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.
Here is a brand new version of the popular potato cannon built by the DeRose family and shown at this years Maker Faire. Check out their website for more details. To download The Potato Gatling Gun MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes.
Learn how to modify the classic Rumble Robot toy with an Arduino. Thanks go to Dino Segovis for this Weekend Project from Maker Faire. To download The Arduino Rumble Robots MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes.
Designing and offering a new invention usually requires making a model of what you have created. Perry Kaye explains the art of Frankenstein Prototyping and shows us a new invention and how he built it in this Weekend Project from Maker Faire.
So, what to do with a slightly-used booth from Maker Faire? Well, if you’re Dino, of DinoFab, you make a food prep/passthrough counter for your kitchen. Nice that he’s still wearing the shirt, too. Memories. DinoFab
There’s a big Open House at TechShop, Menlo Park, this Saturday, 6/13/2009 from 10 AM to 6 PM. There will be a presentation and workshop by Bob Johansen (Fellow from the Institute for the Future) discussing points from his book on leadership skills for makers. They’re also offering TechShop Maker Faire Membership Specials, going on […]
[Image from Shopbot Tools] Daniel Smithwick has been working to develop a new model for architecture. Instead of building each structure as a custom object, people can use software and hardware to make repeatable designs that can be manufactured and assembled where and when they are needed. He recently wrote an article on the Shopbot […]
[Photo by Scott Beale] Dan Chiles is a member of Springfield City Council in Missouri. He visited Maker Faire and wrote about it in the Springfield News-Leader. I think he does a fine job, in a brief piece, of capturing the wonder and inspiration (and the delightful wackiness) of a Maker Faire: I saw a […]
