Month: July 2012

Power Racing Series image by Fredoversal. Don’t forget, to keep up with all of the action we’re posting about Maker Faire Detroit, check out the Maker Faire feed here on Makezine.

Mickey Miller, a high school sophomore from Toledo, Ohio, brought this unusual pedal-powered art vehicle that he built in his garage at home.

Mike Irvine is a maker who is a lead designer for Useful Robot, which develops geeky kit watches. Mike is also a fencer in his spare time. Noticing that the electronic systems for keeping score were expensive, he decided to create his own system for under a $100, a factor of ten lowering in price […]

Richard Jeryan of Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford specializes in weaving. There’s a working Jacquard loom in the village. He is now using a laser cutter at TechShop to create new punch cards for the looms. The traditional way to create a card is to use a custom key puncher. The key puncher is […]

This morning marks the start of day two of Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford and the folks from Transcending Digital invite you to be a part of their live-updating Maker Faire Mosaic project.

What goes on inside a cupcake car? Here’s one opened up!

I love the various games at Maker Faires, from the Power Racing Series to the Figure 8 Pedal Car Races to combat robots. At this year’s Maker Faire Detroit, Nick Bricksly… er Nick Britsky of i3 Detroit is hosting the Brick Challenge Game Show. It’s a “fast-paced multi-challenge game show that tests contestants’ knowledge, skill, […]