Where Are Makers Coming From for World Maker Faire?
We created a map to show where makers who are coming to World Maker Faire in NYC are coming from.
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.
Mapbag: Josh Billions (video)
Josh Billions demonstrates the Mapbag at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It is a bicycle messenger bag with a ring of vibrating motors sewn into its strap, whose positions correspond to compass points. This soft circuit project uses a Lilypad in conjunction with the gps feature in an Iphone, allowing the user to set a destination and be given constant haptic feedback through the fabric in order to stay on course and in the right direction. This acts as an exploratory wayfinding tool – a fun and useful alternative to a standard turn-by-turn map.
Let’s Make Robots at World Maker Faire NY
Andrew Terranova writes in to let us know what Let’s Make Robots is bringing to World Maker Faire NY this weekend at the New York Hall of Science in Queens.
Maker Faire New York: Circus Warehouse Interview
The countdown to our second Maker Faire New York is in full swing, with less than five days until showtime! The Faire is taking place this upcoming weekend, September 17 and 18, at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. This is the first in a series of interviews intended to give you an […]
Open Source Hardware Everywhere at World Maker Faire
he Open Hardware Summit is this Thursday, Sept 15th, before World Maker Faire. And it’s also being held at the New York Hall of Science. Makers and businesses pushing for open source hardware, open BOM costs, and even open supply chain information for consumer devices, are convening for a day of lectures and learning, friend-making, and business card trading.
The Weekend Projects Challenge at World Maker Faire and Online
As part of RadioShack’s The Great Create campaign, we’re challenging all MAKE readers out there to complete any of our Weekend Projects. In return, you’ll win a FREE Maker’s Notebook ($20 value, pictured above), courtesy of the Maker Shed…
Lasersaur: Addie and Stefan (video)
Addie and Stefan demonstrate Lasersaur at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Lasersaur is an open source laser cutter the team made after learning a laser cutter would be cost prohibitive for them personally. Using easily reproducible parts, the Lasersaur is intended to be built by other users and subsequently improved upon.