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.
Our project is an open source, Arduino Mega-based computer interface and max/msp– based MIDI sequencer. You can find all kinds of information about it at beatseqr.com, but the ten-second pitch goes like this: Drum machines are fun to use because the interface is intuitive, but they only make the sounds they know how to make. […]
Calling all video makers! We want to see your videos from Maker Faire, coming up this weekend. Share with us your clips, interviews, compositions, whatever you find interesting at the Faire. Upload it to Blip.tv or your own server and submit the video to us! If we use a clip of yours, we’ll give you […]
Every day I hear about another exciting project that will be at this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend, May 22nd and 23rd, at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. One project I can’t wait to see and play with is the Tangible Graffiti Wall, brought from Vancouver by Tangible Interaction‘s Alex Biem. The […]
Make stuff and show it off at the Maker Faire 2 SF Gate… The idea for building from scratch a fire-breathing dragon named Saphira came about over dinner one night at home in San Rafael before Christmas. Now the 8-foot-high steel animatronic character is about to make its debut this weekend at a fair in […]
Maker Faire is this weekend! If you are in the Bay Area, come out and experience the magic. It is in San Mateo. Annnnd… here is our weekly listing of upcoming craft fairs. Please add any events you know of to our online calendar, and if you have a call for vendors you’d like listed, […]
Creative reuse is a big theme every year at Maker Faire, and this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place this weekend at the San Mateo Fairgrounds, is no exception. A group of taiko drummers from Wadaiko Newark are going to be on-site demonstrating how they make gorgeous taiko drums from reclaimed wine barrels. One […]
Here’s some of the exciting craft-filled activities you can enjoy at Maker Faire this weekend! CRAFT Booth Come by the CRAFT booth in Expo Hall where we will have fun craft demos from your favorite crafters each hour. Here’s the full schedule. This year we are excited to have Xyron in our booth where our […]
