Machinist Opens his Locks with Style and Ease: Rebuilt Keys
Jimmy DiResta shares his unique one-of-a-kind keys at Maker Faire New York.
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Confectionary Art Cars: Acme Muffineering
Lisa Pongrace’s cupcake cars are powered by electric motors, and evolved from a costume idea for Burning Man. After building the first prototype, her friends wanted their own mobile muffins and helped create a fleet of confectionery art cars. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.
http://www.acmemuffineering.com/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5444
Homemade Star Wars Bots: The R2D2 Builders Club
The R2D2 Builder’s Club brings one of the world’s most beloved fictional robots to life. Steve Simmons and his hobby roboticist club use fabrication, programming, and remote controls to build exact replicas of R2D2. Their R2’s are quirky friends who roamed Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 delighting everyone they encountered.
http://astromech.net/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5022
Bare Essentials for Robotics: Simple Bots
Randy Sarafan started Simple Bots on a bet. A coworker wanted a simple introduction to robotics, so Randy set out to prove that he could build a functioning robot in ten minutes. This was the impetus for a family of bots shown at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 that can be easily made from a variety of parts that are on hand for the average diy enthusiast.
http://www.randysarafan.com/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5079
Building with the Bay Area Lego Users Group: BAYLUG
The Bay Area Lego Users Group builds creations of every size and type imaginable, exclusively using Lego blocks. From entire neighborhoods of buildings, to a scale reproduction of the battleship Yamato, they had plenty on hand to show at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. At their meetings they often have competitions to test their building prowess, in events such as coaster cars and structural stability on their very own “earthquake table.”
http://www.baylug.org/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4916
A Culinary Treat for Maker Faire Attendees: Secret Noodle Truck
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Hidden somewhere on the grounds of World Maker Faire New York is a fully functioning noodle house in the back of a rental truck, run by Mark Krawczuk. The truck usually appears at New York’s Lost Horizon Night Market and serves new friends two types of noodle soups.
Taking a Bike Ride Around the Treachorous Whiskey-Drome
The cycling madmen of Whiskeydrunk Cycles set up their WhiskeyDrome at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Bicycle daredevils Joshua Thwaites and Joey Castorwere on hand doing death-defying tricks.
http://fbuc.org/tag/whiskey-drome/
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/6151
