Paper Flowers With Chocolate Centers
Last minute gift idea for mom, give her flowers and chocolates all in one pretty paper package!
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An Interview with Chuck Swiger, Winner of the PSoC Pioneer Challenge
Read how Chuck Swiger turned a passion for monitoring e-bike battery health into a winning project for the PSoC Pioneer Challenge! He’ll now travel to Maker Faire Bay Area to exhibit his project.
How to Tame Tangled Wires on Your Desktop
Need to tame a tangled workspace? Drill big holes in your desk and cut your own custom grommets to make those wires all disappear.
Why Educators Love Maker Faire 2015 ( + more tips!)
One of my favorite parts of being a part of Maker Faire is sharing all our amazing Makers with teachers who come from all around the Bay Area—really from all over the world!—and then hearing from the teachers why this is such a special part of their year. We’re delighted to welcome teachers to the event, whether they are […]
Fun Designs for the Moat Boat Paddle Battle
The first races of the Moat Boat Paddle Battle are almost here! If you are headed to Maker Faire Bay Area next weekend, now is the time to enter and have your shot at winning one of the fantastic 3D printers from SeeMeCNC. Register Now During the announcement we offered would-be racers a downloadable file of two example boats that they […]
InMoov, The Crowdsourced Robotic Future Returns to Maker Faire
For decades, humans have imagined, even come to expect, life-size humanoid robots in their future. The sober truth is that such robots are extraordinarily complex mechanically, the intelligence to reliably bring them to life is still outside our grasp, and the cost of building such thinking machines is prohibitively expensive. But while we’ve been dreaming […]
The Rise of the Maker Movement for Kids
If you’re a Maker Faire veteran, you’ve seen the growing droves of kids engaging in the excitement and promise of the Maker Movement. Watching a child solder that first LED followed by the amazed “ah ha” look that inevitably appears when it lights up is infectious. Maker Faire is teeming with adults who’ve been inspired […]