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.
October 24th is the date of the 2010 East Bay Mini Maker Faire. It looks like they’ve got a lot of great makers, crafters, and performers lined up, from robot builders to the Church of Craft, to Howtoons (with novelist Michael Chabon!). And Tim O’Reilly will be there teaching you how to make jam (I’m […]
We’re excited to announce the first ever Ottawa Mini Maker Faire, which will be held on November 6th and 7th in Ottawa, ON.
On today’s O’Reilly Radar, Dale Dougherty has posted the full text of the talk Thomas Kalil delivered at a workshop entitled “Innovation, Education, and the Maker Movement,” held (at the NY Hall of Science) immediately following World Maker Faire. This speech is quite amazing, coming as it does from the Deputy Director of Policy of […]
(From left to right) Albert Hwang and Matt Parker of the Lumarca project presented with the Red Bull “Create the Future” award (a MakerBot!) by Eric Siegel, of the NY Hall of Science, and Gareth Branwyn, of MAKE At this year’s World Maker Faire, Red Bull sponsored a “Create the Future” contest. The idea was […]
If you need any inspiration for your Make: Halloween DIY Haunts project, check out these props that were on display at World Maker Faire, made by the folks at Halloween Animatronics. The rather slender gentleman above is named Marvin and is what they call a “grave popper.” They explain how he was built: We had […]
Every year, I like to collect favorite Faire stories and “moments” from our staff and then throw it open to our readers who were there to hear some of their choice moments. Here are a few snippets from Maker Media folks who were at World Maker Faire. Were you there? What were some your favorite […]
I think this slideshow, with audio excerpts from makers at the Faire, does an excellent job of covering what’s interesting, unique, and important about Maker Faires and the maker movement in general. It was put together by Sarah Tew of CBS Interactive. CNET TV
