Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Maker Update: Patriotic Strandbeest”.
This week on maker update an RC strand, beast that shoots. Fireworks raspbian gets an update, a shape-shifting dragon drone, motorized cocktail, umbrellas warped audio boxes, cardboard techniques, the Adafruit, feather m4 Express making custom LEDs and does Bob Claggett have too much glue. Hey I’m Donnell Bell and welcome to another maker update, happy 4th of July and thanks everyone for your likes and shares last week. I’M glad to see that everyone’s into the show hopefully you’re into this one too. I have a lot to cover. So, let’s get started with the project of the week. What could be better for the 4th of July than this fireworks shooting Stram beast robot from jeremy s, cook jeremy took an inexpensive, Stram, beast model kit and a length of two sides into a 3d printed body that holds the electronics and motors, allowing him to drive It around remotely and trigger the firework cannons from a safe distance inside there’s an arduino nano driving two relays attached to the gear motors that move the stram bee’s legs, there’s also a Bluetooth module in there allowing you to control it all using a smartphone for the Firework cannons.
Jeremy has two bits of conduit, zip tied to the top to hold the fireworks when he loads them up. He places a small section of nichrome wire near the fuse, which is like toaster wire. A remote command within the code sets the voltage high on the nichrome wire lighting, the fireworks definitely a fun project, but obviously one you need to be careful with and not attempt without adult supervision, if you’re a kid and keep that fire extinguisher nearby.
It’S time for some news, a new update for the Raspberry Pi operating system, raspbian went out last week. The update includes an improved setup wizard, a new recommended software download manager, a new version of the chromium browser and a new PDF viewer fan of the show. Tommy, go ah saw last week’s roundup of robot news and emailed me when I’d missed. The University of Tokyo recently showed off this segmented flying robot called dragon capable of changing its shape as it flies. This feature allows it to squeeze through small gaps or use the end links as a kind of flying robot gripper. I have a few more projects to share quickly. Ilan Harry shows off how he animated this grid of 160 cocktail umbrellas using an Arduino mega 160 servos and 10 16 channel Adafruit servo drivers. The effect is mesmerizing and the sound is this incredible shimmering hiss of gears and paper another project for awesome unreal sounds. Is this sonic mirror audio box by Scott to be using a Raspberry Pi, a custom mic and an amplified speaker, Scott’s project picks up nearby sounds, runs them through a patch and supercollider that twists and delays the audio and then spits it back out through the speaker.
I love the effect and also the custom laser cut enclosures. There are a lot of tips to share this week. First, on Adafruit John Park has a great guide on the fundamentals of working with cardboard. He goes over types of cardboard tools, techniques and adhesives. There’S a lot of photos and I guarantee you’ll come away with something you didn’t know. Looking through John’s list of resources, I came across the ITP at NYU fabrication, wiki.
I’Ve seen it before and it’s a big deep resource of maker how-to guys, but there’s also a new guide up by Ben life called making it after ITP. That is full of practical advice on how to make a career in fabrication. If you ever freelance your work or have thought about it, this is essential. Reading back on Adafruit there’s a new feather project board coming out called the feather m4 Express it’s incredibly fast circuit Python and Arduino compatible and runs $ 23.
Bob Claggett from I like to make stuff has a great short overview on adhesives. Epoxy contact, cement, wood glue, CA glue. He goes through all of them and their general applications. Another glue tip comes from the Raspberry Pi.
Blog surprisingly, Alex bate goes over how to create custom, led shapes using hot glue and silicone Ice Cube molds. I also noticed, while I was there, that issue 71 of magpie is out. The main feature is running Android on Raspberry Pi. The issue is available as a free, pdf download Maker Faires.
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