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 Life-Sized Mousetrap will make its Maker Faire debut this year. Don’t miss out on this 25,000-lb, superbly interactive kinetic sculpture reminiscent of the classic board game. Its makers say – The unique design of this giant, Rube Goldberg-style contraption was cleverly gleaned from the memories of childhood, twisted out of scale, then sketched beyond […]
Tod Kurt is author of Hacking Roomba and a founder of ThingM, a device studio focused on ubiquitous computing and materials science to create unique objects and experiences for people. At the Maker Faire, Tod will bring along a small Roomba army to demonstrate many of the hacks from his book and a bunch of […]
This Electric Giraffe is big, and was a smash hit at the Maker Faire last year. Frank Lawlor had a great time, showing the ride to the likes of the “Mythbusters” crew, plus the hundreds of kids who fell in love with the machine. “This year,” he says, “I hope to walk outdoors around the […]
We’re started to get really excited about the Maker Faire! It’s coming up on May 19 & 20 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds and should be even better than last year. A fantastic group of over 200 makers will be presenting their projects: some are first-timers, and others are old hands after helping us kick […]
Hi Makers! We’ve been getting some amazing proposals for the Maker Faire, but we would like to hear from you! Just a reminder that our extended deadline for Maker Faire Bay Area proposals ends this Sunday, March 18th at midnight PST. Last year, we did accept a bunch of proposals up until the week before […]
Lenore writes – I just put up a quick how-to on modding t-shirts to fit curvy people, since freebie shirts are rarely girl shaped. For bonus points, I used last year’s Maker Faire shirt. Actually, it was just my worst-fitting shirt that I still really wanted to wear, so I had to do something about […]
Dale has some good news – the Maker Faire proposal deadline has been extended! We are getting many, many terrific proposals for Maker Faire. Nearly half of them have come in at the last two days. To relieve this crunch, we’ve decided to extend the deadline about two weeks to Midnight (PST) Sunday March 18. […]
