Machinist Bob Schneeveis along with Grant Grundler made the Solar Electric Robot Chariot. Powered by the Sun, the chariot is pulled by an anatomic machine that walks on wheels to...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday August 31st, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Workshop | 7 Comments
The Systematic Annihilation of Helpless Objects Via Robot is an arena full of machines that spew fire and destroy home appliances and other detritus that would normally be relegated to...
Posted by Becky Stern | Tuesday August 30th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Workshop | No Comments
Jimmie Rogers teaches one person at a time how to solder at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. For only one dollar, participants can buy a kit with a small PCB,...
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday August 29th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Electronics | 2 Comments
Charles Gadeken demonstrates Aperion, a large sculpture depicting a flower resting on three large leaves. Aperion is a large tesla coil which processes sound into electrical impulses. At Maker Faire...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Sunday August 28th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: General, Music | 2 Comments
Fledgling is an avian kinetic sculpture designed and built by Christian Ristow. Participants at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 climb up the spine of a metal bird that is anatomically...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Saturday August 27th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Workshop | 2 Comments
Jeremy Mayer's typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls "reassemblage", Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no...
Posted by Becky Stern | Friday August 26th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General | 1 Comment
The day before Maker Faire Bay Area opened, we ran into Kurt and Bobbi Pires putting the finishing touches on a unique quadricycle in the South Lot of the fairgrounds....
Posted by Matt Richardson | Thursday August 25th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General | 1 Comment
During Maker Faire Bay Area 2011, we caught up with Lindsy Lawlor, creator of one of the most popular attractions at the Faire-- Russell the electric giraffe. With the help...
Posted by Becky Stern | Wednesday August 24th, 2011 10:15 AM
Categories: General, Robotics | No Comments
Brett Levine has been fascinated by fire since he was a boy, coming close to setting his house on fire several times during his learning process. His latest creation, the...
Posted by Becky Stern | Tuesday August 23rd, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Workshop | 3 Comments
Zachary Coffin's Colossus is a large-scale sculpture of wood and steel that holds massive granite rocks suspended above the ground. Ropes hanging from the rocks are pulled by attendees of...
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday August 22nd, 2011 10:05 AM
Categories: General, Workshop | 3 Comments
Big news! Maker Faire has its own channel on YouTube. We're publishing videos from our 2011 Bay Area and Detroit Maker Faires regularly over the next few months. We're extremely...
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday August 22nd, 2011 10:00 AM
Here's the full Miles O'Brien piece that aired tonight on PBS NewsHour. Really well-done, neat little package exploring the DIY/maker movement in general, the Maker Faires, the critical state of...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Wednesday June 29th, 2011 7:01 PM
Categories: Education, Makers | No Comments
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