Maker Faire Tokyo 2012: Day One
Giant floating jellyfish to LEDs in bottle to plushie breadboard play… Maker Faire Tokyo 2012 Day One slideshow coverage from guest correspondent Ian Lesnet of Dangerous Prototypes.
Maker Faire
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.
Maker Faire Tokyo 2012: Presentation and Workshop Lineup
A preview of this weekend’s Maker Faire Tokyo presentation and workshop schedule. Sessions range from felting polar bear hair bands to mapping 30 years of the Japanese maker movement to 3D printing and more—all this weekend at Maker Faire Tokyo!
Maker Faire New York: The Five-Minute Version
There’s was so much to see at Maker Faire New York this past September that unless you were extremely dedicated (and well caffeinated) it would have been hard to check it all out. That’s what makes this video recap from the folks at Scratch cool. It does a great job of capturing the diversity and energy of the event in just 5:55 well-edited minutes. If you can’t wait for next year’s fair, this will help hold you over.
GLANK on Science Friday
Musical ensemble GLANK, which appeared at World Maker Faire this year, was featured in a video piece on NPR’s Science Friday.
Get Ready Tokyo: Maker Faire is Coming!
Tokyo’s first Maker Faire is set for Dec. 1-2. The city has hosted smaller MAKE: Meetings but this is the first official Maker Faire. Back in 2009, Tokyo’s MAKE: Meeting attracted 600 people over two days and about 20 makers. Maker Faire Tokyo is expected to draw about 10,000 visitors over two days. There are 250 makers signed up with a list of 30 or more on the waiting list. Making is big in Tokyo.
Maker Music this Friday from 7pm in Vancouver, BC
Tomorrow marks the first ever Maker Music event, hosted by the folks that put on the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire. It will be an evening of epic proportions, with demonstrations and musical performances going on until late in the evening.
Mini Maker Faire Action: Roboroaches and Monowheels in Santiago
Santiago Mini Maker Faire has over 40 confirmed makers from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Mexico. The fair is being organized by members of STGO Makerspace, a one year-old maker space in Santiago. Other Maker Faires coming up include Tokyo, Japan; Tyler, Texas; Houston, Texas; and Las Vegas, Nevada.