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.
I’m not at the Faire. I’m home in my stuffy, humid home office in Virginia, wishing I was in Detroit, hanging out with my maker peeps and knocking back the Tschunks. But from this distance, scanning Flickr, FB, Twitter, etc. for signs of Motor City maker life, I’m getting certain impressions of what’s going on […]
Sashimi Tabernacle Choir. From Dave Hogg’s Flickr feed Twitpic image from today, spotted on @jonrjohnston’s Twitter feed One of the things I love about Maker Faire (and MAKE and Make: Television and everything else we do) is the relative mainstreaming we offer to creative weirdness. There’s always an element of fringe creativity and over-the-top whimsical […]
It wouldn’t be DEtroit without vats of molten metal as bright as the sun pouring and spitting into molds. Poet, painter, photographer, sculptor (AND bartender), Joe Sandor, is providing the hellfire at this weekend’s Maker Faire Detroit. Joe’s actually from Chicago, but we won’t hold that against him. Tonight, at 7pm, he’ll be at the […]
One of my favorite features of Maker Faire Bay Area was the Maker Shed soldering merit badges and the Learn to Solder tent. It looks like it’s a similar hit in Detroit. Marc de Vinck shares this great Maker Faire moment: Marc (asking a kid): “Did you learn to solder? Was it fun?” Kid: “Yeah! […]
You may remember Mike Gould and his awesome laser lunchboxes from his project article in MAKE Volume 20. Mike is at Maker Faire Detroit, talking about lunchbox lasers and performing laser shows as the Illuminatus Laser Light Opera. Check out his website for more information on building your own laser lunchbox. The rest of Mike’s […]
Our old pal, the net-connected, twittering car, AJ the Fiesta, is back in action and tweeting from Maker Faire Detroit. How’s the tire pressure, AJ? American Journey 2.0 on MAKE
Once again, the DIY Bigtop has thrown open its flaps; the tech and creativity circus has come to town! Cue up the circuit-bent marching bands, switch on the robo-clowns, rev up the art cars. It’s time for Maker Faire Detroit at The Henry Ford! If you’re going to the Faire, or just want to follow […]
