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.
It’s the closest you’ll come to getting uncomfortably covered in sticky sugar water without actually being at the Faire for an Eepybird show. Grab your 3D glasses and check it out. This anaglyph 3D video was shot by Eric Kurland of Retinal Rivalry. Thanks, Eric! Eepybird.com
Every year, at Maker Faire, I have one or more “epiphanies,” transcendent moments where I feel joyously overwhelmed by the wonder of what’s happening at the Faire — where it dawns on me how truly amazing this event is and how lucky I am to be a part of it. This year, my epiphanies were […]
I just started going through the @makerfaire twitter messages. Some of my faves already, even though I’m not even close to finishing to sort them: @choklit: @makerfaire was brilliant, exhausting, magical, quirky and beautiful. The best was the many luminous lovelies I connected with. Now, to bed @quellybeep: full day @makerfaire turned total sensory overload […]
I didn’t get a chance to take a ton of photos at Maker Faire, but I did catch this dad and his daughter working on this electronics kit together in the Sparkfun tent. I didn’t catch their names, so if that’s you, post in the comments! I think there should be an international “teach your […]
Cris Benton writes in: This year’s event was fabulous and my kite aerial photography group had a fine time. I took a break from the KAP exhibit on Sunday and made a circuit through the Faire with my pole camera setup. I was able to stitch an interior 360 degree panorama in the large hall […]
The folks from BotJunkie and OhGizmo were at Maker Faire and did a nice job of Twittering it and posting on their sites. Here’s a link to a brief gallery of robot pics on BotJunkie and a Tesla Coil video and some awesome pics on OhGizmo.
Moldover‘s SyncoMasher combines 5 distinct music controllers into one console – and looks as if it was pulled straight out of a DJ’s TARDIS. While the device received plenty of play from faire attendees, I managed to squeeze in a quick interview with its creator.
