Josh Billions demonstrates the Mapbag at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. It is a bicycle messenger bag with a ring of vibrating motors sewn into its strap, whose positions correspond...
Posted by Becky Stern | Tuesday September 13th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, Craft, General | No Comments
Addie and Stefan demonstrate Lasersaur at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. Lasersaur is an open source laser cutter the team made after learning a laser cutter would be cost prohibitive...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Monday September 12th, 2011 9:59 AM
Categories: General, Makers, Open Source Hardware, Workshop | No Comments
Bill Patchett and Bill Holloway create complete bike frames out of wood, following the entire process from felling a tree in the urban forest, to shaping and finishing it. This...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday September 10th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, General, Woodworking | 4 Comments
John O'Halloran brought an array of Taiko drums to Maker Faire bay Area 2011, upon which music was played for the duration of the event. Each drum is built from...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday September 9th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Music, Woodworking | 3 Comments
Nemo Gould brings Homunculus to Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 – a garbage robot fashioned from carefully selected reused parts. The head is a recycled voltmeter that’s been flipped upside...
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday September 8th, 2011 11:30 AM
Categories: Art & Design, General | 7 Comments
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...
Posted by Becky Stern | Wednesday September 7th, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Hackerspaces | No Comments
The Now-A-Saurus was created by Chris Merrick and is a time machine with dragonfly wings that transports its riders to the present while spitting fire from its top. At Maker...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Tuesday September 6th, 2011 5:00 PM
Categories: Art & Design | 2 Comments
Erik Johnson made these flexible, wearable LED panels. The animations are controlled over wifi with a mobile device, and Erik brings light-refracting glasses with him to show off the trippy...
Posted by Becky Stern | Tuesday September 6th, 2011 10:30 AM
Categories: General | 3 Comments
The Flaming Lotus Girls create metal machines that are beautiful to look at, but often spit fire as well. Despite the name of their crew, FLG is an all inclusive...
Posted by Becky Stern | Monday September 5th, 2011 7:13 PM
Categories: General, Workshop | 2 Comments
The Steampunk-inspired barbershop group Brass Farthing crooned and serenaded attendees at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. In this video they tell the story of one rapscallion of a trombonist who...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Saturday September 3rd, 2011 10:00 AM
Chris McMullen and Steve Withycombe’s Potentially Annoying Sound is a kinetic sound sculpture constructed from various mechanical elements and a set of discarded church organ pipes. At Maker Faire Bay...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Friday September 2nd, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: General, Music | No Comments
Harvey Moon's Drawing Machine is, at its core, a pen attached to two belts that are both suspending it over a page and controlling its movements. Taking its cues from...
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday September 1st, 2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, General, Robotics | 3 Comments
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