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Costumes, Driveable Tanks, and electroBOOM at Maker Faire Calgary

Costumes, Driveable Tanks, and electroBOOM at Maker Faire Calgary

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. find me at CalebKraft.com

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Maker Faire Calgary is being held over the Halloween weekend? Sounds like a phenomenal idea to us. We can’t wait to go!

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Collect Rainwater with a DIY 275-Gallon Rain Cube

Collect Rainwater with a DIY 275-Gallon Rain Cube

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Using an IBC (intermediate bulk container) Ben Nelson created a rain water collection system that can hold 275 gallons of water.

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Install a Pressurized Water System on Your Car Bumper

Install a Pressurized Water System on Your Car Bumper

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Self-trained “hobbyist engineer” Ed Zarick added running water to the outside of his jeep with a reservoir he installed in his bumper.

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3D Printed Giant Miniature Walking Robot Tank

Cully Meier

By Cully Meier

Cully Meier

Maker, experimenter, artist, musician, vintage VW enthusiast, cat person.

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If you are a fan of incredibly detailed, operational, hand-built creations, you might want to check this out. Codename Colossus is a walking robot tank created by Michael Sng, an artist and graphic designer from Singapore. Sng entered the toy realm as a lead designer for Singapore-based Stikfas Ltd., creating articulating action figure kits that ultimately gained […]

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RC tanks roll into Maker Faire.

Tiny R/C Tanks Converge on Bay Area for Battle

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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“I have always been interested in tracked vehicles,” says Seth Abrahams. Abrahams is a member of the Bay Area Tankers club, a group of R/C tank enthusiasts who promote the hobby of scale model armored vehicles. Abrahams brought his 1/16th scale RC tanks to Maker Fair Bay Area last year, and he’ll be back again […]

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