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.
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Dale Dougherty writes: Mike Weiblen showed up to the Maker Faire Austin Town Hall on Sunday night with his own handmade T-shirt mashup, Make Austin Weird. Mike and about thirty other makers got together to meet with the Maker Faire team and discuss their own plans for the event scheduled for October 18-19 at the […]
Come by the Austin Children’s Museum (201 Colorado St.) on Sunday July 20th, from 1pm – 5pm for the Maker Faire Austin Auditions. To request a 15 minute time slot and more information, please send an email to sherry@oreilly.com. (Pictured above is our own Gareth Branwyn showing how to make Mousey the Junkbot.) Austin Children’s […]
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss of MAKE/CRAFT and Maker Faire will be in Chicago this week. If you’re a Chicago-area maker, drop by Flapjaws Cafe on Thursday, July 17 at 7pm or so. Thanks to Brian Fitzpatrick of Google in Chicago who helped us organize this meeting. Come by and join us for a beer. […]
Calling All Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Makers – Join Us for “An Afternoon at Maker Faire” on July 19th. Make Magazine, Craft Magazine and the Maker Faire team will be coming to Dallas to host an “Afternoon At Maker Faire” at The Museum of Nature and Science on Saturday, July 19th (from 9am – 5pm). We […]
Calling All Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Makers – Join Us for “An Afternoon at Maker Faire” on July 19th. Make Magazine, Craft Magazine and the Maker Faire team will be coming to Dallas to host an “Afternoon At Maker Faire” at The Museum of Nature and Science on Saturday, July 19th (from 9am – 5pm). We […]
Robert Bruce Thompson, author of MAKE:Books’ Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, spoke at the 2008 Bay Area Maker Faire on the demise of the chemistry set. He traces the history from the good old days when chemistry sets were full of possibilities to the present day where they are very hard to obtain. Check […]
If you’ve been to Maker Faire, you’ve likely seen Jon Sarriugarte’s (Oakland, CA) SS Alpha Fox vehicle, or his awesome Boiler Bar. Now he and his cohort are building a Snail Car on top of a stripped down VW bug. You can follow the build here. [Via Boing Boing]
