Episode #813 – R&B Car Songs
Air Week: December 1-7, 2025
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 2: Bandai Namco, Sega Amusements, LAI Games
RAS2025-11-29T05:52:29+00:00Welcome to the second part of our IAAPA 2025 wrap-up, where we run down the various companies with new arcade games that were at the show this year. Last time gave a look at Arcade Heroes’ site advertisers, and in this post we have a few big names in the form of Bandai Namco, Sega Amusements, and LAI Games. Initially UNIS were going to be part of this too, but due to the amount of new games they brought...
You ask, we answer! Let’s talk about Arduino UNO Q, App Lab, and the future of accessible AI
RAS2025-11-28T13:42:38+00:00On November 19th, we held a 60-minute Ask Me Anything session to address your questions about the new Arduino UNO Q, Arduino App Lab, accessible AI, and Arduino’s path forward. Thank you to everyone who joined us live and submitted questions! As our moderator Julie Chevrier mentioned right away, we have been listening to the community closely and were eager to answer your questions through this AMA – to provide you with information straight from the source,...
November 28, 2025RASUncategorizedAccessible AI, AMA, Arduino, Arduino App Lab, Arduino UNO Q, UNO Q0 Comments
How to “Make” Friends – 4 Clever Companion Bots
RAS2025-11-27T17:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 91. Subscribe for more maker projects and articles! The comp bot scene is growing fast due to its accessible and inclusive nature and propensity toward letting everyone put their own spin on the notion of a plastic pal who’s fun to be with. Since it’s never been easier to join the growing Companion Bot family, here’s four highlights from some of our favorite bot makers!
Smalls (Katherine Connell)
It’s the 2025 Maker Shed Gift Guide!
RAS2025-11-26T21:00:00+00:00Ideally, all your gifts are handmade, complete, and ready to give away for the holidays. But back in this world, help is usually appreciated, which is where Maker Shed steps in. There’s so many gifts for the makers in your life in the shed, narrowing down just the right one is tricky. So we’ve picked our favorites to help ensure you’ll find something great. Here, in no order, are our staff picks for 2025.
Make: Very Useful Monsters...
Review: HOTO Precision Screwdriver Pen
RAS2025-11-26T18:00:00+00:00Manufacturer: HOTO Price as tested: $20 Link: https://hototools.com/products/24in1-precision-screwdriver A wise man once said, “It’s amazing how many things can be taken apart with just one ordinary screwdriver!” That’s even more true of HOTO’s Precision Screwdriver Pen, a portable toolkit that blends EDC functionality in a chic device. It’s a perfect travel tool. It fits 24 bits in a small package, weighs less than my old 38-bit set, and takes up one-quarter of the space. The clever...
How artist Davide Sgambaro brought “Goosebumps (dark times)” to life with Arduino UNO R4 Minima
RAS2025-11-25T18:33:37+00:00At Arduino, we love seeing creative people use technology in unexpected ways – especially when it shows how accessible tools can empower anyone to bring their idea to life. That includes artists, designers, performers, and people who don’t see themselves as “technical” at all. That’s why we’re proud to have supported Davide Sgambaro and his new installation, Goosebumps (dark times), now on view at GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin, as part of the museum’s...
Radio Antennas in the Wild
RAS2025-11-25T17:00:00+00:00This article appeared in Make: Vol. 78. Subscribe today to get more great articles delivered to your mailbox. There are easily thousands of different types of antennas serving different purposes. Some are simple lengths of wire, others exotic assemblages of high math and science. Most of the antennas around us are pretty straightforward and have a set of identifiable characteristics. With a few patterns in mind and some rules of thumb, you can usually make a pretty...
Bees built it, Arduino brought it to life
RAS2025-11-25T01:32:28+00:00Arduino Team — November 25th, 2025 Daric Gill used an Arduino UNO R3 to create his “The Translation Machine” sound art installation for an exhibition at the Dunn Museum. Except he didn’t do it alone, because bees helped with its construction. The Translation Machine is a motion-triggered interactive art piece that plays sounds that Gill collected during his world travels. He recorded those using binaural microphones, which approximate human ears (including the distance between them)...
IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 1: Raw Thrills, TouchMagix, Wahlap, Alan-1, Blue Motion Games
RAS2025-11-24T21:17:57+00:00Welcome to the first part of our in-depth wrap-up coverage of IAAPA 2025, in which we take a company-by-company look at the major new arcade games and amusement innovations seen at the show. As is tradition by now, this initial instalment will concern Arcade Heroes’ faithful sponsors at the time of writing, whose support offers them advert spaces on the site and first priority in our trade show coverage. In case you missed the little catch-up in the last Newsbytes...
