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