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Workshops With Limited Seating

Get hands-on with Maker Faire workshops. Try your hands (and your mind) at welding, robot hacking, pin-hole photography, water rockets or dozens of other unique DIY projects.

These workshops have limited seating. When you click on "more details" for a workshop below, you'll find a sign-up link. When you sign up for a workshop, you'll need to check-in by ten minutes before the workshop's start time. Seats which are still available after this ten minute deadline will be made available on a walk-in basis.

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Accelerometer Sensor Basics (Section 1)

Dual-axis thermal accelerometers output a pulse width related to static (incline) and dynamic acceleration. In this Parallax workshop, you will wire a Memsic 2125 on a BASIC Stamp board. The microcontroller will be programmed to display the accelerometer’s two-axis incline. The hardware could be taken away from the seminar for the following purposes: mounting on an R/C car or skateboard for g... [More Details] [Robotics]

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Accelerometer Sensor Basics (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Advanced Water Rocketry (Section 1)

We will start indoors, end outdoors. For indoor part, Morgan will show close-up photos of parts, launcher, and rocket, and a movie shot from a camera strapped to a rocket. Witness the synthesis of water rocket technology from around the globe (UK, Australia, France and Germany). See the unbreakable 120 PSI launcher and the 4 foot tall water rocket that reaches 300' and returns without a parac... [More Details] [Rocketry]

Maker(s): Morgan Woodson

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Advanced Water Rocketry (Section 2)

Maker(s): Morgan Woodson

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Alt Fibers

Shannon Okey of knitgrrl.com will discuss using environmentally-friendly fibers such as bamboo and soy silk in knitting and more. Learn where they come from and how best to feature them, check out yarns and spinning fibers...even get a quick lesson on the wheel!... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Shannon Okey

Shannon Okey is the author of Knitgrrl, Knitgrrl 2 (Watson Guptill Publications) and the forthcoming Spin to Knit (Interweave Press). She's currently finishing up Felt Tips, a book on all major styles of felting written with Heather Brack, as well as designing and writing for several magazines. She can be found online at knitgrrl.com, anezkahandmade.com and several other sites.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 2:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Antennas 101

Antennas 101 will cover the theory, design and practical construction of antennas for a variety of applications - wifi, FM and TV broadcasting and more. A portion of this 3 hour workshop will be devoted to the hands-on building and tuning of an FM broadcast antenna. The workshop will be taught by Stephen Dunifer, founder of Free Radio Berkeley (www.freeradio.org). ... [More Details] [Science]

Maker(s): Steven Dunifer

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (180 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

BEAM Robots (Section 1)

We will explore the world of BEAM robots with more than 25 robots on display. Here's what we'll cover: What are the general conceptions of robots (being mostly mass-media influenced) Why robots can be much simpler than these concepts (and more accessible) What the difference is between microprocessor-based and analog-based robots (differences in technology), using examples. Explain the ... [More Details] [Robotics]

Maker(s): Dave Hrynkiw

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

BEAM Robots (Section 2)

Maker(s): Dave Hrynkiw

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Biologically Inspired Multi-Processor

Build a circuit that uses preprogrammed (and reprogrammable) microcontrollers to signal human-cell-style, using concentrations, not logic. We provide the chips, you bring your own socket board, hookup wire, and batteries. The application we build will connect sensors (knob or light) to control sound (Morse code pitch and tempo) and will include an extra computer programmed as a "scope" to watch th... [More Details] [Electronics]

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Ward Cunningham

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 11:00 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Bluebird Nest Box Construction and Monitoring

Build a nest box for Western Bluebirds to place in your yard or neighborhood and,and learn how to watch and monitor the birds that nest inside. Become a citizen scientist and gather information such as the number of eggs and young in the nest and submit your data over the Internet to scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. For the $5 materials fee, you get everything you need to build a n... [More Details] [Citizen Science]

Materials Fee: $5

Maker(s): Janis Dickinson

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 11:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Build Solar-Powered Gizmos (Section 1)

I'll be offering a morning lecture on the essentials of BEAM robotics, followed by an afternoon build session, where we'll going to tackle one of several projects: 1) Solarengine kit - Lets you construct a "Solar digestive system" from a cassette mechanism that pulses a motor periodically. Several enhancements are possible to turn it into a Solarroller racer, Solar-powered flag twitcher or Sym... [More Details] [Robotics]

