Announcing the Road to Maker Faire Challenge
We’re thrilled to announce the Road to Maker Faire Challenge, presented by esurance, which will send one maker and a friend to Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 in May. A stipend of $2,000 will be awarded…
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.
MAKE at SXSW
Are you going to Austin for SXSW? A MAKE crew is headed out March 8-15 for the Interactive portion of the festivities, and will be involved in a variety of events. We’d love to connect if you’re going to be there.
“Don’t Be Bored. Do Something”
The Prez can’t stop talking about young maker Joey Hudy. He brought him up during another White House event today and talked about Joey’s business card.
First Cedar Rapids Mini Maker Faire This Saturday!
Over 45 makers from Iowa, Indian, and Missouri are converging on the Lindale Mall tomorrow, Saturday, February 25th, for the inaugural Cedar Rapids Mini Maker Faire.
Businessweek Predicts “Culture Clash” Between Open Source and VCs
Wharton economist Jeremy Rifkin: “The maker movement is ‘as significant as the shift from agriculture to the early industrial era.'”
This Saturday, Feb 18: Young Makers/Open MAKE at the Exploratorium
Come to the Exploratorium this weekend as the Tinkering Studio hosts the second of four Open MAKE Saturdays. Explore your own creativity with makers from around the Bay Area, who will share their art, ingenuity, and techniques for making.
LED Scroller Counts Down to Maker Faire
As you may have noticed, the Call for Makers for Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 is now open, something we’re very excited about around these parts. Garrett Mace is also looking forward to Maker Faire, so he hooked up an old Betabrite scrolling LED sign to Seeeduino with his ChronoDot to display the amount of […]