Liz Lirakis makes awesome art from recycled comic books, thus her company name, Tracimoc, which is “comic art” backwards. She started this great Maker Faire robot-themed collage in her booth, and you can help add to it. She’s got stacks of cool comics, scissors, and Modge Podge for you to use. Come on by her […]
The aptly named Pedal Powered Stage by Rock the Bike – if you want to listen to music, you have to pedal!
Shapeways’ booth showing off samples for their 3D printing on demand service was packed all Saturday. And no wonder; their set of samples was super slick! From nylon meshes and Theo Jansen walking models to glazed ceramics and printed silver jewelry, this collection of samples will even wow the unbelievers.
Sean Lee was outside Fiesta Hall yesterday afternoon playing as 1manbanjo, a lively, toe-tapping performance.
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 […]
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 […]
Madeleine Moore, Marcus Schappi, and Mark Wotton created Ninja Blocks as an “Internet of Things” platform. The BeagleBone and Arduino-based block computer let’s you “hack your world” and collect sensor data to be aggregated in the NinaCloud.
