A Photo Tour of Maker Faire
Here's a quick peek at some of the things we saw this morning Maker Faire. Read more »
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Tinkercad is Back! Autodesk is Buying It
Autodesk announced today they’ve signed a deal to acquire Tinkercad and revive the popular web-based 3D design tool and its growing community of makers and educators. Read more »
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Quiet, Humble Sugru Attracts a Crowd at Maker Faire
They are located directly across from the flashing lights of Make:Labs’ Nuclear Fuser. The pew-pew-pew of ray guns is in the air. But Sugru, the humble, quiet “self-setting rubber” is managing to attract quite a crowd at Maker Faire. It makes sense: in the epicenter of geeky tech culture there’s... Read more »
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Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 is Open!
Come one, come all. The original Maker Faire Bigtop has thrown open its flaps! Cue up the circuit-bent marching bands, switch on the robo-clowns, rev up the art cars. It’s time for Maker Faire! Read more »
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Maker Faire a Place for Innovators
A host of hopeful startups will be in evidence today the Bay Area Maker Faire. The fair's list of sponsors includes a startup category. Maker Faire is a chance for many of these companies to show their products to an appreciative audience. The relationship goes deep; the companies were started... Read more »
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Kid-Friendly Activities at Maker Faire
It's Maker Faire weekend! Check out this round-up of some of the kid-friendly performances, exhibits, and activities taking place Saturday and Sunday at the San Mateo Event Center. Read more »
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Maker Faire Bay Area Ready for Showtime
The production crew at MAKE has been preparing all week. Sets and stages have been built. Communications and power have been put in place. Finally, everything is ready to go. It's set-up day. This morning, the gates opened for makers and sponsors to check in and set-up their exhibits. The... Read more »
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Bunnie’s Form 1 Printer Teardown
Andrew "bunnie" Huang backed Formlabs' 2012 Kickstarter for the Form 1 liquid resin (SLA) printer and just scored a pre-release beta unit through his connect with Neoteny Labs.vAnd, naturally, the first thing he did was tear it apart. Read more »
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Pedal Car Race Competition Heats Up
The fine folks of the Fun Bike Unicorn Club (FBUC) are hosting the second annual Death Defying Figure 8 Races this weekend, May 18 and 19, at Maker Faire Bay Area. One look at a handful of the pedal cars that will be racing this weekend, and it’s clear the... Read more »
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In the midst of Maker Faire: A “How to Make a Makerspace” Workshop
Outside, you could hear the thwack of hammers and the beeps of trucks backing up. Maker Faire was coming together on the Friday before opening. But inside this classroom, a very serious group of 32 were intensely focused on the process of making a makerspace. The workshop had attracted activists... Read more »
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A Steam-Powered Printing Press at Maker Faire
At Maker Faire Bay Area the crew from Kinetic Steam Works are hard at work on turning the power of steam into the power of the pen. Read more »
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Space Palette – Music and Visuals in One Fluid Motion
Space Palette is a fun instrument that combines visual and musical outputs. It works by waving your hands inside the holes of a wooden frame that looks a bit like an Atomic Age television screen of some sort. Depending on the location and depth of your hand, different sounds and... Read more »
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