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.
2012 World Maker Faire: Andrew Kessler, “Makers on Mars: Collaboration in Mission Control”
NASA has a knack for getting massive teams of brainiacs to put aside their differences and pull off incredible feats. Martian Summer author Andrew Kessler shares insights from his three months in Mars Phoenix mission control.
Students and parents recognize the value of going to college, yet applying can be a confusing process. The dean of admissions at MIT will and offer advice to students as to how best to prepare for the college experience and application process.
World Maker Faire 2012: Mason Peck, “Working with NASA on Innovative Space Technology”
NASA’s Chief Technologist will describe how NASA is engaging communities involved in developing the killer apps for space that may determine the future of commercial space.
World Maker Faire 2012: Catarina Mota & Dustyn Roberts, “The State of Open Source Hardware”
From the co-chairs of the 2012 Open Hardware Summit: an overview of the defining events of the last 10 years to draw a snapshot of the current state of the open source hardware movement and the impact it’s having in maker culture and beyond.
In this video from World Maker Faire New York 2012, Massimo Banzi updates the audience on all the latest hardware and software developments in the Arduino platform.
This year at World Maker Faire, we put together a Breadboarding Workshop to act as a companion to our popular Learn to Solder activity. For a test run, it was a great success. We taught over 80 people how to use a breadboard and to build a fun blinky light circuit on the board. Here are the PDFs from the workshop.
Almost 30 Mini Maker Faire producers gathered at World Maker Faire New York for workshops and fun. Watch the video of the panel presentation on the Mini Maker Faire program from Maker Faire New York. Plus news on three Mini Maker Faires this weekend, two next weekend, and three with open “Calls for Makers.”
