Jane Bom-Bane and her Mechanical Hats
Jane Bom-Bane builds mechanical hats and wears them while singing and playing songs. She shows her skills and talents at the Brighton Mini Maker Faire.
Maker Faire
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.
Sculptures from Spare Parts: Typewriter Assemblage
Jeremy Mayer’s typewriter assemblages are sculptural pieces made purely from typewriter parts. In a process he calls “reassemblage,” Mayer fits the pieces together into likenesses of living creatures using no welds, glue, solder, or external parts. He talks about and shows his work at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. http://jeremymayer.com http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5446
Anatomic Eagle Kinetic Sculpture: Fledgling
Fledgling is a metal kinetic sculpture that is anatomically similar to an eagle. Under the watchful eye of Christian Ristow, Participants at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 climb up the staircase along its spine, and sit in the ribcage where they can pedal furiously in order to slowly move the bird’s wings in mimicry of flight. http://www.christianristow.com/ http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4990
Mitch Altman Talks about the Value of Hackerspaces
Mitch Altman, founder of NoiseBridge hackerspace in San Francisco, talks at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 about how spaces like his are allowing creative expression all over the world. Hackers at NoiseBridge conduct biology experiments and hacked a wheelchair to be controlled by computer, phone, and even one’s own brain waves. http://www.tvbgone.com http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5036
Interactive Robot Animal Speaks: Electric Giraffe
Lindsay Lawlor once attended Burning Man in a full-sized Giraffe suit, until one day a friend of his suggested he build a mechanical giraffe from metal, electronics, and a slew of flashing LED lights. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. http://www.electricgiraffe.com/ http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/5333
Metalheads at Maker Faire Detroit
Joe Sandor and the crew from Chicago Crucible demonstrate an iron pour at Maker Faire Detroit 2011. These metalheads collected metal from old radiators and coke from a Detroit power plant and then fired up the furnace. They poured the molten steel into a watermelon and other decorative molds, which were created at the Faire.
The Obama Board: Build Your Own Obama Speech
Created by Ashley Lewis, The Obama Board is a new twist on a traditional musical keyboard. Instead of a musical note, each key, when pressed emits the sound of a word from Barack Obama’s inauguration speech. Press the keys in the sequence of your choice to create you own speech!
Find out more about Maker Faire: http://makerfaire.com/
