Maker Faire Bay Area Has Begun!
Welders, knitters, roboticists, musicians, and people who defy definition are here as both attendees and Makers — showing off their skills, and learning new ones.
Year: 2014
Woven Wire / LED Dancers Hang Midair From Helium Balloons
Check out our original photo guide to sculptor Michael Gard’s magic method.
How-To: Sequin Godzilla T-Shirt
Make your own movie-inspired fashion statement with this super-fun sequin Godzilla t-shirt video tutorial!
Chip Yates: SuperHacks, World Records and Risk
Chip Yates is an extreme electric innovator. He has 18 world records in battery-powered vehicles of his own design. He designed and built the world’s fastest electric airplane as well as the world’s fasted and most powerful electric motorcycle. And he’s presenting today at Maker Faire!
Makers Get Ready for World’s Biggest DIY Festival
We’re really excited about our ninth annual Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend, May 17 and 18 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Makers have been setting up their exhibits in full force and the inspired energy is contagious. Our photo editor Jeffrey Braverman and photographer Gunther Kirsch captured snapshots of the festivities to […]
Maker Ed: Making Possibilities for Educators
The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) welcomed more than 100 educators to our first Making Possibilities Workshop, held Thursday, May 15 at Intel’s Santa Clara, Calif. Global Headquarters. In the spirit of making, we began the day with a full hour of tinkering and play. Attendees customized their badges, built and painted large cardboard creations, […]
Education Extravaganza at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014
At Maker Media, we like to re-invent things every once in a while, and so this year we tried a lot of new ways to reach out to teachers and schools ahead of Maker Faire. We launched a new Teacher Team, and you’ll see hundreds of teachers getting involved in new ways, and a few […]