Whether you know them as single-board computers, microcontroller boards, SoC boards, or credit card-sized supercomputers, we just call them boards. In this issue, we teach you how to pick a board for all kinds of different projects including education, home automation, wearables, robotics, and light & sound projects. Make: Volume 49 is the only guide you'll need to boards in 2016.In this issue:

• How to Choose a Board
• Know your Board
• Security and the Internet of Things
• New boards like CHIP, Raspberry Pi Zero, and the ESP8266
• Hacking Teddy Ruxpin
• DIY Bacon
• Reddit Thinking Man Printer
• A Concrete Japanese Lantern