Read how Chuck Swiger turned a passion for monitoring e-bike battery health into a winning project for the PSoC Pioneer Challenge! He’ll now travel to Maker Faire Bay Area to exhibit his project.
Fixed-wing UAVs aren’t just for bombs anymore — meet the nonprofit building drones to fly supplies to Syria
The lights. The fire. The explosions. The dancing robots. There’s a lot to see at Maker Faire, and it can be difficult to digest it all in a short weekend. Thankfully, over the past 10 years there have been hundreds of Maker Faire videos, ones produced by Make:, ones done by other media outlets, and […]
Looking for a thrift store-friendly DIY? Create your own custom upcycled bike basket with just a few easy-to-find items from your own home or your favorite flea market. If you’ve got a few extra minutes (plus glue drying time) to spare this weekend, you can hit the farmer’s market in style with a cute and […]
ATTENTION ALL DRONE PILOTS! Have you dreamed of drone combat? Would you like to see how your drone stacks up against the competition in a drone-to-drone fight? Now is your chance to join Game of Drones with Aerial Sports League’s Combat Games for this year’s 10th annual Maker Faire! Free admission, great fun, and prizes! Build, […]
In the dark of night, one of the builders at UsaRCJets took the engine from a dead weed eater, parts from an old R/C banana boat plane, a 1′×2′ board and cobbled them together into this monstrous wacky hack. With no plans and only some beers to guide him, Billy D set to work making […]
There are so many amazing ways in which Makers express themselves in their making. From ingenious electronics to useful crafts to gorgeous works of art, making takes myriad, often hybrid forms. One of the most consistently offbeat and entertaining forms of makery that proudly parades itself around Maker Faire each year is the alternative vehicle, […]
