Merge pull request #4 from abdulsamadmj/add-makerthursday-journal-2026-02-12

Add Maker Thursday journal for 2026-02-12

Author: salmanfarisvp

docs/blog/.authors.yml

@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ authors:
     name: Ramakanth V Prabhu
     description: Team TinkerSpace
     avatar: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36660845
-    url: https://tinkerhub.org/@ramakanth
+    url: https://tinkerhub.org/@ramakanth
+  abdulsamadmj:
+    name: Abdul Samad M J
+    description: Team TinkerSpace
+    avatar: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73947768?v=4
+    url: https://tinkerhub.org/@abdulsamadmj

docs/blog/assets/images/2026-02-12-maker-thursday-0x04/abhiram-macropad-progress.png

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+title: "MakerThursday 0x04: Announcements and Project Updates"
+date: 2026-02-12
+authors: [abdulsamadmj]
+slug: maker-thursday-0x04
+description: >
+  Community announcements, upcoming event planning, and project updates shared during Maker Thursday.
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This Maker Thursday was mostly a community sync with announcements, ownership on upcoming events, and a few project updates. We aligned on timelines for collaborations, deployments that went live, and what to prepare for the next couple of months.
+
+## Announcements and Decisions
+
+- **Kochi-Muziris Biennale experience zone:** [TinkerHub](https://tinkerhub.org/) will collaborate with [Forplay Society](https://forplay-society.org/) to set up an experience zone. [Jasim](https://tinkerhub.org/@jasim) and [Salman](https://tinkerhub.org/@salmanfarisvp) will take ownership, planned from **Feb 25 to Mar 1, 2026**.
+
+![Hack4Play: Kochi Muziris Biennale Collateral](../assets/images/2026-02-12-maker-thursday-0x04/hack4play.png)
+
+- **Inventory management:** [Shaan Shoukath](https://tinkerhub.org/@shaan_shoukath) joined as the new Inventory Manager, and the parts requesting/managing site is live at [`https://makerspace-inventory-hub.vercel.app/`](https://makerspace-inventory-hub.vercel.app/).
+- **Meshtastic hiking plan:** A Meshtastic hiking activity is being planned in collaboration with Seeed Studio and TinkerSpace. [Samad](https://tinkerhub.org/@abdulsamadmj) and [Jasim](https://tinkerhub.org/@jasim) will be responsible for, targeting **April 2026**.
+- **Arduino Day:** Planned for **Mar 28, 2026**, with [Abhiram](https://tinkerhub.org/@abhiram) taking ownership (details to be finalized).
+- **3D printer queue system:** The queue system was deployed by [Ryyan Safar](https://tinkerhub.org/@ryyansafar) (available via [`https://tinkerspace-3d-printing-queue.vercel.app/`](https://tinkerspace-3d-printing-queue.vercel.app/)).
+- **Kutty Makers Camp:** Planned during working days in **April 2026** (summer). Everyone present was requested to contribute **one working day** for the event.
+
+## Discussion
+
+- [Devadath](https://tinkerhub.org/@dev_devadath) shared about Google’s VLM-based robotics arm work (Gemini Robotics) and related ideas for vision-guided manipulation.
+- We also looked at the Seeed Studio robotics arm project: [reBot DevArm](https://github.com/Seeed-Projects/reBot-DevArm).
+
+## Project Presentation
+
+- DIY MacroPad: Some components have arrived, and a full presentation is planned for an upcoming Maker Thursday.
+
+![Abhiram DIY MacroPad progress](../assets/images/2026-02-12-maker-thursday-0x04/abhiram-macropad-progress.png)
+
+## Photos
+
+![Group photo](../assets/images/2026-02-12-maker-thursday-0x04/group-photo-mt0x04.jpeg)
+
+## Highlights
+
+- Clear ownership and timelines were set across multiple upcoming events, with a few key infrastructure updates going live for the space.
+
+## Next Week
+
+- Topic: TBD
+- Host: TBD