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.
While walking around the Maker Faire grounds this morning I took a quick census all of the 3D printers. All told I saw 55 3D printers on the fairgrounds, 23 of which were unique designs. That’s not including the CNC machines or the stock of three dozen or so Replicator, Up! printers, and Printrbots for […]
Mark Arnon Rosen and Wendy Marvel create these incredible mechanical flip books inspired by split-flap displays. The one above is called Leapfrog. Mark and Wendy will be stopping by the fishbowl to talk about their work later this afternoon. Tune in here.
IKEA for robots – lowest cost functional robots for everyone. So cute. Support them on kickstarter!
Eeee! Making and space!
Maker Faire is a big house where all are welcome. Come sit on the Front Porch.
Earlier today Gareth had the idea that we should run an image gallery of the great clothes worn by people who come to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 (taking place now). So Gar and I went out and snapped some photos of folks wearing interesting outfits. We’ll post another gallery later, because there are so […]
I was excited to check out Larry Ogrodnek’s lullaby machine, which he’s showing in Expo Hall. We’ll try to get him onto the Maker Faire livestream this afternoon. We’ll start up the stream soon!
