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 21st century carnival comes to town. The tents are getting pitched, the tools are being set out, the batteries are charging. Excitement builds as the first outlines of the 2008 Maker Faire Bay Area take shape. Above, Bay Area metal sculptor Dan Das Mann’s 39′ “Crude Awakening” sculpture prays for sunny skies and a […]
At this year’s Bay Area Faire, we’re pleased to be joined by two of the editors of Steampunk Magazine, Magpie Killjoy and Libby Bulloff. Steampunk Magazine has become something of a house organ for those interested in the whole steampunk scene and related memes. It’s one of my favorite zines, one you can still get […]
In addition to all the making, there’s a whole lotta craftin’ planned for Bay Area Maker Faire. Erica writes – I’ve been trying to make my own boots based on information from a few different sources – the book “How to Make Your Own Shoes” by Mary Wales Loomis, bits of advice from various friends […]
The schedule of events for Bay Area Maker Faire ’08 has been posted. Head over and start writing up you’re game-plan for the big event – warning: this may be a bit of a challenge considering the GINORMOUS amount of good stuff happenning! Seriously, this thing may be getting out of hand – Maker Faire […]
“Pandimensional importer/exporter” Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich will be showing off some of her otherworldly wares in the Contraptors’ Lounge at the Maker Faire next weekend. When not winking in and out of the spacetime continuum, Molly fashions really cool wearable art/jewelry and retro-futuristic gadgetry and sells them via Dangerous Detritus. [Photo of Molly by Libby Bulloff, […]
Exciting news Makers! Late last night alien communications were found, not only that – we’ve decoded some of them! Here’s a video (MP4) of some of them or just watch it above!
Doug’s research and development delves deep into the design of stirling engines running off of solar energy. The above video shows his engine model 3d purring along right nicely – I’m in the process of performance testing the engine to see how closely its power output agree with my simulation. There are many sinks for […]
