This week on Maker Update, riding in the Lunar New Year, a world of sound, cactus-core, a guide to Noods, DIN rails for your racks, and Cuttle boxes.

This week on a special SiliCon edition of Maker Update a face-detecting shoulder robot friend, Victorian dress, a noisy cricket, R2 junior, wearable Gundam, walking with Wall-E, and a glove from 3D printed fabric.

This week on Maker Update, a Pi-powered portrait picture plotter, screaming plants, time for your old TV, trash kang, big bones, and a quest for animatronic perfection.

This week on Maker Update: An Arduino picture painter, tufting rugs, an RC snow speeder, DIY motion-control camera rigs, a scratch-built industrial robot arm, LED stick person costume, and an answer to the question “should I have used a 555 timer?”

This month on the Adafruit edition of Maker Update, a pocket-sized procedural MIDI sequencer, Empire State Maker Faire, a menagerie of matrices, solar powered projects, and this little cutie pie!

This week on Maker Update, servo-powered flip digits, an animated GIF photo booth, remote controlled LED eyes, a pair of ping pong launchers, soldering brass rod, interactive Totoro, and an F-clamp that can roll.

This week on Maker Update, Ghost Rider, Prop-Maker, Particle Mesh boards, Simone’s Calendar, defeating DRM, MIT’s Fiberbots, an open source cat, and a library of printable Lego bricks.

Nicole Smith (aka Penolopy Bulnick on Instructables) talks with Donald Bell about her recent projects.

This week on Maker Update, a virtual rocket controller, a light organ dress, 3D printed detergent hack, and casting with Lego bricks. This week’s Cool Tool is a 5″ Sanding Mouse.

This week on Maker Update, LEDs for your eyes, talking to your lamp, a new marble machine, the poor man’s table saw, and a giant super soaker. This week’s Cool Tool is the Kreg Rip-Cut.