Assembling the Prusa MMU2S kit

Last year in August, I was assembling my first 3D printer, the Prusa i3 MK3. This time, it was the Multi Material Upgrade 2S (MMU2S), I was assembling.

reactive desk light (to music or other sound)

Another fun project, some (music) reactive desk lights.

DIY ambient light in the living room

It's been a while since our corridor project and we had plans for some changes to the living room since quite some time ... so it was time to make another one reality.

New roommate "Morte" - 3D printed skull with animated eyes

Got a new roommate, Morte. He is more on the quiet site (for now) but very interested in his surroundings...

DIY electronics & 3D-printing - Lithopanes

Like I mentioned before, combining 3D-printing and electronics is an exciting area. It gets even more exciting by adding another of my former hobbies ... photography.

3D printing - creating my own models

Printing existing models is fine and lots of fun already, but soon I reached the need to print some custom objects, way too specific for my needs that I could not find something fitting online.

3D printing - used existing models

Lately, I was telling about the assembly of my 3D Printer. In this article, I want to show off some of the models I printed since then.

DIY home automation - the corridor

We have been renovating our corridor lately, but also made it into a DIY electronics project.

Assembling a 3D Printer - The Original Prusa i3 MK3

For a while, I was thinking about getting a 3D Printer. Not only because of the usability in regards to my other electronics and home automation projects, but also because of the fascination with this kind of technology to build something yourself.

Ambientlight for my gaming PC

Playing with light was cool already, but there are tons of other cool opportunities ... like an active ambient light at a PC or TV.

BinaryCrapClock by David Watts

I have assembled quite some of this soldering kits from China now. I also had a binary clock at my desk for several years ... but now, I got a self-assembled/-soldered binary clock.

Playing with light

As mentioned in my article about my first steps into soldering, I started some real projects as well. Today I would like to tell you about one of them, lightening the shelves at my office space.

Soldering - my first steps

Last winter holiday I got a soldering station. Time to play a bit with it.

Mirror mirror on the wall ... Implementing a voice assistant into a smart mirror #2

Getting the mirror to speak, finally.
In my previous article, I was telling about the different voice assistants and how we choose one for the implementation into the smart mirror.
Now it's time to work on the actual implementation ...

Mirror mirror on the wall ... Implementing a voice assistant into a smart mirror #1

Last summer, I was building a smart mirror with a Raspberry Pi, an old monitor and some spyglass.
Now, the smart mirror got extended by a voice assistant to become a speaking mirror.

Google AIY Voice Kit

A while back, Google and the MagPi did a collaboration which resulted in the first AIY Project, the AIY Voice Kit.

Google AIY Voice Kit

The House of Da Vinci at a Chromebook

Lately, I was playing a bit of The House of Da Vinci at my Chromebook. Yes, playing at a Chromebook is something real now.

Google Home Mini

Recently, I was getting a new toy at home that I wanted to get for a long time: A Google Home (Mini)

The Google Home Mini package.

XODO PDF Reader & Annotator

Reading and writing PDF documents at a Chromebook ... no longer a challenge with XODO, more of a joy :-) 

Building a smart mirror

In this article, I will tell you about my summer project 2017: Building a smart mirror.