Maker Faire Bay Area opened Saturday with an excited rush of the gates. Here are some of the favorite things I saw from the robotic orchestra to Christian Ristow’s metal face and the lock picking workshop organized by Christina Pei. There’s a solar oven popping popcorn and a village made from masking tape with a [...]

Posted by Dale Dougherty | May 20th, 2012 7:13 AM

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Jasper Hugunin has always wanted to fly, and today on the Innovation Stage he got a shot courtesy of Aero’s flight simulator rig. The wings leverage Wiimotes to give the user a pretty awesome virtual experience of how an albatross gets around. Aero will be going from 10-10:45 on the Innovation Stage, so get here [...]

Posted by Sabrina Merlo | May 19th, 2012 7:40 PM

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If you’re walking around Maker Faire you may see a woman skating around with a strange looking instrument. That’s maker extraordinaire Jeri Ellsworth with her  bass guitar made out of a Commodore 64. And did I mention she’s playing it while on roller skates? That’s talent!

Posted by Blake Maloof | May 19th, 2012 5:14 PM

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Earlier today Gareth had the idea that we should run an image gallery of the great clothes worn by people who come to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 (taking place now). So Gar and I went out and snapped some photos of folks wearing interesting outfits. We’ll post another gallery later, because there are so [...]

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder | May 19th, 2012 10:30 AM

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Mike Hatalski will be exhibiting his “ORD-ish Bot” 3D Printer at the Maker Faire this weekend. Mike describes how he got into printer building: I was about to start ordering the parts for a MendelMax build when I saw a posting by Bard Dring about a prototype printer he built using MakerSlide. I was lucky [...]

Posted by Shawn Wallace | May 18th, 2012 9:30 PM

Categories: 3D Printing, Desktop Manufacturing, Maker Faire | 5 Comments

Rob Faludi, author of Building Wireless Sensor Networks, is bringing some very cool bots to Digi’s Maker Faire Bay Area Booth: Say hello to Troy and Abed! They’re Digi International’s brand-new XBee-enabled SumoBots and they’re ready to begin training for their debut at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012. They’ll be battling it out in the [...]

Posted by Brian Jepson | May 18th, 2012 7:30 PM

Categories: Electronics, Maker Faire, Wireless | 1 Comment

As part of their sponsorship of Maker Faire, Chevy offered to loan us a Volt for a week leading up to the Faire. When I heard about this, I jumped at the opportunity to review it. So, here’s the first MAKE car review. Hybrid Chevy doesn’t bill the Volt as a hybrid, but rather, an [...]

Posted by Jake Spurlock | May 18th, 2012 2:30 PM

Categories: Alternative Energy, Automotive, Maker Faire | 18 Comments

Young makers astound with an ambitious Viper flight simulator project for Maker Faire.

Posted by Melissa Morgan | May 18th, 2012 2:00 PM

Categories: Crowdfunding, Flying, Kids & Family, Maker Faire, Makers, Young Makers | No Comments

Delta Faucet asked us to do something with them and their touch-faucet technology. Of course, our first thought was: Tell us how it works. We interviewed Bob Rodenbeck, director of research and development, and here’s some of what he had to say. -Gareth Make: Can you first give us an overview of the faucet itself? [...]

Posted by Gareth Branwyn | May 18th, 2012 1:30 PM

Categories: Home and Garden, Home Decor | 4 Comments

ITP student Rose Schlossberg attached dental mirrors to an armature on a head strap to make the user able to stare at his/her own eyes. As Rose puts it, "fall in love with yourself all over again." It's an interesting project, but I wouldn't recommend trying to walk around with your eyes trained upon your own eyes.

Posted by Michael Colombo | May 18th, 2012 12:00 PM

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