Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth โ 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 peopleย 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.
World Maker Faire is over but it still lives on our minds. Meanwhile, each weekend seems to bring a handful of mini maker faires from around the world. We’ve built a new page that showcases our coverage of all the fairs big and small. Once there, you’ll find a compendium of blog posts, videos, and lots of great photos. Stop by have a look and relive the fun or see what you might have missed.
castAR is a new crowdfunded augmented reality system built by Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson.
A Monday morning cruise through the hashtag sphere turns up a load of telling images & captions from the five Mini Maker Faires that graced the globe this past weekend.
It’s a wrap for Maker Faire Saint Malo, the first French mini Maker Faire. It was a small faire, but despite the size there was some amazing makers here showing off their creations, and the quality of the exhibits here was really high.
The Trimble Gatewing X100 drone was drawing a lot of attention at Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire. Capable of autonomous operationโall the way from launch through to its landingโthe drone it’s designed to map terrain it’s overflying.
I talked to makers Serge Porcher and Jacques Pichon at the Saint Malo mini-Maker Faire about the self-sufficient รle du Guesclin.
Uroลก Petrevski and Draลกko Draลกkoviฤ, two makers from Paris, used the Saint Malo mini-Maker Faire to unveiled a new board, the WeIO.
