Every day I hear about another exciting project that will be at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend, May 22nd and 23rd, at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. One project I can’t wait to see and play with is the Tangible Graffiti Wall, brought from Vancouver by Tangible Interaction‘s Alex Biem. The […]
Make stuff and show it off at the Maker Faire 2 SF Gate… The idea for building from scratch a fire-breathing dragon named Saphira came about over dinner one night at home in San Rafael before Christmas. Now the 8-foot-high steel animatronic character is about to make its debut this weekend at a fair in […]
Ayman Shamma not only made a steel pan drum application for his iPad, but he also made some conductive fabric mallets with which to drum. Great work! More: Collin’s Lab: DIY iPad Stylus
We’re less than a week out from Maker Faire Bay Area, and things are really gearing up for a fantastic weekend. As a special countdown to Maker Faire, we’ll be profiling some of the awesome folks who will be at Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire. Even if you aren’t able to be at Maker Faire, […]
Maker Faire is this weekend! If you are in the Bay Area, come out and experience the magic. It is in San Mateo. Annnnd… here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, […]
Polish engineering student mb1988mb1988 and two friends built this homebrew pulse oximeter.
Creative reuse is a big theme every year at Maker Faire, and this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, is no exception. A group of taiko drummers from Wadaiko Newark are going to be on-site demonstrating how they make gorgeous taiko drums from reclaimed wine barrels. One […]
