Electric Giraffe

Finally! The Electric Giraffe has a Hometown Maker Faire

Finally! The Electric Giraffe has a Hometown Maker Faire

By Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina Merlo

Sabrina is the Maker Faire Program Director. She works on stage content for the flagship fairs (Bay Area & New York), and also runs Maker Faire's global licensing program for locally and independently produced Maker Faires. She also co-creates the East Bay Mini Maker Faire in her town, Oakland, CA.

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First-ever San Diego Mini Maker Faire is this weekend. Maker Faire fave Russell the Giraffe will be there, along with MAKE and Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty, and a whole mess of great SoCal makers.

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Robots Past and Present

Robots Past and Present

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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Robots have been a big part of Maker Faire from the beginning. Check out Maker Faire robots from 2008 to today.

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