If only life had a progress bar

The Next Best Thing

You can make a progress bar to show how far you are through chunks of life, or a progress bar for your work-day.

Whether you’re a “Wow, look at that 75 percent of the day remaining, I have ample time to bind that memo to Geoff Linton about bobble hats for plant watering robots”, or a “90 percent….. just another 40 minutes of browsing r/antiwork and I can get out of this hell hole” kind of person, the progress bar will come in rather handy.

Build Your Own

It’s a simple little project. A cheap WiFi-enabled micro controller, an addressable LED strip and a couple of bits and pieces can make you the envy of your peers.

There’s a video of us making one below, and all the code you need can be found here as well as links to the materials you’ll need. Since making the video, we’ve simplified the connection to Google Calendar and made a few other improvements.

Progress Bar Build