Maker Faire

Total Annihilation  
Total Annihilation
Fronted by 11-year-old Eddy Demon, these young masters of kid punk annihilate the universe, starting with your eardrums and everything in between!

Make Your Own Video Game Pixel Projects  
Spins & Needles
Using iron and beads, design an image of your favourite video game character. Take home cool pixelated objects to wear or to display. All materials and instructions provided.

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

How To Crochet 3D Shapes  
Cecily Keim
Out-of-this-world forms and elegant shapes in the universe inspire these crocheted projects. Learn how a hook and yarn can sculpt a 3D fabric hyperbolics and much more.

Paulina Hollers and Carlin  
Video will loop throughout the day Saturday.
Brent Green
Enjoy this collection of animated films, with live sound effects and musical accompaniment provided by the filmmaker.

Power Tool Drag Races  
Power Tool Drag Races
Super Stock off-the-shelf machines and full-tilt multi-motor Top Fuel monstrosities go head-to-head in this capacitor-blowing shrapnel mayhem. Thrill to the speed and smells as hardware store favorites battle down a racetrack to glory.

Society for Creative Anachronism  
Rapier and a Heavy Fighting Demo
Barony of the Westermark
Slip four centuries or more into the past to experience the Barony of the Westermark's take on everything from archery to smithing, weaving to scribing.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

Make Your Own Soft Circuits  
Syuzi Pakhchyan
Create your own wearables and interactive toys using these basic techniques for sewing simple, soft circuits with conductive threads, fabrics, inks, hook-and-loop, and zipper tapes.

How to Silkscreen  

Get a quick overview of using photo-emulsion for silkscreening at home or in your workshop. Learn about designing successful prints and preparing screens for exposure and printing.

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Chapman Hill Techno Team  
See the group's skit and dance illustrating their Make Shift idea of being a cast away without fresh water.
Chapman Hill Techo Team
See a desalination invention created by this group of bright elementary school students, and enjoy their skit and dance illustrating their solution to <a href="http://makezine.com/08/makeshift/">MAKE 08's MakeShift challenge</a> of being a castaway without fresh water.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Make Your Own Veeblefetzers  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a blinky-eyed Veeblefetzer.

Art of the Catapult  
Bill Gurstelle
Author of "Backyard Ballistics" and "Art of the Catapult", Bill Gurstelle offers a historical and technological review of the catapult as well as a preview of the day's King of Fling contest.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Solarbotics BEAM Robots  
Solarbotics Ltd.
Dave Hrynkiw of Solarbotics will be showing off four of their kits, which will be available for purchase in the Maker Store.

Chris Kohler on Retro Gaming Hacks  

Come and get tips on hacking ancient hardware, home-brewing classic software, and adapting today's equipment for retro games.

Make Your Own Fresh Threads  
Miranda Caroligne
Discover decorative techniques you can use to trick out (and cover mishaps) of old button-down shirts. Techniques include sewing, painting, drawing, spray glue, hot glue, etc.

Making Copper Pendants (Without Soldering)  
Margaret Donnelly
These beautiful copper pendants require no soldering! Learn to create a mini-masterpiece to wear and enjoy. The charm incorporates images, papers, color, and a little glue.

Lil' Billies  
The Lil' Billies
Lil' Billies play bluegrass and American folk. They all started playing under music teacher John Fuller at Menlo Park’s Peninsula School, one of California's oldest progressive schools.

Once Upon a Toon  
Joe Wos
Uniquely blending storytelling and live illustration, this cartoonist/storyteller draws the stories as he tells them in this lively interactive program for all ages.

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Project: Pimento  
Project: Pimento
Prepare to swagger in sophisticated, space-age style with the world's only theremin lounge band and its repertoire of toe-tapping mid-20th-century favorites.

How to Sew a Bias-Tape Tote Bag  
Nancy Flynn
Make a simple, stylish bias-tape tote bag that will become a staple in your wardrobe and sewing repertoire.

Quick Crafts with Fusible Interfacing  
C&T Publishing
Use fast2fuse® fusible stiff interfacing with fabric or paper to make vases, boxes, bowls, postcards, costumes, decorative clocks, and more creative projects from the from the Fast, Fun & Easy® how-to book series.

Build a Giant Whale  
Robin Lise Nielsen
Help build a 25-foot-long orca whale. After constructing the whale and a boost from Bernoulli, you can climb inside the belly of the beast!

