The editors of MAKE and CRAFT magazines picked their favorite projects and exhibitors and awarded blue ribbons at Maker Faire Austin. Here's their top picks:
Austin Bike Zoo awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan, Collin Cunningham, Gareth Branwyn , Keith Hammond, Kipp Bradford, Louise Glasgow, Mark Frauenfelder, Mister Jalopy, Sherry Huss
Austin Metal Authority awarded by Becky Stern, Keith Hammond, Marc De Vinck, Mark Frauenfelder
Milkscanner/ Inkscanner awarded by Collin Cunningham, Kip Kay, Louise Glasgow, Luke Iseman
Aaron Ristau Sculpture awarded by Bill Gurstelle, Gareth Branwyn, Marc De Vinck, Mister Jalopy
Xylocopa Design awarded by Becky Stern, Gareth Branwyn, Mark Frauenfelder, Mister Jalopy
B9 Lost in Space awarded by Marc De Vinck, Michelle Hlubinka, Phil Torrone
Carmadillo awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan, Louise Glasgow, Marc De Vinck
Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo awarded by Keith Hammond, Kipp Bradford, Sherry Huss
Mice'Pace Maze awarded by Bill Gurstelle, Keith Hammond, Patti Schiendelman
Sashimi Tabernacle Choir awarded by Gareth Branwyn, Louise Glasgow, Phil Torrone
Simple Solar Circuits awarded by Becky Stern, Gareth Branwyn, Mark Frauenfelder
Yahoo! Purple Pedal Project awarded by Mark Frauenfelder, Phil Torrone, Sherry Huss
ArcAttack! awarded by Luke Iseman, Sherry Huss
Maker Kids awarded by Patti Schiendelman, Sherry Huss
Boiler Bar Theater awarded by Marc De Vinck, Shawn Connally
Build Your CNC awarded by Keith Hammond, Luke Iseman
Capitol BEST awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan, Patti Schiendelman
Eco-modding with Illuminati Motor Works awarded by Sherry Huss, Stacey Price
Edible Austin Food Makers Pavilion awarded by Phil Torrone, Sherry Huss
Foxy Monster awarded by Phil Torrone, Shawn Connally
HoopCircle awarded by Kipp Bradford, Phil Torrone
Mongo awarded by Bill Gurstelle, Bridgette Vanderlaan
NuVinci Continuously Variable Transmission awarded by Katie Dougherty, Keith Hammond
Sangre del Sol awarded by Gareth Branwyn, Louise Glasgow
Sculpt Your Own Earthen Oven awarded by Dan Woods, Luke Iseman
ShopBot Tools awarded by Mister Jalopy, Sherry Huss
SparkFun Electronics awarded by Gareth Branwyn, Marc De Vinck
Stab Happy: Needle felting the cute and the strange awarded by Becky Stern, Kim Dow
Sustainable Waves awarded by Keith Hammond, Louise Glasgow
Texas LEGO User Group (TexLUG) awarded by Gareth Branwyn, Patti Schiendelman
The Elements awarded by Kip Kay, Kipp Bradford
THE PONGINATOR awarded by Kip Kay, Louise Glasgow
The Stribe awarded by Collin Cunningham, Mark Frauenfelder
YouthLaunch's Urban Roots Farm Program awarded by Patti Schiendelman, Sherry Huss
11:11 enterprises awarded by Kipp Bradford
Airheads Air Drums awarded by Patti Schiendelman
SparkleLabs Easy Electronics Kit awarded by Dan Woods
Ararat Mid-East Fusion awarded by Collin Cunningham
Art In A Nutshell awarded by Patti Schiendelman
Art Of Texas awarded by Sherry Huss
Attic Journals awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Austin Chronicle awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan
Austin Area Electric Vehicle Association awarded by Luke Iseman
Austinist awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan
Bark for Peace! awarded by Kip Kay
Big Skull awarded by Kip Kay
Black Light for Animal, Mineral, and Vegetable Identification awarded by Mister Jalopy
Bleep Labs awarded by Mark Frauenfelder
Bug Labs awarded by Katie Dougherty
Butterfly Dress by Alex Reeder awarded by Becky Stern
Ceiling Fan Sign awarded by Bill Gurstelle
Cluster Computing awarded by Luke Iseman
Cocoa Puro awarded by Sherry Huss
Collin Welsch awarded by Shawn Connally