Materials Fee: $20

Maker(s): Dave Hrynkiw

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 12:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Build Solar-Powered Gizmos (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $20

Maker(s): Dave Hrynkiw

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 12:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 1)

In this Parallax workshop, you will wire up a Grand Idea Studio RFID reader on a Parallax BASIC Stamp Board, and program it as a security ID device. Each RFID tag will be scanned, stored in a memory, and read back via LCD or PC display to identify the person, object or animal which may carry the tag. Visitors will take all of the hardware with them from the workshop and be able to continue the dev... [More Details] [Robotics]

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 1:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 2)

(This workshop is also being held on Saturday at 1:00PM.) In this Parallax workshop, you will wire up a Grand Idea Studio RFID reader on a Parallax BASIC Stamp Board, and program it as a security ID device. Each RFID tag will be scanned, stored in a memory, and read back via LCD or PC display to identify the person, object or animal which may carry the tag. Visitors will take all of the hardwar... [More Details] [Robotics]

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 3)

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 4)

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Camera Obscura Out of Thin Air

I will show how to make and use updated, powerful versions of the camera obscura, as well as several other tools used by artists of long ago. Each project is inexpensive and easy to make, yet highly effective. In the first part of my presentation, I will take a familiar every-day object and "magically" transform it into a very effective camera obscura with the addition of a few inexpensive, easy... [More Details] [Arts]

Maker(s): Bill Kenworthy

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Circuit-bending workshop

Reconfigure consumer electronics into works of sonic madness their designers never intended! Learn how to turn most any musical instrument or audio toy into a full-fledged, squawking, blipping, garbage-spewing monster. Bring your disused instruments and thrift store finds and give them new life. Bring a soldering iron if you've got one (we'll have extras if you don't): this is hands-on experimenta... [More Details] [Music]

Maker(s): James Marks

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Craftster.org's Kitschy Craft Contest

Attendees will be broken up randomly into teams and will be given a surprise grab bag of kitschy craft supplies. The teams will then compete to craft up the best project as determined by Leah (founder of Craftster.org). The "tools of the trade" will be available, like glue guns, etc. Fabulous and swanky prizes will go to the winning team.To celebrate Leah Kramer's new craft book "The Craftster... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Leah Kramer
Craftster.org was started in August 2003 by Leah Kramer – a computer programmer and self-proclaimed craft junkie. Leah has been crafting ever since she could hold a pair of safety scissors. Somewhere along the lines she thinks she inhaled too much glue because now she is attracted to crafts that are irreverent, ironic, kitschy, or cleverly eco-friendly. She resides in Boston where she is part-owner owner of the "coolest store ever," Magpie, and is an organizer of the not-your-grandma's craft fair Bazaar Bizarre.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Cyanotype Intensive (Section 1)

"The difficulty of making accurate drawings of objects as minute as many of the Algae and Confera, has induced me to avail myself of Sir John Herschel's beautiful process of Cyanotype, to obtain impressions of the plants themselves..." When Anna Atkins created "Photographs of British Algae" in 1843 it was the first photographic work by a woman and the first book produced entirely... [More Details] [Arts]

Maker(s): Eric Theise

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 1:00 PM (120 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Cyanotype Intensive (Section 2)

Maker(s): Eric Theise

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 12:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Hacking USB Keyboards

A hacked keyboard has innumerable uses. You can use it to easily design a game that puts Dance Dance Revolution to shame. You can make that pesky old typewriter in the basement USB compatible. With a little ingenuity, it can be used to send yourself a text message every time Jimmy leaves the toilet seat up or Grandma leaves her chair. Musicians, VJs and performance artists will love creating their... [More Details] [Electronics]

Materials Fee: $12

Maker(s): Randy Sarafan

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 2:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Hand Spinning Yarn

Jamie Chan of MaryJane's Attic and members of the Spindles and Flyers Spinning Guild will show you amazing techniques on how to hand spin yarn. Learn how to make your own spindle out of a CDROM and some household items. They will demonstrate advanced yarn spinning on various spinning wheels. To make and keep your own CD spindle, please bring a materials fee of $5.00... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Jamie Chan and the Spindles and Flyers Guild

Jamie Chan is the owner of MaryJane's Attic, a local craft business that specializes in fiber and printed art. The Spindles and Flyers guild is the largest San Francisco Bay Area spinning guild with over 50 years of expertise and experience in the fiber arts community!