Retro-Gaming Hacks  
How to put together one of the MAKE "Build Your Own Game Kits"
Joe Grand
Homebrew games and hardware, created by gamers, for gamers, combine nostalgia with modern technology--just for the thrill and challenge. Play with Atari and other retro gaming goodies.

Super Stencilling  
Spins & Needles
Learn how to print the easy way using stencils. Print your stencil of choice on a tote bag or wallet to take home with you. All materials and instructions provided.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Make Your Own Tribbles  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a wiggly Tribble.

Rich Gibson on Wireless Hacks  

Whether your wireless network needs to extend to the edge of your office or to the other end of town, some non-obvious, "from the field" techniques will show you how to get the job done.

Rocket Launch Pad  
LUNAR
Be a rocket scientist! Build and fly a rocket with LUNAR, the Livermore Unit of the National Association of Rocketry, the nation's largest model rocket club.

Daisy the Friendly MP3 Player  
Raphael Abrams
A multipurpose sound player, Daisy works as a standalone personal music player or in art projects, kiosks, tour guides, toys, or anywhere you need high-quality embedded audio.

Moonshine-Powered Motors  
David Blume
See how to produce your own alcohol auto fuel from ground corn and enzymes, and how to convert your car to run on it.

King of Fling Catapult Contest  
Official English Hurling Battle
Bill Gurstelle
See who becomes the Count of Catapults, the Earl of Hurl, the Baroness of Ballistas. Saturday only.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Tarantulas Jug Band  
The Tarantulas Jug Band
Early 20th-century musicians began playing on cigar boxes, washboards, and so on. Hear ragtime, tin-pan-alley, Delta blues, rockabilly, and work songs on homemade jug-band instruments.

Make Your Own Cartoon Characters  
Joe Wos
Learn the art of cartooning and visual storytelling while learning the basic skills needed to both draw and create compelling characters.

Make Your Own Yoda Doll  
Bonnie Burton
A Jedi crafter must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. Serious fans of all ages come craft cute but simple Yoda dolls!

The Evolution Control Committee: Live Infringement  
TradeMark Gunderson
With credits including inventing a music genre (the mashup) and a cease-and-desist from CBS, The ECC's party-science Thimbletron performance is not to be missed.

Diet Coke and Mentos Mega-Fountains  
Eepybird
Help the original Eepybird guys build their amazing Mega-Fountain using Diet Coke and Mentos! Soda practically explodes as carbon dioxide rapidly escapes from the bottle. Note: Saturday only.

Make Your Own Water Rockets  
Morgan Woodson
Build a "Coney" back-gliding water rocket from a plastic bottle and cardboard. Learn to construct simple and complex launchers, fins, and nosecones. Materials supplied.

How to Design and Build Wooden Bikes  
Tom Kabat
Learn unusual design and easy construction techniques to use to build your own unique, fantastic bike at home.

Make Your Own Vibrobot  
Mark Frauenfelder
Learn to make the Vibrobot featured on the cover of MAKE 10, and meet the editor of MAKE who will show you how you can make your own!

Rich Gibson on Google Maps and Mapping Hacks  

Learn creative ways to add to and customize the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps. Plus, learn some simple techniques available to developers and power users who want to draw digital maps.

Power Tool Drag Races  
Power Tool Drag Races
Super Stock off-the-shelf machines and full-tilt multi-motor Top Fuel monstrosities go head-to-head in this capacitor-blowing shrapnel mayhem. Thrill to the speed and smells as hardware store favorites battle down a racetrack to glory.

Make Controller Kit  
Liam Staskawicz
Supporting hobby and professional projects requiring connectivity, ease of use, and control/feedback, this programmable microcontroller interfaces with Max/MSP, Flash, Processing, Java, Python, Ruby - anything that supports OSC.

The Woz  
Steve Wozniak
Meet the renowned Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist who helped shape the computing industry.

Make Your Own Felted Computer Tote  
Ashley Helvey
Learn how to felt a modern computer bag with organic wool. Think of it as a soft wear for your hardware.

Make Your Own Gocco Prints  
Francois Paultre
This clever, hard-to-get Japanese printing technology makes it a snap to print your own stationery, cards, and zines in minutes. Try this cult favorite and you too will be loco for Gocco.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

The Time Outs and The Devil-Ettes  
The Time Outs and The Devil-Ettes
Toe-tapping tunes send tykes and go-go dancers jumping. Submit to the songwriting contest before the set or online—and hear the winning lyrics premiered live!