Cool Glow Wii Mote Modification awarded by Patti Schiendelman
CraftSylish.com awarded by Katie Dougherty
Crafty Chica awarded by Katie Dougherty
Cranky and Plucky awarded by Collin Cunningham
Dallas Personal Robotics Group awarded by Marc De Vinck
Design Visionaries, Inc, YouGizmos.com awarded by Katie Dougherty
Designs by Lanese awarded by Kipp Bradford
Diet Coke & Mentos Mega-Fountains awarded by Phil Torrone
Digital Wheel Art by Young Hyun Chung awarded by Luke Iseman
Dirty Dylan's Organic Greenscapes awarded by Dan Woods
Doodle Beast awarded by Phil Torrone
Dragonfire Glass Blower awarded by Kip Kay
Dremel awarded by Katie Dougherty
Ecology Action of Texas awarded by Kipp Bradford
Educators' Maker Faire awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang awarded by Mark Frauenfelder
Electric Tall Bike awarded by Luke Iseman
Esmerelda Strange awarded by Louise Glasgow
Teeter Totter awarded by Marc De Vinck
Fleegal Farms Soaps and More awarded by Stacey Price
Portable Glass Flamework awarded by Becky Stern
Green Corn Project awarded by Phil Torrone
Green DIY Extravaganza awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan
Groovy CNC! awarded by Phil Torrone
Habitat For Bats Build it yourself Bat House awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Homemade LED Sci-Fi Space Light Props, Robots, Models and VFX! awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Howtoons awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Hungry Scientist Cryogenic Ice Cream awarded by Louise Glasgow
IgnaFire Chocolates awarded by Collin Cunningham
IKEA awarded by Stacey Price
Instructables.com awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Jake's Natural Fine Foods awarded by Sherry Huss
Knotty bags awarded by Kip Kay
Laser Harp awarded by Becky Stern
Life Size Mousetrap awarded by Sherry Huss
Lit Up awarded by Gareth Branwyn
Living With Fire awarded by Louise Glasgow
Loud Objects awarded by Collin Cunningham
Lucy Blue Studio awarded by Shawn Connally
Maker Faire Information Booth - O'Reilly awarded by Sara Peyton
Massage me awarded by Becky Stern
Mechanical Confections awarded by Mark Frauenfelder
MegaModel awarded by Kip Kay
Mellow Johnny's awarded by Stacey Price
Metal Brazing and Welding awarded by Patti Schiendelman
Micro RC Jousting awarded by Patti Schiendelman
Microsoft .Net Micro Framework awarded by Katie Dougherty
Mosaic Tile Quilt awarded by Louise Glasgow
Nogas / Ace Technologies awarded by Mark Frauenfelder
nublabs & the Boston FabLab awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Online Metals awarded by Katie Dougherty
Operation Playmate awarded by Collin Cunningham
Organ Pipe Cactus Pipe Organ awarded by Kip Kay
Parallax awarded by Katie Dougherty
Peanut Butter Monster Detector awarded by Keith Hammond
Pyrotechnics Meets Art awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan
R/C Warship Combat awarded by Gareth Branwyn
Refashioned Fashion Show awarded by Bridgette Vanderlaan
Robotic Drum Set awarded by Collin Cunningham
Stirling Engines awarded by Kipp Bradford
Sugar Tooth Bakery awarded by Kipp Bradford
TAP Plastics awarded by Katie Dougherty
the amazing hancock brothers awarded by Keith Hammond
The Down and Dirty of Green Cleaning awarded by Luke Iseman
Ping Pong Printer awarded by Kip Kay
The Planck awarded by Luke Iseman
The Robot Group awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Thereping awarded by Collin Cunningham
Thunder Heart Bison awarded by Keith Hammond
Tiger Truck awarded by Kathryn Rowe
Torchy's Tacos awarded by Sherry Huss
Weavers and Spinners Society of Austin awarded by Kipp Bradford
You Rock awarded by Michelle Hlubinka
Zen Bend awarded by Bill Gurstelle
Zhi Tea awarded by Sherry Huss
ZW2 awarded by Marc De Vinck
