Saturday talks at Maker Faire Detroit

By Dale Dougherty

Dale Dougherty

DALE DOUGHERTY is the leading advocate of the Maker Movement. He founded Make: Magazine 2005, which first used the term โ€œmakersโ€ to describe people who enjoyed โ€œhands-onโ€ work and play. He started Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006, and this event has spread to nearly 200 locations in 40 countries, with over 1.5M attendees annually. He is President of Make:Community, which produces Make: and Maker Faire.

In 2011 Dougherty was honored at the White House as a โ€œChampion of Changeโ€ through an initiative that honors Americans who are โ€œdoing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.โ€ At the 2014 White House Maker Faire he was introduced by President Obama as an American innovator making significant contributions to the fields of education and business. He believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to transform the educational experience of students and introduce them to the practice of innovation through play and tinkering.

Dougherty is the author of โ€œFree to Make: How the Maker Movement Is Changing our Jobs, Schools and Mindsโ€ with Adriane Conrad. He is co-author of "Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities" with Peter Hirshberg and Marcia Kadanoff.

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Here are some of the events scheduled for Saturday at Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI. Saturday’s hours are 9:30 am to 8pm. For a complete schedule and links for more information, see the full event schedule.

ANDERSON THEATER (IN MUSEUM)

CAR TALKS – 10:30AM-12:00PM
รขโ‚ฌยข Moving Toward a New Era in Transportation Safety, Dr. Robert Bertini, DOT
รขโ‚ฌยข Detroit 2.0, K. Venkatesh Prasad, Ford
รขโ‚ฌยข Digital License Plate, Johnnie Carter

รขโ‚ฌยข 12:30PM MacGyver: The Making of a Cultural Icon, Lee Zlotoff
รขโ‚ฌยข 1:00PM Innovation in Young Minds, Major General Nick Justice, Commanding General, RDECOM & Dr. Jim Overholt, Director of Advanced Robotics
รขโ‚ฌยข 3:00PM-4:00PM Artology: Music and the Science of Sound, James Kurleto, Cranbrook Institute of Science
รขโ‚ฌยข 5:00PM Hands-on Minds, Elliot Washor of Big Picture Learning & Frank R. Wilson & Charles Mojkowski

DIY THEATER (AUTO HALL OF FAME)
รขโ‚ฌยข 11:00AM Citizen Commerce: Jules Pieri, Daily Grommet
รขโ‚ฌยข 12PM Building a Business from Junk Drawer Common Sense, Sarah Hodsdon,
รขโ‚ฌยข 1PM Hackerspaces Panel, Mitch Altman
รขโ‚ฌยข 2PM Paper Action Heroes, Austin Shyu
รขโ‚ฌยข 2:30PM Fusing Plastic,Tracie Lampe
รขโ‚ฌยข 3:00PM DIY Diversions: Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred, David Erik Nelson
รขโ‚ฌยข 3:30PM DIY Garden Irrigation, Jaime Wolfe
รขโ‚ฌยข 4:30PM Crafting with Xyron’s Creatopia, Brookelynn Morris
รขโ‚ฌยข 5:00PM Pinata Carving Tips, Lish Dorset & Nick Brisky
รขโ‚ฌยข 5:30PM How-To Knit Lace, Jeannine Gruska

**Additional Performances**

Illuminatus 2.1 Laser Lightshow (Anderson Theater) – 10, 12, 4:30 & 6PM
Power Racing Series events – 10, 1 & 3:30PM
COKE ZERO & MENTOS — 4PM (outside)

METALWORKING AREA
รขโ‚ฌยข 10 am & 2pm Metal Casting Demo, Rick Chownyk

MAKE DEMO Stage (near Maker Shed)

รขโ‚ฌยข 10:00AM SteamPunked RFID Globe,John Knight
รขโ‚ฌยข 11:00AM Make Cool Things With Microcontrollers, Mitch Altman
รขโ‚ฌยข 12PM Gyrocar and Hydraulic Ram, Matt Gryczan
รขโ‚ฌยข 1:00PM Foam Dart Shooting Range, DIY Skeeball, Matthew Switlik, i3Detroit
รขโ‚ฌยข 2:00PM 3D Printing with MakerBot, Bre Pettis, MakerBot Industries
รขโ‚ฌยข 3:00PM Cigar Box Guitars, Mark Frauenfelder, MAKE magazine
รขโ‚ฌยข 5:00PM Make and Fix Anything with iFixit and Make:Projects, Kyle Wiens, iFixit

Also, please join us for a special Maker Faire edition of IGNITE starting at 6pm in Anderson Theater. IGNITE features fun and informative 5-minute talks. This 90 minute program will start with the Illuminatus Laser Lightshow.

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By Dale Dougherty

Dale Dougherty

DALE DOUGHERTY is the leading advocate of the Maker Movement. He founded Make: Magazine 2005, which first used the term โ€œmakersโ€ to describe people who enjoyed โ€œhands-onโ€ work and play. He started Maker Faire in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006, and this event has spread to nearly 200 locations in 40 countries, with over 1.5M attendees annually. He is President of Make:Community, which produces Make: and Maker Faire.

In 2011 Dougherty was honored at the White House as a โ€œChampion of Changeโ€ through an initiative that honors Americans who are โ€œdoing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.โ€ At the 2014 White House Maker Faire he was introduced by President Obama as an American innovator making significant contributions to the fields of education and business. He believes that the Maker Movement has the potential to transform the educational experience of students and introduce them to the practice of innovation through play and tinkering.

Dougherty is the author of โ€œFree to Make: How the Maker Movement Is Changing our Jobs, Schools and Mindsโ€ with Adriane Conrad. He is co-author of "Maker City: A Practical Guide for Reinventing American Cities" with Peter Hirshberg and Marcia Kadanoff.

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