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 vacuum sorter for Lego, a pixel art oscilloscope, a new home for printed parts, tiny toy guns, folding buildings, and getting the most out of a low end table saw.

This week on Maker Update, magnetic animatronics, a photo frame with a dark side, a conductive paper dragon, keyblades, a Star Trek desk, and gaming with a PyBadge.

This week on Maker Update, Blade Runner binoculars, setbacks at Glowforge, custom zipper pulls, JOY pads, and colorized laser engraving. This week’s Cool Tool is the Canary Corrugated Cardboard Cutter.

This week on Maker Update, an enchanted talking tiki totem pole, my trip to OSH Park and Metrix Makerspace, a retro lightbox, and why you need flush cutters. This week’s Cool Tool is the Hakko CHP-170 Flush Cutter.