This week on Maker Update: A building brick to surpass Metal Gear, the return of Bay Area Maker Faire, Dopp Kitts and Progress bars for daily living.

This week on Maker Update: vintage gaming for your tree, a snowflake made from LED noodles, making for fun, and the Alpakka open source gamepad.

This week on Maker Update, a split-flap clock for one-eyed jacks, a rotisserie for your car, Jimmy Diresta’s return to television, puzzle boxes, sugar printers, and a leg-mounted dual-shock for accessible gaming.

This week on Maker Update, a blazing fast 3D printed RC car, soft robotics in Korea, taking pictures with an Etch A Sketch, a robot recycler, and reading your pet’s RFID.

This week on Maker Update, a dance-activated sampler, MegaBots goes open source, a futuristic bike light, a vertical turntable, 5 ways to upcycle old filament reels, edge banding with Bob, Mitre Saw with Diresta, and controller hacking for a great cause.