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What CES had to offer makers and hackers

FEATURE

Cubibot generated a lot^

of buzz with its Indiegogo

campaign last year, and was

ready to show off its flagship

3D printer at CES this year.

The little printer isn’t doing

anything revolutionary, but

combines affordability with

ease of use. The enclosure in

particular makes it ideal for

younger users, as it protects

them from burns and filters

fumes. Cloud-based slicing

and printing should also

make it easy to use for those

Cubibot 3D Printer new to 3D printing

MAKERbuino

Alexa Development Kit

Amazon has made the SDK for Alexa available for a while now,

and it’s proven to be massively popular in the maker community.

But so far, the only hardware Amazon has put out has been

consumer Echo devices. Now it’s partnering with various

manufacturers to create hardware development kits. These are

designed to fit a range of applications, and start at $129. We’re

excited to see what hobbyists will do with them

MAKERbuino gained a lot of attention at CES, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a complete portable

gaming platform, and is very affordable at €49.00. But it’s not just a toy – it’s fully compatible with the

Arduino IDE, and lots of the hardware components you’re used to. MAKERbuino is designed both for

fun and for education, and is suitable for tinkerers of all ages

Root Robotics

Continuing the theme of

teaching kids programming

with robots is Root. Root

is a little robot that fits

in your hand and guides

children through coding from

graphical to full-text. It’s

packed with sensors, and

even has the ability to drop

and lift a pen for drawing.

It can also drive on vertical

surfaces as long as they’re

magnetic (like

school whiteboards)