels by Erin St. Blaine 2:11
learn.adafruit.com/polka-dot-dress-with-neopixels

ChronoBloom by Joe S 3:07
github.com/Maestro8484/ChronoBloom

Voicebox FX by Ruiz Brothers and Liz Clark 3:50
learn.adafruit.com/voicebox-fx

MurMur by OiO now DIY Build Guide 4:17
github.com/oio/murmur-diy

=Tips & Tools=

Esp32-ai by Slava S. 4:55
github.com/slvDev/esp32-ai

Gridfinity Carousel by Nich Fugal 5:22
printables.com/model/698402-gridfinity-carousel

Gridfinity Carousel - Motorized by Nich Fugal 5:44
printables.com/model/897707-gridfinity-carousel-motorized

=DigiKey Spotlight=

Reinforcement Learning for Robotics Part 2: Train a Balance Bot with PPO by DigiKey and Shawn Hymel 5:53
youtube.com/watch?v=zsdceSTRBl4

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