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.
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Being at a Maker Faire, you can tell what’s making an impact by what you overhear people excitedly talking about. At World Maker Faire, there was the usual chatter about old favorites like the Life Size Moustrap and Coke Zero and Mentos, and lots of excited chatter over ArcAttack!, the Madagascar Institute’s Chariot Races and […]
Molly of Rocketboom paid a visit to World Maker Faire this weekend and filed this video report. Molly Goes to the Maker Faire
When I mentioned to Chris Hackett, director of Madagascar Institute, that I’d have a bum knee during World Maker Faire NY, he offered to “get the Rascal Cycle working” for me. He did indeed, and I rode it from my station in the CRAFT booth to my demo performances on the opposite side of the […]
It was more fun crafting today at World Maker Faire in NY! How adorable is Meg Allan Cole with her pink sewing machine? Meg showed crafters how to make a plush hedgehog. Brett Bara with her cute amigurumi robot she demoed. We’ll have the link to the pattern soon!
This ride, built by the dastardly danger-hackers at the Madagascar Institute, scares the daylights out of me. But some men are braver than I am. Like Tim O’Reilly (yes, that Tim O’Reilly) who didn’t seem too apprehensive about straddling a pulse jet welded to a glorified swing set. I don’t know about him, but my […]
Everyone had a great time at the first World Maker Faire New York yesterday, and there’s a whole second day of DIY goodness waiting to unfold today. If you’re in the area, head over to the New York Hall of Science in Queens from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and get inspired! The Maker Faire […]
Today’s chariot races at Maker Faire were good fun. Seriously goofy fun, but fun nonetheless. And nobody got too hurt. More slightly disturbing mayhem tomorrow, at 1pm and 5pm. See all of the latest fair coverage on World Maker Faire Daily feed.