Simple Sewing  
Lotta Jansdotter
The author of "Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects" shares the inspiration behind and projects from her new book. Afterwards, she will sign books and answer your crafty questions.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Make Your Own Vibrobot  
Mark Frauenfelder
Learn to make the Vibrobot featured on the cover of MAKE 10, and meet the editor of MAKE who will show you how you can make your own!

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

How To Crochet 3D Shapes  
Cecily Keim
Out-of-this-world forms and elegant shapes in the universe inspire these crocheted projects. Learn how a hook and yarn can sculpt a 3D fabric hyperbolics and much more.

Make Your Own Veeblefetzers  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a blinky-eyed Veeblefetzer.

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Andrew Lockhart on Network Security Hacks  

Learn effective methods for defending your servers and networks from a variety of devious and subtle attacks.

Society for Creative Anachronism  
Rapier and a Heavy Fighting Demo
Barony of the Westermark
Slip four centuries or more into the past to experience the Barony of the Westermark's take on everything from archery to smithing, weaving to scribing.

XGameStation Pico Edition 2.0  
Andre Lamothe
Stop by the Maker Store and learn about the XGameStation Pico 2.0; build it and write some games for it!

Blimp Kits  
Workbench 2
Jed Berk
Come by the Maker Store and check out the Blimp Kits that you can build yourself!

How To Needle Felt Wool  
Jamie Marie Chan
Get acquainted with the basic tools and materials needed to make a wool felt. Learn the fundamentals of needle felting round and flat objects.

How to Refashion Sweaters  
Melanie Miguel
Take scissors to your sweaters! Redesign dormant pullovers into something you’ll love to wear. You can combine sweaters, add collars and cuffs, and use interesting hardware.

Project: Pimento  
Project: Pimento
Prepare to swagger in sophisticated, space-age style with the world's only theremin lounge band and its repertoire of toe-tapping mid-20th-century favorites.

The Art of Motion Control  
Bruce Shapiro
The history of Bruce Shapiro's large-scale motion control installations at national and international science centers.

Make Your Own Bead Jewelry  
Susan Beal
Use simple wire techniques and vintage beads to create a pair of simple, stylish earrings--and a necklace or pendant--after your own fashion.

Make Your Own Light-Up Purse  
Alison Lewis
Shine on, fashionistas! Fumble for keys in the dark no more. Assemble easy-to-buy parts into a functional, fashionable light-up purse panel that also displays a message.

Mister Jalopy's Garage  
Mister Jalopy
Mister Jalopy says, "a throwaway society means rocket science technology is available for bubble gum money and a willingness to get dirty." Exploring "Deep Sea Suburbs" has given him insight into custom vans, backyard anthropology, and the California dream.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Damien Stolarz on Car PC Hacks  

Whether you're venturing into car PC for the first time or an experienced hobbyist, hop in for a joy ride.

MintyBoost and MiniPOV  
Limor Fried
Stop by the Maker Store to learn about the MintyBoost and MiniPOV kits directly from their creator.

Evil Mad Scientist Micro Readerboard  
Workbench 2
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Learn how to build the Evil Mad Scientist Micro Readerboard micro-readerboard, which displays a short message, one letter at a time, on a bright single-character alphanumeric LED display.

Uke-y Stardust  
Kelly McCubbin / Ukeapocalypse
Kelly "The Ukulele Apocalypse" McCubbin and his extended band of variously-attired uke-heads will perform David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars," from beginning to end, cabaret-style, entirely on ukulele and other cheap instruments. Freak out! All right!

Open Source Hardware  
Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried
Make Senior Editor Phil Torrone and kit-maker Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries discuss how open source hardware is playing out in gadgets, kits and homebrew projects.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Sock Monkey Madness  
Spins & Needles
Learn to make your very own plush sock monkey from a new pair of socks. Then take the little guy home with you. All materials and instructions provided.

Make Your Own Tribbles  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a wiggly Tribble.

Make Your Own Simple Single-Signature Book  
Francois Paultre
Quickly create books from standard letter-sized paper with a simple bookbinding technique perfect for any small book, such as a journal, zine, or guest book.

Make Your Own Knit T-Shirt Rug  
Susan Herrick
Don't say good-bye to your beloved old shirts! Turn them into a washable rug you can knit yourself.

