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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Great One on One: Dale Dougherty, MAKE Magazine & Maker Faire – Bits Blog @ NYTimes.com. Nick Bilton writes: Dale Dougherty will be overseeing the annual Maker Faire in San Francisco this coming weekend. If you haven’t heard of this event, think about a typical fairground but with robots and giant mousetraps. Also, instead of […]
The Faire doesn’t officially open to the public until tomorrow, but things are already off to an exciting and inspiring start at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. This morning, we opened our gates to 900 local kids from 24 area schools, from Santa Cruz to Sonoma County and the East Bay. Since this year’s theme is […]
Live TV by Ustream We’re thrilled to be able to bring you live streaming video from Maker Faire this year, for the first time in the history of the event! Chris Connors will be bringing you two video feeds of great talks and demos from around the Faire! We’re setting things up and testing today […]
Follow the Team Bobcat Ford Fiesta caravan… Cruising to Stanford Team Bobcat members Collin, Joe, and Jon give a quick demonstration of the latest changes to Caravan Track, explaining their experiences from the road and speculating about future versions This Thursday, the American Journey 2.0 team visited Stanford University, their final destination before heading to […]
5.17.2010 16:32 Getting ready for the Anti/Surveillance Fashion Show (rehearsal) This show is going to present the work of scores of different people from all over. We have scoured the net for examples of fashionable inventions meant to thwart or aid in surveillance. Everyone we’ve contacted is super-excited about the idea, and we’ve been getting […]
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 […]
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. […]
