This week on Maker Update: a new take on stage lighting, a remote controlled smoke grenade, homebrew sofubi, and I want my cat TV.

This week on Maker Update: a matrix for your earlobe, ESP32 for tarot, a clock you can print, Make’s 2024 board guide, and filament storage tips from Becky Stern.

This week on Maker Update: assume the party submission position, how to build a project bigger than you, robotic hands, and the wild history of blue LEDs.

This week on Maker Update: a cocktail machine that keeps it simple, kinetic art in four dimensions, an illuminated ring, and a laser-shooting sweater.

This week on Maker Update: new chrome available, a print a day keeps the laser cutter away, homebrew cable, and a farewell to calibration cubes.

This week on Maker Update: making tea the hard way, printing with molten metal, a nubbin for your lights, 1D Pacman, and wigs that listen.

This week on Maker Update: a peripheral with all the keys, a tuba with all the wubs, a classic click-wheel, and a guidebook to Huaqiangbei.

This week on Maker Update: kicking whole grain into high gear, 1-D fireworks three different ways, a game with 1000 LEDs, and a one-handed solder solution.

This week on Maker Update: an umbrella you don’t have to hold, go-go gadget dunk legs, an extremely tiny LED circuit, and the best threads for your 3d prints.

This week on Maker Update: flipping the script on phone notifications, a surprise ending for Ivan’s marble clock, moving mirrors, and synchronized shoelaces.