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.
World Maker Faire 2012: David Pogue, “Should Science Be Allowed to be Interesting”
One Man’s Insane Journey through a TV Career on PBS
In this lavishly photographed, highly hilarious talk, Pogue will share the experience of a lifetime–and opine on the state of science, television, and humor in America.
World Maker Faire 2012, “Building a Museum Through Crowd Funding”
Tesla Gets His Due – Jane Alcorn, Slava Rubin
Let’s Build a Tesla Museum: The story behind how $1.3+ million was raised to save Wardenclyffe, Nikola Tesla’s last remaining laboratory, and what we plan to do. Tesla gave us formative patents for radio, alternating current, robotics, and remote control.
World Maker Faire 2012: Jack Hitt, “Tesla’s Dream and the coming Amateur Revolution”
Hitt will talk about the latest amateur to break out of her metaphorical garage–the inventor of the wireless battery-charger–and how she’s part of a historical cycle, the latest DIY revolution that’s coming.
2012 World Maker Faire: Andrew Kessler, “Makers on Mars: Collaboration in Mission Control”
NASA has a knack for getting massive teams of brainiacs to put aside their differences and pull off incredible feats. Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler shares insights from his three months in Mars Phoenix mission control.
Students and parents recognize the value of going to college, yet applying can be a confusing process. The dean of admissions at MIT will and offer advice to students as to how best to prepare for the college experience and application process.
World Maker Faire 2012: Mason Peck, “Working with NASA on Innovative Space Technology”
NASA’s Chief Technologist will describe how NASA is engaging communities involved in developing the killer apps for space that may determine the future of commercial space.
World Maker Faire 2012: Catarina Mota & Dustyn Roberts, “The State of Open Source Hardware”
From the co-chairs of the 2012 Open Hardware Summit: an overview of the defining events of the last 10 years to draw a snapshot of the current state of the open source hardware movement and the impact it’s having in maker culture and beyond.
