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Donald Bell Maker Update: Soul File

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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=

Growbot Project Page

I Gave ChatGPT a Body Pt. 2 by Art of the Problem

I Gave ChatGPT a Body - Pt.1

=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

Replica by Alessia La Rocca

=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

Y-Zipper Academic Paper

=DigiKey Spotlight=

Reading a Smart Meter with a Software Defined Radio by The Byte Sized Engineer

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