Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week: Jerry, by SaraCarr66 Into The Wild goes into the forest, by hybrid handmade (Cari-Jane Hakes) alfinete 6, by alfinete [dyed by alfinete] 610, by Craft Pond ventricoli in pannolenci, by chiaraeffe
In the West Courtyard, look for the large swimming pool surrounded by swarms of kids — that’s where you’ll find the PVC submersible robots of the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE), an organization funded by the National Science Foundation that puts on a competition of student-built underwater ROVs. They have simpler robots in the […]
If you’re near the Maker Pavilion in Zone C, be sure to check out Geo-Skull, an awesome sculpture of a skull formed out of geometric shapes, almost like a geodesic sphere was combined with a human skull.
Steve, Allen, and Justin of North Street Labs have finally figured out how to see Maker Faire, or any other large outdoor event, in style…
I really enjoyed the demonstration Jeff Rowberg did on the Keyglove, a project he’s been working on since 2010. It’s a glove equipped with conductive snaps and an accelerometer so that it can serve as an input device, sort of a superpowered computer mouse. Be sure to swing by Jeff’s booth in the main building […]
Meet Sean Charlesworth. Sean has painstakingly designed, printed, and assembled what is certainly the biggest, most complex, and most beautiful 3D-printed sci-fi model I have ever seen. He calls it the “OctoPod Underwater Salvage Vehicle 5”, or OPUS V, for short.
Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher lead AtFAB, a resource for furniture designed to be cut on a CNC. The Community Commons designs may be downloaded from AtFAB’s site and adjusted to fit the needs of the maker. For instance, a chair could be stretched out to make a love seat. Then you CNC the parts […]
