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![Sony Goes Arduino [Maker Update #47]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PupcQM6ixuM/mqdefault.jpg "Sony Goes Arduino [Maker Update #47]
This week, acoustic levitation, an Arduino made by Sony, a new kit by Anouk Wipprecht, and a turning old monitors into a video wall. This week’s Cool Tool is a self-centering drill bit set: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TZX1M/ctmakerupdate-20
++Show Notes++
[Expanded show notes Here: http://makerprojectlab.com/sony-goes-arduino-maker-update-47/]
Advanced Project
Acoustic Levitator by Asier Marzo
https://www.instructables.com/id/Acoustic-Levitator/
News
Sony to Make Arduino IOT board
http://hackaday.com/2017/08/13/another-arduino-compatible-this-time-its-a-sony/
https://developer.sony.com/2017/08/03/sony-introduces-smart-sensing-iot-board-arduino-compatible/
More Projects
High Tech Edelweiss (LED KIT) With Custom PCB by anoukwipprecht
http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Tech-Edelweiss-LED-KIT-SwarovskiIIR/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXpEVOPAsL9/
Cool Tools Minute
Bosch CC2430 Self-Centering Bit Assortment
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TZX1M/ctmakerupdate-20
Self-Centering Bit Review on Cool Tools
http://kk.org/cooltools/vix-bit/
Tools/Tips
Video Playback on Freely Arranged Screens
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/info-beamer/
https://github.com/info-beamer/package-magic-video-wall
Maker Faires
http://makerfaire.com/map/
Izmir Mini Maker Faire
Grand Rapids Mini Maker Faire
Chicago Southland Mini Maker Faire
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![Asus Tinker Board S [Maker Update]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QfOzfp-XiXY/mqdefault.jpg "Asus Tinker Board S [Maker Update]
This week, an interactive music ring, the Asus Tinker Board S, Google’s Vision kit for Raspberry Pi, and a servo movement recorder. This week’s Cool Tool is 3M SandBlaster Ultra Flexible Sanding Sheets https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00QO1RNOK/ctmakerupdate-20
++Show Notes [Maker Update #66]++
(Expanded show notes available here: http://makerprojectlab.com/asus-tinker-board-s/)
Advanced Project
LED Eclipse With Touch Sensors and MIDI by Jon Bumstead
https://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Eclipse-With-Touch-Sensors-and-MIDI/
News
ASUS Tinker Board S Unveiled at CES
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180108006044/en/
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12239/asus-showcases-small-form-factor-solutions-pb40-and-pn40-mini-pcs-chromebox-3-and-tinker-board-s
https://www.asus.com/us/Single-Board-Computer/Tinker-Board/
TechShop “Memorandum of understanding” – canceled?
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/12/12/techshop-memorandum-of-understanding-canceled-techshop-techshop-techshop20/
https://makezine.com/2017/12/15/techshop-drama-continues-2-0-agreement-cancelled/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/12/18/techshop-2-0-update-techshop-techshop-techshop20-makerbusiness/
Introducing AIY Vision Kit: Make devices that see by Google
https://blog.google/topics/machine-learning/introducing-aiy-vision-kit-make-devices-see/
https://hackaday.com/2017/12/17/googles-aiy-vision-kit-augments-pi-with-vision-processor/
https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/vision#list-of-materials
Adam Savage Builds Jon-A-Trons Deckard Binoculars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl558EoTuEQ
Blade Runner Binoculars by JON-A-TRON
https://www.instructables.com/id/Blade-Runner-Binoculars/
Cool Tools Minute
http://cool-tools.org
3M SandBlaster Ultra Flexible Sanding Sheets [Med]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00QO1RNOK/ctmakerupdate-20
3M SandBlaster Ultra Flexible Sanding Sheets [FINE]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00PPD1VOQ/ctmakerupdate-20
