Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth — a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the maker movement.
Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these people come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.
Explore below to see the best of Maker Faire, and head to makerfaire.com for more information.
The Trimble Gatewing X100 drone was drawing a lot of attention at Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire. Capable of autonomous operation—all the way from launch through to its landing—the drone it’s designed to map terrain it’s overflying.
I talked to makers Serge Porcher and Jacques Pichon at the Saint Malo mini-Maker Faire about the self-sufficient Île du Guesclin.
Uroš Petrevski and Draško Drašković, two makers from Paris, used the Saint Malo mini-Maker Faire to unveiled a new board, the WeIO.
Almost the first thing you see when you walk in the door here at the Saint Malo mini-Maker Faire is the plans for an open source house.
Almost 70% of the cargo shipped around the world travels by boat, which means that if you could switch those boats from burning marine diesel to something more environmentally friendly, it would have a big environmental impact.
Maker Faire comes to Jefferson country as Charlottesville, Virginia celebrates a day of making tomorrow, Oct. 12. The Charlottesville Mini Make Faire will be held at Monticello High School from 10am-4pm. The first Maker Faire in Central Virginia is attracting makers from all over the state and beyond. For a first-time fair, the variety of makers is impressive. Here are some of the standouts.
At this past year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, I had the privilege of riding atop a steam-powered Case 40 horsepower steam traction engine from 1940 with Stephen Rademaker.
