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.
Things are starting to spin up nicely at the fairgrounds, with Education Day playing host to some 1,000 kids from local area schools this morning. The kids got to preview the show, watch demos and performances and discuss projects with 75 makers. They sure looked (and sounded) like they were having a ball.
Make: Live airs tonight! Don’t miss our Maker Faire episode where guests Super Awesome Sylvia, Jimmie Rogers, and Russell the electric giraffe join us live from the Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 preparty. We’ll be right next to the Colossus sculpture, where makers eat and drink to celebrate the weekend’s upcoming events. Make: Live 09 […]
Todd Williams is jewelry maker with a fine hand, a sculpture maker with a wit, and a performer trickster. He might spend 200 or 300 hours perfecting one of his incredible Land Sharks but the real work comes when he brings them out to play. His sculptures are animations that interact with people at events like Burning Man and Coachella by chasing each other through the crowds. While the chassis of the sharks is a remote control monster truck, you can’t just drive a Land Shark, you have to become a Land Shark.
Tero Karvinen and Kimmo Karvinen are authors of the recently-published Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets, which teaches you how to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, and make your own cell phone applications. They’ll both be joining us at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 in the Maker […]
HOMEGROWN Village is about to make its third appearance at Maker Faire Bay Area. Here’s how they describe their presence at the Faire: “The HOMEGROWN Village at Maker Faire Bay Area is an opportunity to connect people with the story of our food, from the bees that pollinate to the farmers who harvest. Learn how […]
Todd Williams is jewelry maker with a fine hand, a sculpture maker with a wit, and a performer trickster. He might spend 200 or 300 hours perfecting one of his incredible Land Sharks but the real work comes when he brings them out to play. His sculptures are animations that interact with people at events […]
The Flaming Lotus Girls are a “female-driven, volunteer-based group of artists who have been making kinetic, mechanical fire art since 2000.” They’ve brought awesome, fiery installations to three previous Maker Faire Bay Areas, and this year they are bringing three of their stunning Mutopia Pods. Mutopia in all its glory is “a spiraling sculptural installation […]
