Making Friends at Maker Faire
Maker Faire is about more than stuff people make. It’s about the friends we meet and the helpful spirit of makers everywhere.
Maker Faire
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth — 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 people 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.
Big Weekend for Mini Maker Faires on the East Coast
We’re still recovering from World Maker Faire New York but the maker fun isn’t over on the East Coast. There are three mini maker faire set for this weekend: the Lewiston-Auburn Mini Maker Faire in Maine, the (Silver Spring Mini Maker Faire in Maryland, and the Champlain Mini Maker Faire in Vermont.
Southern Fried Makers? Tulsa and Louisville Say Yes This Weekend!
A radio-controlled wax Colonel Sanders? Wildcrafting from cane? Find these and other amazing projects at Oklahoma and Kentucky’s first-ever Maker Faires—this weekend in Tulsa and in Louisville.
Burnkit2600 Lays Down Electronic Jams with Circuit Bent Instruments
Circuit bending electronic performers Burnkit2600 were popular at Maker Faire New York last weekend — every time I walked by, they had a rapt audience. Watch a bit of their performance and read group member Thom Uliasz’ thoughts about circuit bending in the 90s, the group’s musical inspirations, and a strangely perfect moment at the Faire.
The Greatest Show (and Tell) in Nashville
Last Saturday was the first ever Mini Maker Faire for Nashville, TN and by all accounts it was very successful.
Building a Low-Cost Nanoscope with Lego and Makeblock
Students at a workshop built a sub-$500 atomic force microcope out of Lego, Makeblock, 3D-printed parts, and Arduinos.
Emma Willard’s Mini Maker Faire Starting Something Big
Emma Willard School in Troy, NY is staging a Mini Maker Faire, the first of four events celebrating the school’s 200th anniversary.
