For Christmas, I signed myself up for the "Creative Engineering with Mark Rober". This video is what I thought about the class. For my final project in the Creative Engineering with Mark Rober class, I submit to you my magic Alexa-Spotify-CD box. I just don't have the heart to throw out all my old CDs and thought this project might give them a second life. I took an esp32 microcontroller, hooked a RFID-RC522 reader to it, and wrote some code to read a Spotify link from NFC tags that I place on the CD cases and make an API call to Spotify to play that album on the Echo Dot that I mounted into a Walnut and Birdseye Maple case that I built. If you do plan to take a monthly class, here is my referral link that will save you $20 and gets me $20. https://monthly.com/?friend=michael-hawkins-1 Casey Neistat now has a Monthly class that I am interested in. https://monthly.com/casey-neistat-filmmaking I posted four videos for the project: The Idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPkmOHev_A Progress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpDbMA8f0VY Final Result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_9H8qFnDr8 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2HJ-LY7-lQ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isom4NREq14 Want to support my Diet Dr Pepper addiction? https://patreon.com/makeratplay https://buymeacoffee.com/makeratplay Follow: https://www.instagram.com/makeratplay/ https://www.facebook.com/makeratplay https://twitter.com/MakerAtPlay1 You can find me here as well: http://makeratplay.com/ https://reddit.com/u/hawkinsmlh https://about.me/michaelhawkins/ Tools used to make my videos: Video Editor Software: Davinci Resolve (blackmagicdesign.com) Canon EOS M50 Mirrorless Camera (https://amzn.to/2Zmaz5U) Mic: Rode Videomic Shotgun microphone with Rycote Lyre Suspension (https://amzn.to/2DFKRlh) GorillaPod Compact Tripod (https://amzn.to/339KpVl) Second Channel: Code Life https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUCydzw0QXIrNXi9NYUXgQA If you appreciate this content and would like to help give back FREE OF CHARGE, simply give this video a “thumbs up”, leave a positive comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel and share this video with someone who you think would enjoy it. Some of the links that I’ve provided are affiliate links. That means that when you make purchases through those links, I earn a small commission. I only list products or services that I believe in. #MarkRober #CreativeEngineering #Monthly