Donald Bell Maker Update: Soul File
2026-08-06 | By Maker.io Staff
This week on Maker Update: your phone as a pet, your grandpa in a fish, engineering with air, and a box for your digital footprint.
+Show Notes [Maker Update Ep.495]+
=Projects of the Week=
I Gave ChatGPT a Body Pt. 2 by Art of the Problem
=More Projects=
I put my dead grandpa in a Big Mouth Billy Bass by MR. INDUSTRIES
GitbuHub: Big Mouth Billy Bass — AI Voice Fish
AirForce by Team at Hasso-Plattner Institute
=Tips & Tools=
Output HD Video to a Monitor from a Raspberry Pi Pico or ESP32 Over USB by Hideto Kikuchi
The new “Y-zipper,” a three-sided fastener
=DigiKey Spotlight=
Reading a Smart Meter with a Software Defined Radio by The Byte Sized Engineer
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