3M SandBlaster Ultra Flexible Sanding Sheets [X-FINE]
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00PPD1CYA/ctmakerupdate-20
Original Cool Tool Recommendation from Mark Frauenfelder
http://kk.org/cooltools/blade-runner-homagesnappajust-read/
Tools/Tips
Tips of the Week: Cheap Stripper, DIY Cutting Oil, and a Soap Finish
https://makezine.com/2018/01/05/tips-week-cheap-stripper-diy-cutting-oil-soap-finish/
Servo City Servo Recorder
https://www.servocity.com/4-servo-recorder
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![My Top 5 Summer Projects [Maker Update #38]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T3D70i1Z3N0/mqdefault.jpg "My Top 5 Summer Projects [Maker Update #38]
This week, Donald runs through a list of projects he’d like to accomplish this summer. This week’s featured Cool Tool is the d.light S2 rechargeable LED light https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BJF86A6/ctmakerupdate-20
SHOW NOTES
3D Printer shopping
http://makezine.com/comparison/3dprinters/
Solar projects
https://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-workshop/channel-solar/
Bluetooth Boombox
https://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-technology/channel-audio/
Bike projects
https://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-outside/channel-bikes/
Halloween projects
https://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/category-home/channel-halloween/
Cool Tools Minute
d.light S2 rechargeable LED light
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00BJF86A6/ctmakerupdate-20
Kent Barnes review
http://kk.org/cooltools/led-rechargeable-solar-task-light/
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![ASUS Tinker Board Challenges Raspberry Pi [Maker Update #18]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TD7Gzyoq9tQ/mqdefault.jpg "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. SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/makerprojectlab?sub_confirmation=1
SHOW NOTES
•Project of the Week
Light-sensing Bristlebot (Bristlebotics)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Light-Sensing-Bristlebot/
•News
Eagle Subscription
http://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/the-new-eagle-subscription-has-landed/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2017/01/20/autodesk-moves-eaglecad-to-subscription-model/
ASUS Tinker Board
http://hackaday.com/2017/01/21/a-motherboard-manufacturers-take-on-a-raspberry-pi-competitor/
http://cpc.farnell.com/asus/90mb0qy1-m0eay0/tinker-board-2gb-1-8ghz-4k-gb/dp/SC14363
•Projects
Interactive Geodesic Dome (Jon Bumstead)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Interactive-Geodesic-LED-Dome/
Furby Hack (Jeija)
http://hackaday.com/2017/01/21/taking-control-of-your-furby/
•Tools/Tips
Ben Lights ITP100
https://www.instagram.com/blight_design/
Vape Hardware Breakdown
https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2277?
Sparkfun Haptic Motor Driver
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14031?
Domerama
http://www.domerama.com/
•Maker Faires http://makerfaire.com/map/
January 27 + 28, 2017 Perpignan Mini Maker Faire Perpignan
January 28, 2017 Caguas Mini Maker Faire Caguas, Puerto Rico
April 22 + 23, Chicago Maker Faire http://makerfaire.com/chicago/
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![Wobble Garden [alt.ctrl.gdc 2018]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ULIT6GcfLFU/mqdefault.jpg "Wobble Garden [alt.ctrl.gdc 2018]
At the alt.ctrl showcase at GDC 2018, Robin Baumgarten talks to Maker Project Lab about his new game concept, Wobble Garden.
Robin describes Wobble Garden as a hand-crafted arrangement of sensing springs combined with reactive lighting. Players wobble springs to interact with the installation and play games. It creates a unique visual and tactile experience, and will be scaleable to a several meter large installation.
