About this time last year I set out to make something every week in 2015.
In the end, it was actually “Make Every 1.7 Weeks.” But two exciting things happened along the way:
- I made many, many more things than I would have otherwise, learning a ton.
- I was invited to write a book.
The 30 things I built included a cat toy, an electric candle you can blow out and a water monitor that texts live data and lives inside a Gatorade bottle. Here’s the full list:
- A Bendy Mangnifier
- Lunch Bot
- A “Tiny” Cat Toy
- Entryway Weatherbot
- Wind-Sensor Candle
- Robot Tapping
- People Sniffer
- Texted Picture Catcher
- Arduino Wifi
- Selfies from Space
- Fitness Wristband
- Fish Tank Carbon Dioxide Generator
- Remote-Controlled Egg
- Weatherbot
- Seal Watch
- Question Bot
- Bluetooth Device Sniffer
- DIY Accent Lighting
- Sewing-Machine Circuits
- Heartbeat LEDs
- Circuit Boards, For Reals
- Taking Temperature
- Arduino Texting
- Low-Power Temperature Texter
- Audible Water Sensor
- JavaScript + Arduino
- Temp -> Text -> Table
- Sensing Human Touch
- Message From a Bottle
- Distance Sensor Demo
- Programs in Python
As for the book, it’s already under way and tentatively called “Family Projects for Smart Objects,” from Maker Media. They’re the folks who produce Make: magazine and the Makerfaires.
The idea is to publish in time for the World Makerfaire in New York October 1 & 2, 2016, with the possible appearance there of both the book and the author(!)
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In the meantime, I’ll be typing away, building some exiting new projects and sharing all of my adventures right here.
Top image by me, at the 2015 World Makerfaire.