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 2:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Hands-on Hardware Hacking (Section 1)

This workshop consists of lecture and hand-on laboratory components, each lasting 90 minutes. We'll guide you through an introduction to hardware hacking, explore the basic electronics fundamentals and common test equipment, and then dive into the step-by-step processes of successful circuit modifications and hardware hacking. Whether you're a beginner hobbyist with no electronics experience or a ... [More Details] [Electronics]

Materials Fee: $50

Maker(s): Joe Grand

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:00 AM (180 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Hands-on Hardware Hacking (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $50

Maker(s): Joe Grand

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:00 AM (180 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Hip Needlepoint

Dolin O'Shea is a Bay Area crafter and has been creating her own needlepoint for years. She will give an overview of the basic techniques and show you how to paint your own canvas to create customized needlepoint designs. Materials Provided: small blank canvas (finished, about the size of a coaster), tracing paper, fiber, a needle and directions. Please bring in a small picture (about 3... [More Details] [Craft]

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Dolin O'Shea

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 11:30 AM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Introduction to Birding

Birding is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the United States, and it's rewarding for people of all ages and skill levels. Learn about birding equipment and gear, web sites, organizations and other resources. Find out how some birders are using technology like MP3 players and digital photography in the field to advance their hobby. Birding opens up a whole new world of enjoyment in the outd... [More Details] [Citizen Science]

Maker(s): Lisa Myers

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 12:30 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Knit a Toy

Hang out with Jess Hutch and knit a toy. Jess will provide a pattern, you bring the worsted weight yarn in multiple colors (you will need less than a skein of each color), straight or circular needles appropriate for the yarn, stuffing for the toy (eg, polyester fiberfill), and notions (yarn needle, etc). This workshop is appropriate for intermediate knitters - you must know how to knit, purl, inc... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Jessica Hutchison

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 12:30 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Lovie Circuits (Section 1)

SWITCH's Alison Lewis will show you how to make two loving circuits for wearing or plushie dolls. When the circuits are together they magically connect and both light up with a blinking red heart. When apart you can make it light up to remember the one you love, but they are happier together. This circuit can be put inside two hand made plushie dolls, in t-shirts or in an accessories like a bracel... [More Details] [Craft]

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Alison Lewis

Alison Lewis focuses her work on technology with a soft, fun, social and romantic appeal. She has worked as an electronic textile designer at DuPont and as an interaction strategist and designer for Samsung and Imagination. Her work has been shown at the SIGGRAPH, MIT SEAMLESS, Korea Design Biennale, and on ARTE' TV in Germany and France. Alison is a graduate of Parsons School of Design's Design and Technology Master's program in New York City. She is a freelance design consultant in New York and an adjunct faculty member at Parsons School of Design where she teaches courses on how design affects our everyday experience and fashion technology. Currently, she is producing an online DIY show called "SWITCH" where she and her guest co-hosts make fun and fashionable gear with electronics.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 3:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Lovie Circuits (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Alison Lewis

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Master Your Inner Inventor

Master Inventor Perry Kaye shows you simple techniques that can let anyone become an inventor. You’ll learn to solve problems more quickly and be able to command your Inner Inventor at will. The techniques are part of what Perry calls inNOWvation(TM). ... [More Details]

Maker(s): Perry Kaye

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy! (Section 1)

This workshop is a great introduction to microcontroller electronics. In this workshop, you will learn to solder and a little bit about microcontrollers when you build a MiniPOV kit. This kit is a simple "persistance of vision" toy, similar in theory to the "fanatzien clocks" you've probably seen. When waved through the air, 8 red LEDs spell out a message! The kit comes preprogrammed with the mes... [More Details] [Electronics]

Materials Fee: $20

Maker(s): Limor Fried

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 2:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy! (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $20

Maker(s): Limor Fried

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 2:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Mycology Workshop