You can learn more about Robin and Wobble Garden at http://wobblylabs.com/projects/wobblegarden
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![Paper Airplane Machine [Maker Update]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UQYNdcpF0tg/mqdefault.jpg "Paper Airplane Machine [Maker Update]
This week, a paper airplane machine, Microsoft gobbles up Github, a comic vomit bot, a LEGO-style megaphone, printer cable coasters, counting bees, joining wood with plastic bottles, and actual reality games in Hong Kong. This weeks Cool Tool is the Komelon 25 tape measure: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008AGWNII/ctmakerupdate-20
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++Show Notes [Maker Update #83]++
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https://makerprojectlab.com/paper-airplane-machine-maker-update-83/
Project of the Week
Miss Flyer paper airplane maker by Jerry de Vos
https://github.com/Jerzeek/Miss-Flyer/blob/master/README.md
News
Microsoft to Acquire GitHub for $7.5b
https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/
More Projects
RANDOMLY GENERATED, THERMAL-PRINTED COMICS by Cadin Batrack
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/random-comic-strip-generation-vomit-comic-robot/
https://imgur.com/a/hhrnQoC#TblkXme
https://github.com/cadin/random-comic
Human Scale Working LEGO Megaphone by agepbiz
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2852401
SLICED CABLE RESIN COASTERS by Mikeasaurus
https://www.instructables.com/id/Sliced-Cable-Resin-Coasters/
COUNTING BEES WITH A RASPBERRY PI by Mat Kelcey
http://matpalm.com/blog/counting_bees/
https://github.com/matpalm/bnn
Cool Tools Minute
http://cool-tools.org
Komelon SM5425 Gripper Speed Mark Tape Measure, 1-Inch X 25Ft, White
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008AGWNII/ctmakerupdate-20
Smaller 16-ft version
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B008AGWNL0/ctmakerupdate-20
Tools/Tips
Adafruit pIRkey
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pirkey-python-programmable-infrared-usb-adapter
Plastic Bottles as Heat Shrink
http://www.core77.com/posts/77991/A-Second-Designer-Experiments-with-Using-Plastic-Bottles-as-Heat-Shrink-Joinery
Actual Reality Games in Hong Kong
http://www.core77.com/posts/77990/Truly-Interactive-Game-Design-at-This-Physical-Arcade-in-Hong-Kong
Gareths New Book: Tips and Tales from the Workshop: A Handy Reference for Makers
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1680450794/ctmakerupdate-20
Maker Faires
http://makerfaire.com/map/
Port Jefferson, New York USA
Providence, Rhode Island USA
Aurich Germany
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![Light Up Trampoline [Maker Update]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UTU7aPZBx9A/mqdefault.jpg "Light Up Trampoline [Maker Update]
This week, a Neopixel trampoline, pocket power supply, a mirrored arcade cabinet, light-up fingernails, Pixel Times, and a psychedelic scuba mask. This weeks Cool Tool is Socket Bit Hex Shanks: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01NCOIF4G/ctmakerupdate-20
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++Show Notes [Maker Update #79]++
Extended show notes available on Maker Project Lab: https://makerprojectlab.com/light-up-trampoline-maker-update/
Project of the Week
LED Trampoline by Ruiz Bros.
https://learn.adafruit.com/led-trampoline
More Projects
Variable Portable Power Supply by Lonesoulsurfer
https://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Variable-Power-Supply-1/
DC-DC Variable Voltage Regulator Board on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-LM2596-DC-DC-4V-35V-to-1-23V-30V-Step-Down-Power-Module-Voltage-Regulator-3A/252867939335
Grotoro by Concrete Games
http://shakethatbutton.com/grotoro/
https://concretegames.itch.io/grotoro
Neopixel Manicure by Sophy Wong
https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-manicure
Pixel Times v2 by Dominic Buchstaller
https://2dom.github.io/PixelTimes/
Infinity Mirror Scuba Mask by Curt White
https://hackaday.io/project/116475-infinity-mirror-scuba-mask
Cool Tools Minute
http://cool-tools.org
Socket Bit Hex Shanks
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01NCOIF4G/ctmakerupdate-20
Tools/Tips
3D PRINTER TIME LAPSE VIDEOS DITCH THE BLUR
https://hackaday.com/2018/04/13/3d-printer-time-lapse-videos-ditch-the-blur/
Octlapse
https://github.com/FormerLurker/Octolapse
Loek Vellekoop Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxwysC9ZqKA
Maker Faires
http://makerfaire.com/map/
New Orleans Mini Maker Faire (w/ talk by Jimi Diresta!!!)
