The Maker Geek Roundup aggregates information of interest to makers everywhere. Topics include .NET Micro Framework, Arduino, AVR and other MCUs, CNC, 3d Printing, Robotics, Microsoft Robotics Studio, Electronics, General Maker stuff, and more. If you have something interesting you've done or have run across, or you blog regularly on the topics included here, please send me the URL and brief description via the contact link.

This fall I was swamped with my new position at work, all the awesome Windows 8 launch work, plus my involvement in Build 2012, so I took a break from the roundup. Lots of stuff to cover here.

3d Printing, CAD/CAM/CNC

• Printing Lumia Cases (based on templates Nokia themselves released | Rob Miles)
• • and Nokia Releases 3D Printing Templates for Lumia 820 Shells; Allows You To Print Your Own Custom Shell
• MakerBot Replicator™ 2X Desktop 3D Printer (MakerBot - Announced at CES)
• • Announcing the MakerBot Replicator 2X Experimental 3D Printer!
• Cubify - Express Yourself in 3D (CubeX - Announced at CES)
• Will 3D Printing Be Legislated (3d Printers Australia)
• The Largest Ever 3D Printed Wrench! (YouTube | Objet)
• Ultimaker pivotal in Dutch medical research (Ultimaker)
• 3D Printed iPhone Case with Moving Gears! (YouTube | Objet)
• Design Unique Things Easily With MakerBot Customizer (Makerbot)
• Mendel90 updates (HydraRaptor)
• Bringing a 12 year old Roland MDX-20 up to date (Johan von Konow)

Laser Cutting

• Laser cut gingerbread house (Johan von Konow)
• Laser cut layers (Ponoko)
• Laser Cut Paper Stained Glass Windows (Ponoko)

NETMF (.NET Gadgeteer and Netduino)

• How to get our Netduino running faster (Highfield Tales)
• Playing with Mountaineer Ethernet Mainboard (Marco Minerva)
• Modbus libraries version 2 beta are out! (Highfield Tales)
• Rick Dangerous Port for NETMF | Take a break (Valentin Ivanov)
• Gadgeteer Home Automation System (Marco Minerva)
• Creating an UDP Server with .NET Gadgeteer (Marco Minerva)
• Netduino 2 - Faster & Better for the Same Price. (Make)
• Netduino - Optocoupler testing (My projects)
• Netduino Day 3 - Multiplexed Seven-Segment LED displays (Embedded Lab)

Arduino and AVR

• Nanino - the DIY friendly Arduino (Johan von Konow)
• An Arduino-based ADB-to-USB adapter for NeXT keyboards (Arduino Blog)
• An Arduino-controlled RGB lamp (Arduino Blog)
• RFID Multipass spoof using ATTiny85 (Dangerous Prototypes)
• Cracking an electronic safe using brute force (Hack-a-day forum)

Other Microcontrollers (PIC, ARM, Raspberry PI, Parallax, more)

• Snake game on an ARM microcontroller (Jumptuck)
• Hive retro computer (Dangerous Prototypes | Classic computer created with Parallax processors)
• (Also see Launchpad + Rapsberry PI link under synthesizers/MIDI/OSC)
• Macro Pi - Focus Stacking using Raspberry Pi (David Hunt Photography)
• Raspberry Pi with RGB-Pixels and node.js (Tinkerlog)

General Electronics and Hardware Hacking

• An example of an hardware problem and how to solve it (Highfield Tales)
• Quick Tip - Soldering Resistors to LEDs (Ian Lee)
• Analog Clock turned DC Voltmeter (WhiskeyTangoHotel)
• Oh Sting, Where Art Thou Wifi? (Jomegat)
• Make a Variable Resistor with 1 Million Settings (Instructables)

Robots, *Copters, and Robotics Studio

• Reverse Engineering the Propel ExecuHeli IR Protocol (PetaVolt)
• Make: Lego and Arduino Projects Foreword (Robotgrrl)

General Maker

• A Desktop Computer For The Ages (Retro Thing)
• Combat Shotgun, Fallout (Volpin Props)
• Princess Wands (Ian Lee)
• • plus: Birthday Badges
• Daft Punk Helmet (Thomas): Part 1 (Volpin Props)
• Heat Sensitive Table (Toxel)
• Skyrim Female Ancient Nord Helmet (Volpin Props)
• Real-life Mario Kart with RFID-Tagged Special Items (Make)

Synthesizers, Music, and MIDI/OSC

• NEW! AtomoSynth MochikaXL v2.2 "Dark side" (Atomosynth)
• The Monster: DIY Project Looks, And Sounds, Like Alien Spacecraft Control Panel (Create Digital Music)
• Launchpad + Raspberry Pi (Illuminated Sounds)
• Midi Fighter Spectra: Crazy-Sexy Arcade Buttons, US$175.99 [Live+Serato+Traktor] (Create Digital Music)
• Moog Sub Phatty Synthesizer Sets New Standard for Analog Sound Design (Moog, introduced at CES)

Retro Computing and Commodore!

• (see the "The Monster" link under synthesizers for some C64 + SID action!)
• Portable Commodore 64 Turns 30 (Retro Thing)
• The 6502 CPU's overflow flag explained at the silicon level (Ken Shirriff)
• Strange peripherals… the Triton Quick Disk (MOS6502)
• Strange peripherals… the Soft Card (MOS6502)
• Macintosh Plus (Nice refurb | My DIY Blog)
• Sub Hunter Cartridge Available! (C64) (RGCD)
• Let me carry your C64 (MOS6502)
• There and back again (MOS6502)
• Space Lords (Centaurus) Available! (C64) (RGCD)

Random stuff

• You Built What?!: The World's Fastest Baby Carriage (Popular Science)
• Bet you didn't do this well when you last TP'd a house (Toxel)