Microsoft came to Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 with an array of projects centered around interactivity and fun. Faire-goers got hands-on time with a human-sized keyboard (รก la FAO Shwartz) and a Selfie Curtain that uses a Windows 10 app to capture images and display them on a huge RGB LED wall. And there were […]
One of myย favorite parts of being a part of Maker Faire is sharingย all ourย amazing Makers with teachers who come from all around the Bay Areaโreally from all over the world!โand then hearing from the teachersย why this is such a special part of their year. We’re delighted to welcome teachers to the event, whether they are […]
If you are planning on attending Maker Faire Bay Areaย and haven’t yet signed up to participate in the Moat Boat Paddle Battle, we are about to entice you to change that! We are pleased to announce that our sponsor SeeMeCNCย is offering some amazing prizes to the winners. The winners of both Youth categories will […]
One of my favorite aspects of editing projects at Make: is seeing how other people approach technology. It’s truly energizing to see someone use a basic component in a way you’d never think of doing yourself. Such an experience is exactly what happened when I first saw Kazu Terasaki’s GlueMotor โ a method of controlling […]
The buzz about this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area is that a sweet, bee-themed art car called Apis Inlusio will be there. Lovingly built by a group of self-taught Burning Man veterans appropriately known as BeeCharge Camp, the Apis Inlusio combines the kind of whimsical inspiration and impressive ingenuity that epitomizes the spirit of Maker […]
In additionย to Maker Faire Bay Areaย and Maker Faire New York,ย I visited perhaps a dozen other Faires, from Oslo to Tokyo.
In case you missed it, here are some of our favorite moments from Maker Faire Bay Area depicted in the greatest of internet forms: the GIF.