Artist, educator, and mycologist Philip Ross will teach a three-hour long workshop on growing mushrooms for beginners. In this workshop Philip will demonstrate how to build a laboratory, create culture plates, and the transfer and amplification of the mushroom from either tissue samples or spore prints. Mr. Ross demystifies the ideas for this process using non-scientific language while using cheap... [More Details] [Science]

Maker(s): Phil Ross

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (180 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

POV-Ray For Mere Mortals: Cinematic-quality 3D illustration and animation using free tools

Want to learn how to make killer 3D technical graphics and animations? With free tools? I will give an tutorial on technical graphics with POV-Ray, a free cross-platform 3D ray tracing application that has extremely high quality output. POV-Ray has a text-based interface--essentially a programming language for graphics, which makes it ideal for technical illustrations, simulations, and virtual... [More Details] [Arts]

Maker(s): Windell Oskay

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Print with Gocco

Jill Bliss will show you the ins and out of this cult printing favorite. Learn the basics on how to print your own cards, posters, and more.... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Jill Bliss

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Processing Workshop: Learning, Prototyping, and Producing (Section 1)

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and sound. It is used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional producti... [More Details] [Computers]

Maker(s): Gabriel Dunne and Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin studied Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz with a focus on Electronic Art. He has been interested in alternative interfaces and bringing technology-driven interactive experiences away from the computer terminal. Aaron was an Irwin Scholar in 2004 and has studied in The Netherlands and Japan. Utilizing a background in the computer game industry Aaron led a course in game design for the web at UCLA during the summer of '05. Recently, Aaron has been working with data driven work and is both a research assistant in the department of Statistics and an MFA candidate in the department of Design|Media Arts at UCLA. Gabriel Dunne's work ranges from traditional design and art to experimental programming works. He studied Design|Media Arts at UCLA, and experimental print making in Pont Aven, France. His work has shown at CiberArt in Bilbao, and has won multiple international awards. His recent work Celestial Mechanics was featured at SIGGRAPH 2005. For the past two years he has worked as a resident R&D and designer for Motion Theory, a design firm in Venice, CA, developing various music videos and commercials for clients including Beck, Nike, HP, and RESfest.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 12:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Processing Workshop: Learning, Prototyping, and Producing (Section 2)

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 12:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 1)

Make stuff by punching, bending and riveting metal. As featured in Mr. Jalopy's first Quick and Dirty column, you can select scrap sheet metal from our junk bin, use a hand punch to make holes and a pop rivet gun to assemble. We can share tools. ... [More Details] [Garage]

Maker(s): Mr. Jalopy

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 11:00 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 2)

Maker(s): Mr. Jalopy

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 3)

Maker(s): Mr. Jalopy

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 1:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

Silkscreening Basics (Section 1)

Have you always wanted to make your own designs and print them? Get a basic overview of how to make a silk screen using the photo emulsion process. View the demonstration, then get your hands dirty and print your own MAKE FAIRE poster. This workshop is being repeated on Saturday at 4:30 PM. ... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Kirk von Rohr

Kirk von Rohr is the Art Director of MAKE Magazine and can be seen sharing his silk screening knowledge in CRAFT Magazine. Kirk von Rohr is the Art Director of MAKE Magazine and can be seen sharing his silk screening knowledge in CRAFT Magazine.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Silkscreening Basics (Section 2)

Have you always wanted to make your own designs and print them? Get a basic overview of how to make a silk screen using the photo emulsion process. View the demonstration, then get your hands dirty and print your own MAKE FAIRE poster. This workshop is also being held on Saturday at 10:30 AM.... [More Details] [Craft]

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 4:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Simple Single-Signature Book

Learn a simple bookbinding technique that will allow you to quickly create books from standard letter-sized paper. This design is perfect for any small, single-signature book, such as a journal, zine, or guest book. During the workshop you will make a fun blank journal or sketchbook using a simple and versatile three-hole pamphlet stitch. A variety of decorative papers and interesting ephemera... [More Details] [Craft]

Materials Fee: $6

Maker(s): Francois Paultre and Kate Bailey

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 1)

Just as Doctor Frankenstein made his “prototype human” from parts that were, shall we say “readily available”, so too can you. Learn how to prototype your invention using stock parts, or parts that are easily made or come from other products. Learn tricks to quickly go from idea to prototype. This is a big advantage because you cut the time to build a workable prototype and you... [More Details] [Garage]

