SWARM @ Maker Faire
Hack-a-day posted up one of my favorite projects @ Maker Faire, SWARM!
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.
Maker Faire wrap up @ SparkFun Electronics and new stuff…
Our friends at SparkFun Electronics have a fun Maker Faire wrap up and have some new things in stock… At Maker Faire I joked with Nathan the CEO, that SparkFun should do a credit card with a loyalty program, I’d totally trade miles for transistors. Here are some of their latest products that looked interesting […]
Access the web via physical RFID icons
As John Park puts it: “I took the whole art of double-clicking on an icon and made it really complicated and brought it into the physical world.” He made a conveyor belt that has an RFID reader underneath. When you place a wooden icon tile for a website (which has an RFID tag on it), […]
Musical interfaces @ Maker Faire
Here’s a vid showing just a few of the many musical interfaces on hand at Bay Area Maker Faire. There were so many cool instruments, yet so little time to play them all. It was truly awesome to see such a great turnout on the sonic front – big thanks to all who made it […]
Maker Faire photos
Another set of Maker Faire photos – these are from Doug!
DIY R2-D2 is even better than the real thing (interview with the Maker)
Star Wars: DIY R2-D2 is even better than the real thing @ Gizmodo from Maker Faire! Chris James’ R2-D2 won four Make Magazine editors’ choice ribbons at Maker Faire and it’s easy to see why: not only it has every detail from the original—except having a little person inside—but this one is even more charming, […]
Maker Faire photos
Katie writes in with some Maker Faire photos… Photos from Mina Kim, freelance journalist for KQED. This was the first time my dad attended Maker Faire. Now a highly active retiree, he is forever in search of a good photo op. These are 16 from a set of over 700 that he took over 2 […]
