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.
RESISTOR sent in the GRL video from Maker Faire – “The Graffiti Research Lab just returned from a tour of California sponsored by the Eyebeam OpenLab and Make Magazine. The G.R.L. met up in San Mateo, CA to create a geek mural on a 1974 school bus at the Maker Faire. Agents Lonely Guy, Micromonster, […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Escher_47 has some great photos from Bruce Shapiro’s sharpie-wielding programmable robot at Maker Faire 2006 – Link.
Video and pictures from the flame shooting RFID enabled trampoline at the Maker Faire! See Dale catch some air! – “The High-Lighter is a trampoline based flame effect. The installation involves a volunteer from the audience jumping on a unmodified trampoline. An ultrasonic sensor placed below the trampoline measures the changes in the height of […]
What do you get when you combine a capacitor, some LEDs, and a solar cell? A B.E.A.M. Bug Bot! B.E.A.M. stands for Biology Electronics Aesthetics Mechanics which means that the robots are inspired by biology which means bugs. Vic De Leon and Stewart Tansley, explained that the solar cell doesn’t put out enough power to […]
There really was something for everyone at the Maker Faire. Here at the Crafster.org’s Kitschy Craft Contest, this little lady was keeping herself very busy decorating her craft project. For the rest of the crowd, many poured through the aisles outside at Bazaar Bizarre snatching up Mother Day’s gifts or to meet their crafting idols. […]
The Make Movie Festival was a great success! Phillip Torrone, David Pescovitz, and I worked together to gather all the submissions and explore the internet to find more movies about makers and making things. The movies were shown at the festival on the main stage between presentations. With so many great entries it was hard […]
Just proof that everyone loves DIY, Daryl Hannah spent some time at the Swap-O-Rama-Rama at the Maker Faire working with CraftyBitch’s Andrea DeHart to refashion a black slip into a “sassy cocktail dress”. Also, see some of the amazing transformations that day of frumpy muumuu’s remade into cute summer dresses. More post Maker Faire coverage […]
