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 suggestions for nominees in the 2012 MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards are staring to come in. We have some fine candidates so far. One surprise nominee that we received from several people was Altoids, for their mint tins which have become something of their own category of project box in hobby electronics. We giggled at the first suggestion and then took it more seriously when we got the second. Why not?
Costumer crazy-man Shawn Thorsson wows the crowds at Maker Faire with his Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine armor.
Imagine a child’s first white Christmas: the excitement of snow, the mystique of Santa, and the oh-so-important presents. Now multiply that feeling threefold, and add in some fire, a few hundred robots, and enough paper rockets to make NASA nervous. Overwhelmed? So was I! Because I work at MAKE, I know this may come as a […]
A poem about Maker Faire, by 11-year-old Djuna Barricklow.
The inspiration of the Maker Faire continued at home! Everything as a family, we’ve made in a week! Also, introducing Maker boxes, the place where you take a made thing and give one in return.
In this Zero to Maker column, David Lang runs down the basics of local tool lending libraries and how to participate in or start one.
I love this silent Maker Faire video with a very twinkly, ethereal soundtrack. Really captures some of the wonder of the event.