Bloomsburg Mini Maker Faire
Maker Faire Westport
Bowling Green Mini Maker Faire
Dnipro Mini Maker Faire
Albuquerque Mini Maker Faire
Mohawk Valley Mini Maker Faire
South Bend Mini Maker Faire
Kadikoy Mini Maker Faire
Roanoke Mini Maker Faire
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![Cocktail Robotics and Laser Cats [Maker Update #15]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UYTCtwwOYaQ/mqdefault.jpg "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 https://www.youtube.com/c/makerprojectlab?sub_confirmation=1
Show Notes
Project of the Week
LIXIE - Nixie Tube alternative
https://hackaday.io/project/18633-lixie-an-led-alternative-to-the-nixie-tube
https://github.com/connornishijima/Lixie-hardware
https://www.tindie.com/products/connornishijima/lixie-an-led-alternative-to-the-nixie-tube/
News
Arduino Web Editor Sketchbook Import
https://blog.arduino.cc/2016/12/14/web-editor-updates-import-your-sketchbook-and-more/
Roboxotica
http://roboexotica.org/?acra
https://youtu.be/6DOTzC4iNt4
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Roboexotica-150551977764/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154073415812765
ITP Winter Show
http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2016/category/projects/
Highlights from ITP
Box Anonymous
http://www.seetheunseen.xyz/2016/11/12/box-anonymous/
Blink of an Eye
http://paulaceballos.com/#/blink-of-an-eye-loading/
http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2016/blink-of-an-eye/
Laser Cats
http://www.jlimetc.com/studio/#/laser-cats/
No Boxes
http://www.xitongxu.com/2016/11/30/final-proposal/
Composite
http://itp.matamala.info/blog/icm-and-pcomm-final-wip
Endless Winter
http://www.jeff-park.com/2016/12/05/winter-show-proposal-endless-winter/
Paper GIF Roll
http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/winter2016/paper-gif-roll/
https://jfunky.github.io/dispensegif/
Operator
http://chino.kim/operator/
More Projects
DIY Instant Camera
http://blog.adacore.com/make-with-ada-diy-instant-camera
Make It Rain Box
https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/Arduino_Genuino/make-it-rain-clap-machine-48d409
Darbin Orvar Fairy Bulb
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Fairy-Light-Globes/
Tools/Tips
PiMoroni Hat for Pi/Android Things
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3354
https://github.com/pimoroni/rainbow-hat
MusicMaker Featherwing
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3357
Thingiverse Best of 2016
https://www.thingiverse.com/glitchpudding/collections/best-of-2016
Egyptian Infinity Mirror
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1867325
Cookie Caster
http://www.cookiecaster.com/
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![Fire Skateboard [Maker Update #34]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uq64f63KnIs/mqdefault.jpg "Fire Skateboard [Maker Update #34]
This week on Maker Update: a skateboard that shoots fire, design concepts from Hackaday prize, a dirt-cheap telepresence robot, a military tool bag, cardboard rivets, a microcontroller guide from Make, and the biggest show and tell on earth. Here’s a link to our featured Cool Tools product on Amazon (Canvas Military Tool Bag): https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BFJE8S/ctmakerupdate-20
Show Notes
Extended show notes and transcript are here: http://wp.me/p7HjS6-cC
Advanced Project
Flamethrower Skateboard by mikeasaurus
https://www.instructables.com/id/Flamethrower-Skateboard/
News
Hackaday Prize Concept Finalists
http://hackaday.com/2017/05/08/these-twenty-designs-just-won-1000-in-the-hackaday-prize/
HeartyPatch
https://hackaday.io/project/21046-heartypatch-a-single-lead-ecg-hr-patch-with-esp32
Cell Phone Signal Repeater
https://hackaday.io/project/20500-cell-phone-signal-repeater-booster-femtocell
More Projects
Telepresence Robot by randofo
https://www.instructables.com/id/Telepresence-Robot-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfkxZTUndw
Cool Tools Minute
Canvas Military Tool Bag review
http://kk.org/cooltools/canvas-military-tool-bag/
Buy it here and support the show:
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Tools/Tips
Makedo Toolkit for Cardboard Construction
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3285
Makedo Scru Add-On Pack
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3510
New MAKE is out
Plugs
Gareth Panel Amazing Tales from the Shop
https://makerfaire.com/maker/entry/61519/
I’m joining Cool Tools!
http://cool-tools.org
Maker Faires
http://makerfaire.com/map/
MAKER FAIRE BAY AREA San Mateo, California
Wayne County Mini Maker Faire Wayne County, Ohio
Buffalo Mini Maker Faire Buffalo, New York
Jackson Hole Mini Maker Faire Jackson, Wyoming
Tartu Mini Maker Faire Tartu
Maker Faire Vienna Vienna
Kyiv Mini Maker Faire Kyiv
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