Coin-Op Arcadia  
Tim Hunkin
Best known for his terrific BBC series "The Secret Life of Machines", Hunkin also masterfully crafts whimsical, coin-operated, mad contraptions that blend the history of penny arcade mechanics with modern wit and technology.

King of Fling Catapult Contest  
Hurling Awards Presented
Bill Gurstelle
See who becomes the Count of Catapults, the Earl of Hurl, the Baroness of Ballistas. Saturday only.

Retro-Gaming Hacks  
How to put together one of the MAKE "Build Your Own Game Kits"
Joe Grand
Homebrew games and hardware, created by gamers, for gamers, combine nostalgia with modern technology--just for the thrill and challenge. Play with Atari and other retro gaming goodies.

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

King of Fling Catapult Contest  
Chinese Hurling Battle
Bill Gurstelle
See who becomes the Count of Catapults, the Earl of Hurl, the Baroness of Ballistas. Saturday only.

Mister Jalopy's Garage  
Mister Jalopy
Mister Jalopy says, "a throwaway society means rocket science technology is available for bubble gum money and a willingness to get dirty." Exploring "Deep Sea Suburbs" has given him insight into custom vans, backyard anthropology, and the California dream.

Quick Crafts with Fusible Interfacing  
C&T Publishing
Use fast2fuse® fusible stiff interfacing with fabric or paper to make vases, boxes, bowls, postcards, costumes, decorative clocks, and more creative projects from the from the Fast, Fun & Easy® how-to book series.

How to Silkscreen  

Get a quick overview of using photo-emulsion for silkscreening at home or in your workshop. Learn about designing successful prints and preparing screens for exposure and printing.

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Rocket Launch Pad  
LUNAR
Be a rocket scientist! Build and fly a rocket with LUNAR, the Livermore Unit of the National Association of Rocketry, the nation's largest model rocket club.

Aquaskipper the Hydrofoil Ornithopter  
Tim Anderson
Bounce up and down and the Aquaskipper's wing flaps and propels this homemade, human-powered, wooden, hull-less hydrofoil ornithopter like Sweden's Trampofoil and South Africa's Pumpabike.

Swap-O-Rama-Rama  
The Swap-o-rama-rama Fashion Show will feature the silly and the sophisticated in a playful spin down the runway in the most fabulous finds and best recycled designs.
Swap-O-Rama-Rama
Get rid of your tired clothes. Swap it or refashion old into new! A Maker Faire ticket plus any size bag of unwanted (but clean) clothes admits you to this textile paradise.

Yo-Yo to Wow You  
Doctor Popular
Five minutes, music, and a yo-yo is all Dr. Popular needs to amaze you with the newest styles of innovative yo-yo play.

Jason Striegel Hackszine.com  

O'Reilly's Hacks Series reclaims the term 'hacking' for the good guys--innovators who explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to try on their own.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

How To Crochet Granny Squares  
Cecily Keim
It's a classic, but your own grandmother may not know how to make one. Come on by to learn how, and you can take it home to Gramma.

How to Yo-Yo  
Doctor Popular
Learn to use and maintain a modern yo-yo from a master of the art.

Crank Ensemble  
The Crank Ensemble
From sparse "plinking" to layered, melodic loopiness to hardcore noise, these all result from rhythmic, repetitive patterns made by crank-operated machines designed by artist Larnie Fox.

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Ballistic Cats  
Ballistic Cats
Enjoy a combination of Sun Records rock-and-roll (but faster), surf rock (but smarter), swing (tangy!), and roots rock.

Cassette Jockey World Championships  
Round One
The Evolution Control Committee
Cassette Jockeys vie for prizes in this uniquely entertaining competition for modded boomboxes, walkmans and other CJ-created instruments. Rounds Sunday only.

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Power Tool Drag Races  
Power Tool Drag Races
Super Stock off-the-shelf machines and full-tilt multi-motor Top Fuel monstrosities go head-to-head in this capacitor-blowing shrapnel mayhem. Thrill to the speed and smells as hardware store favorites battle down a racetrack to glory.

Society for Creative Anachronism  
Rapier and a Heavy Fighting Demo
Barony of the Westermark
Slip four centuries or more into the past to experience the Barony of the Westermark's take on everything from archery to smithing, weaving to scribing.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

Make Your Own Iron-Ons  
Amy Cluck
Add some iron-on zip to your wardrobe when you apply your own special, custom-designed felt shapes to your clothes.

How to Knit in the Round  
Susan Herrick
Demystify circular knitting. