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.
OpenIR (Open Infrared) maps the features and risks revealed by public satellite data. In this panel, learn how OpenIR’s automated systems for viewing and understanding satellite data can be used with DIY environmental sensor systems.
World Maker Faire 2012: Alton & Carrie Barron, “Making Things Makes Us Better”
Making things is good for our minds, moods, earning potential, and our economy. Purposeful hand use breeds contentment, enhances cognition and alters brain chemistry. Renewed prosperity will come through creativity and manufacturing our own goods.
World Maker Faire 2012: Chris Anderson, “Drones!”
Why should the military have all the cool stuff? The age of the personal drone has arrived, and you can make one yourself. Chris Anderson (DIY Drones/Wired) shows the latest in multicopters, robot planes and flying AI.
2012 World Maker Faire: Stephen Wolfram, “Computation Everywhere”
Stephen Wolfram, President and CEO of Wolfram Research, will show some of the things that are now possible to make with Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram SystemModeler, etc, particularly when combined with new devices and technologies. Expect some surprising demos, and sneak previews of Wolfram technologies currently under development.
World Maker Faire 2012: David Pogue, “Should Science Be Allowed to be Interesting”
One Man’s Insane Journey through a TV Career on PBS
In this lavishly photographed, highly hilarious talk, Pogue will share the experience of a lifetime–and opine on the state of science, television, and humor in America.
World Maker Faire 2012, “Building a Museum Through Crowd Funding”
Tesla Gets His Due – Jane Alcorn, Slava Rubin
Let’s Build a Tesla Museum: The story behind how $1.3+ million was raised to save Wardenclyffe, Nikola Tesla’s last remaining laboratory, and what we plan to do. Tesla gave us formative patents for radio, alternating current, robotics, and remote control.
World Maker Faire 2012: Jack Hitt, “Tesla’s Dream and the coming Amateur Revolution”
Hitt will talk about the latest amateur to break out of her metaphorical garage–the inventor of the wireless battery-charger–and how she’s part of a historical cycle, the latest DIY revolution that’s coming.
