One of the most amazing effects of Maker Faires is that they not only inspire people to make, but they also motivate folks to organize Maker Faires for their own communities, creating a ripple effect of Maker goodness. In 2006, the very first Maker Faire was hosted in San Mateo, California, and a year later, […]
We talk a lot about the impact of the Maker Movement on society, business, technology, and formal education. In ten years of its overt existence as a self-identified culture, the Maker Movement has certainly grown. And while it’s been growing, so have its children. If a child was 10 at the first Faire in 2006, […]
Will Pemble started building his backyard roller coaster in 2013 and has now begun to help others build their own backyard roller coasters.
It’s always nice to be wished Happy Birthday by your friends. And it’s great when your friends are this fantastic! Make: would like to extend a heartfelt Thank You to these stellar individuals for participating in Maker Faire over the years, many of whom participated since year one in 2006. Indeed, it is the people — the many […]
I’m hosting an event tomorrow night here in the DC area, a salon at Artisphere, looking at the artistic, cultural, and technological import of 3D printing and desktop fabrication. In doing research for the event, I wanted to bone up on the state-of-the-art in selective laser sintering (SLS) printing, a form of 3D printing that […]
With all of the bigger picture focus and flurry of activity around getting a Maker Faire together, it might be easy to forget that there are hundreds of smaller, but no less passionate organizational dramas going on, of countless late-night planning sessions, fundraising efforts, project builds, frantic last-minute organizing, packing, and travel, and everything else […]
Simon Clark hand builds retro arcade cabinets so that you experience those much loved games from the eighties the way they should be experienced.
