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.
We’re still looking for entries for the Maker Faire Bay Area, May 30 and 31, at the San Mateo County Expo Center. This year’s focus is Re-Make America, inspired by President Obama’s call for all of us to participate in remaking America. We’re looking to showcase “the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.” Key […]
UK subscriber John Honniball sent us a link to a piece on the BBC’s site, with videos, about the recent Maker Faire Newcastle and the maker movement in general. I like the title: “We are all makers and hackers:” And it is this urge to control that is among the most important parts of the […]
Reminder: We are now accepting entries for the Maker Faire Bay Area, May 30 and 31 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. This year’s focus is Re-Make America, inspired by President Obama’s call for all of us to participate in remaking America. We’re looking to showcase “the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things.” […]
Here’s a three-part YouTube video, done by videographer Craig Mansfield, of last weekend’s UK Maker Faire in Newcastle. He created a special YouTube channel for the videos, in hopes of using it as a means of connecting makers who were at the Faire and in the video. Newcastle Maker Faire Channel More: BBC at Maker […]
The BBC has an article on their site, and filed the above video, about the Maker Faire held in Newcastle, UK this past weekend. Makers meet up in Newcastle
Break out the 3D glasses, it’s a few pics from this weekend’s UK Maker Faire in Newcastle. Maker Fair2 in 3D
We were thrilled to be informed that MAKE won FOLIO magazine’s FAME (FOLIO: Awards for Magazine Events) award for Maker Faire, in their “Best Series of Events” category. Congrats to everybody who’s responsible for making Maker Faire the spectacular, award-wining event that it is. If you want to be a part of this year’s fun […]
