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Race Your Way to Maker Faire

Race Your Way to Maker Faire

Do you have a need for speed? At this year’s Maker Faire, there are two ways for you to test your vehicle building and racing chops. Both the Fun Bike Unicorn Club and the Power Racing Series challenge teams to build unique, DIY vehicles and bring them to Maker Faire for a series of friendly competitions.

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Homegrown Village: Food, Farming, and More

Homegrown Village: Food, Farming, and More

The Homegrown Village at Maker Faire celebrates the fact that farmers and food makers are the original makers. After all, the earliest examples of tool-making and innovation is for the making, hunting, and growing of food. Homegrown Village is back for the 5th year running, and you can still be part of it as a maker, presenter, demonstrator, and, of course, visitor.

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Kinetic Creatures Plans to Go Big for Maker Faire Bay Area

Kinetic Creatures Plans to Go Big for Maker Faire Bay Area

Lucas Ainsworth and Alyssa Hamel of Kinetic Creatures are already hard at work on the project they have planned for their 2nd appearance at the Maker Faire Bay Area: An enormous, bike-powered, cardboard “Rory the Rhino.” Check out how they are learning to weld, sourcing new parts, and challenging themselves to go bigger for this year’s fair.

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Call for Makers Has Been EXTENDED!

Call for Makers Has Been EXTENDED!

I just submitted my application for a Maker Exhibit at the 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area. There’s still time to get yours in! Tanenbaum Fabrications has been at 3 Maker Faires already, and each year we try to do something different in terms of the interactive/hands-on component. This year: Steampunk goggle making!

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Maker Faire Behind the Scenes: Kate Rowe

Maker Faire Behind the Scenes: Kate Rowe

As part of a series of interviews, I am talking to the folks who organize the Maker Faire Bay Area. Here, I talk to Kate Rowe, part of Maker Relations. She has some great advice on preparing your maker exhibit application.

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Maker Faire Behind the Scenes: Katie Kunde

Maker Faire Behind the Scenes: Katie Kunde

A lot of people do a ton of work behind the scenes to make Maker Faire happen. I’ll be doing a series of interviews with folks on the organizational side of things, to learn what they do to put on the show and to make it an awesome experience. First up, Katie Kunde, Senior Sales Manager for Maker Media.

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Calling All Makers, Performers, Presenters

Calling All Makers, Performers, Presenters

Did you know there are lots of different ways to participate in the 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area? Let me count the ways.

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