Maker(s): Perry Kaye

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 2)

Maker(s): Perry Kaye

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 2:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 3)

Maker(s): Perry Kaye

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 11:00 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 4)

Maker(s): Perry Kaye

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Sequoia Hall

The FlutterBot Robot Workshop (Section 1)

FlutterBot robots won first and third place at the Eastern Canadian Robotic Games but their real talent is in teaching robotics, electronics and C programming to junior high and high school students and us old farts that want to learn C. Hi, I’m Dr. George and I teach robotics to home-school students and at a summer camp that I started. Once my students burned through LEGO and Parallax ... [More Details] [Robotics]

Maker(s): George Albercook

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

The FlutterBot Robot Workshop (Section 2)

Maker(s): George Albercook

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Thrift Store Felting

Shannon Okey of knitgrrl.com will teach you how to create beautiful customized garments and other items out of even the most tattered wool pieces. Topics covered may include felting techniques, recycling yarn from thrift store sweaters, embroidery, sewing knitted fabric, steeking, dyeing and using add-ons such as grommets, beads and buttons, depending on class interest and time constraints. Br... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Shannon Okey

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 1:30 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Through a Needled Eye: An Introduction to Pinhole Photography (Section 1)

There's something otherworldly and out-of-time about photographs made without a lens, and this workshop will start you down the path to making your own. We'll sample a variety of images, talk about the basic relationships to consider when building a camera and deciding on exposure time, and every participant will construct a camera from light-tight containers of your choice. We'll set up a ... [More Details] [Arts]

Maker(s): Eric Theise

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Through a Needled Eye: An Introduction to Pinhole Photography (Section 2)

Maker(s): Eric Theise

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 10:30 AM (90 minutes)

Location: Dark Room Workshop

Ultrasonic Rangefinding Distance Device and Alarm (Section 1)

Using the Ping (a pre-calibrated, pulse-width output ultrasonic rangefinder) sensor on a BASIC Stamp board, you will build and program a distance detection alarm system. This device could be used to sense the distance between the garage wall and the car bumper, to count people passing by a fixed location, to detect whether a window is open or closed, or on a robot to determine the location and dis... [More Details] [Robotics]

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 12:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Ultrasonic Rangefinding Distance Device and Alarm (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $15

Maker(s): Andy Lindsay, Parallax, Inc.

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 12:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall Workshop

Vacuum Forming

Designer Emily Albinski will teach you the basics of vacuum forming, a craft that involves molding plastic. See the entire process in its standard use, and find out how this could be replicated at home. Bring something you would like to vacuum form, smaller than 10"x10" and with no undercuts (so it doesn't get stuck in the plastic). Note: Even though this workshop is "sold out", you can sti... [More Details] [Craft]

Maker(s): Emily Albinski

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 3:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Wearable Light Bracelet (Section 1)

The Wearable Light Bracelet workshop will show you how you can make the same LED bracelet pictured below. You'll be given a choice of three different leather and ultra-suede (for those opposed to wearing leather) pieces for the top of the bracelet. There will also be a number of fabric scraps to choose from for the underneath of the bracelet. An option to customize the top leather piece of the bra... [More Details] [Craft]

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Syuzi Pakhchyan

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 2:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall

Wearable Light Bracelet (Section 2)

Materials Fee: $10

Maker(s): Syuzi Pakhchyan

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 2:00 PM (60 minutes)

Location: Fiesta Hall

Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 1)

The Xport Botball Controller (XBC) is the brains of the Botball robot. In this workshop, you will learn the capabilities of the XBC and see it action. You will work in groups to use the XBC's vision system (actually use the Vision Menu to select and view: Live Video, Processed Video, Blob Tracking, Vision Options, and Color Models.) Then you will attach the XBC to a small pre-built robot, atta... [More Details] [Robotics]

Maker(s): Jenny Grigsby, J. Andrew Swanson

Day/Time: Saturday, April 22 3:00 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 2)

Maker(s): Jenny Grigsby, J. Andrew Swanson

Day/Time: Sunday, April 23 1:30 PM (90 minutes)

Location: Workshop Pavilion

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