Mini Maker Faire

Bring it! Make it! East Bay Mini Maker Faire

Bring it! Make it! East Bay Mini Maker Faire

The 2nd annual East Bay Mini Maker Faire happened on October 16, 2011. The family-friendly celebration of innovation, creativity and self-reliance continues this year on Sunday, OCTOBER 14, 2012.

For tickets, 2012 lineup and more information, visit ebmakerfaire.com.

Thanks a hundred times over to all the local makers who provide the substance that makes this event the smartest and most fun family-friendly festival of the year. It’s all about MAKING!

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Austin Mini Maker Faire 2012

Austin Mini Maker Faire 2012

Maker Faire brings together families and individuals to celebrate the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset and showcase all kinds of incredible projects. At Maker Faire, you’ll find arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music, fire and water but what makes this event special is that all these interesting projects and smart, creative people belong together. They are actively and openly creating a maker culture.

In its simplest form, Maker Faire creates conversations with Makers. It is a show-and-tell format for people of all ages that brings out the “kid” in all of us. Maker Faire is a community-based learning event that inspires everyone to become a maker and connect to people and projects in their local community. Yet, Maker Faire is a “fair” which should be fun and engaging.

Austin Mini Maker Faire is brought to you by Kami Wilt and Austin Tinkering School. Kami attended the Austin Maker Faire in 2008 and had a life-altering experience there, where she realized that makers and making were central to her existence. Shortly thereafter, she founded Austin Tinkering School, inspired and encouraged by the flagship Tinkering School in San Francisco, which is a place where kids (and adults!) use real tools and real materials to build the things that they think of. After waiting and waiting (and waiting!) for Maker Faire to come back to Austin, she woke up one day last fall realizing that someone had to step up to the plate to bring Maker Faire back to Austin. And it might as well be herself, Austin Tinkering School, and the wily band of tinkerers that call Austin their homeland. Because there’s just far too many makers in Austin not to have a Maker Faire!

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vancouver mini maker faire

vancouver mini maker faire

We’ve all been there. You’re at home, relaxing on the hammock, in the shade and the thought occurs to you, I need a nice cool refreshment but I just can’t bring myself around to getting up, going to the fridge, opening up and replenishing vital body fluids. What to do? Now you have the answer, visit a Maker Fair and learn how to build an automated “anything” for yourself using recycled, re-purposed or just plain old garbage to build just about anything you could ever imagine, including an automated beverage “go getter”. There was surprisingly little for sale at this Maker Faire. Most of it was centered around teaching people how you too can build your own devices out of scrapped items. The coordinators said that they cover costs largely though ticket sales and some food vendors. A better day for the family could not be had anywhere i my opinion, highly recommended. There’s a Makers Faire in just about every major city in North America!
This is a great starting point.
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Lets get some great Reporters out for these upcoming shows, this is great story material.
Produced and Hosted by Percy von Lipinski
Cameras: Pascal Kammer and Luiza Gurgel
Editor: Matt Gibbs

Special Thanks to Emily Smith and Arielle Fraser of Maker Faire

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