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.

3d Printing, CAD/CAM/CNC

• Dude Has 75 Percent of His Skull Replaced By 3D-Printed Replica (Gizmodo)
• Gigabot 3D Printing: This is Huge! by re:3D (Kickstarter)
• Ecologically colored PLA (Ultimaker)
• Stop-motion video of 'Twizzler' by artist Dizingof (Ultimaker)
• The 30th Anniversary of the first ever 3d printed part (Grass Roots Engineering)
• 3D Printing: How Far We've Come (Ponoko)
• The importance of the Lyman Extruder, Filamaker, Recyclebot and Filabot to 3D printing (VoxelFab)

Laser Cutting

• Rapid 3D construction with LaserOrigami (Ponoko)

NETMF (.NET Gadgeteer and Netduino)

• Red Nose Day Door of Mystery (robmiles.com)
• A simple yet versatile GDI library for Netduino (TinyCLR.it)
• • Also The GDI library for Netduino targets a LCD module
  • Also Animation with the GDI library for Netduino
• Gadgeteering at Tech Days (robmiles.com)
• A playable Invaders-like game with a Netduino Plus 2 (Highfield Tales)
• Sure Electronics Led-matrix driver for Netduino (TinyCLR.it)

Arduino and AVR

• The ultimate Arduino-based cat litter box (Ponoko)
• A DIY digital camera made with cardboard and an Arduino (Ponoko)
• Wearable soundscape from Canada (Arduino Blog)
• Arduino tutorial 15a - RFID with Innovations ID-20 (tronixstuff)
• Arduino and KTM-S1201 LCD modules (Arduino Blog)
• Duinobot V1.2 Childproof Arduino Brain (Bill Griggs)
• MAKE | Arduino Helicopter Game (Kevin Loney)

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

• News - New USB Host Library Released! (MikroElektronika)
• Graphic LCDs for Data Bus (Bot Thoughts)
• How to install Cloud 9 on raspberry pi (slickstreamer)

General Electronics and Hardware Hacking

• Eurocircuits - how to make a 4-layer PCB (YouTube) (great manufacturing walkthrough)
• PCB Preheater - Blazing Track (Jaanus Kalde)
• Furby Disassembly: Part 1 (Bot Thoughts)
• 4-layer Fusion PCB Service is Available at Seeed!! (Seeed Studio)
• SMD Manual Part Picker (Software & Sawdust)

Robots, *Copters, and Robotics Studio

• RoboBrrd 3D Printed Pieces (RobotGrrl)

General Maker

• A functional mini plotter made with cardboard, glue, wire, and tape (Ponoko)
• …a Goatskin drum (Bodhrán) (Steve Hobley)

Synthesizers, Music, and MIDI/OSC

• What NI Was Teasing: Monark Minimoog-Modeling Synth, Remade Battery, in New Komplete (Peter Kirn)

Retro Computing and Commodore!

• C64 S-video mod (My Diy Blog)

Random stuff

• Electric fence experiment ends as expected (YouTube)
• Epic Fire Prank!! (YouTube)
• Meanwhile…In Heaven (19 Pics) (Pleated Jeans)