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Making Austin Weird: Shopbot

Making Austin Weird: Shopbot

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Shopbot will be out in full force this weekend, including a complete DIY house project: The New Orleans House Project is prefabricated housing that can be […]

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Making Austin Weird: NYU ITP

Making Austin Weird: NYU ITP

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program will be showcasing their Yahoo photo-uploading geo-tagging bikes and talking shop about their other projects at Maker Faire Austin. Check out their […]

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Making Austin Weird: LED Art Kits

Making Austin Weird: LED Art Kits

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! From the creator of Blinkybug, here’s a beautiful new kit debuting at Maker Faire Austin: I’ll have these new LED Art Kits ready for the upcoming […]

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Austin Event: Meet the Food Makers

Austin Event: Meet the Food Makers

Meet some Makers tonight at Austin’s downtown Whole Foods Market: The Maker Faire Team will be out and about in Austin over the next week. Please feel free to stop by and say hello, or come out and show your projects too. You can find us Thursday for “Local Artisans” with live demonstrations from our […]

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Making Austin Weird: Bike Zoo

From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Now that they’ve got the bike snake out to the fairgrounds, Jeremy and crew are putting the finishing touches on their latest multi-rider bike. They were […]

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Austin Event: Escort the Bike Snake!

Austin Event: Escort the Bike Snake!

A bike-tastic opportunity for anyone who’s in Austin for Maker Faire already: come escort Austin Bike Zoo’s bike snake! We’ll be riding from the Ihop on Koenig Lane by I-35 to Travis County Expo Center at 11pm, Tuesday. If you’d like to ride along side the snake, just bring your night riding lights, bicycle, and […]

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Maker Faire Austin on Fox

Maker Faire Austin on Fox

Some impressive Austin Makers were interviewed on Fox this morning: There are a lot of inventors in Central Texas and some are creating some pretty unusual things. If you want to get up close and play with some of the inventions then you won’t want to miss the Maker Faire this upcoming weekend. FOX 7’s […]

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