Austin Maker Fair 2007 (more photos)
Eric (our video intern) just posted up a MASSIVE set of photos from Maker Faire – Link & slideshow.
Maker Faire
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth โ 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 peopleย 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.
Geekdads podcast covers Maker Faire Austin
MAKE/O’Reilly Media’s Bruce Stewart, who also contributes to the Geekdad blog, was a guest on Episode #4 of the Geekdads podcast, talking about the kid-friendly fun to be had at Maker Faires. The image above is from Bruce’s Flickr sets (set 1, set 2) of the Austin Faire. Episode 4: Keep it Geeky! – Link
Octopart @ Maker Faire
Octopart @ Maker Faire, Sam and Harish write – …We met a lot of great people and learned a lot about the open-source hardware movement. Although the term still hasn’t been clearly defined, the motivating philosophy is similar to that of open-source software. Information, such as schematics and designs, describing hardware is made freely available […]
Stunning pics of the Mouse Trap from Maker Faire
1,500+ pictures make for a long slideshow, but I think I got through several hundred of them last night. I marked tons of them as favorites, but the photo shown above of Mouse Trap really grabbed me. View it at full size for maximum impact. The photographer has a bunch more, too – Link
Mentos and Diet Coke @ Maker Faire!
The best part is when all the kids are dancing in the soda/Mentos…
Flames! @ Maker Faire
Flaming Halloween – pneumatic and static props, makeup, lifecasting, and SCARE for a Cure haunt & Link to M4V.
Tesla music @ Maker Faire
Pipe Dream. Resonance Labs presents a windless pipe organ based on controlled feedback. Its 16 tuned, MIDI-controlled PVC pipes provide a rafter rattling bass line for an orchestra composed of Tesla coils by the Geek Group. Each pipe has a speaker and microphone pickup with a control circuit that feeds the microphone signal to a […]
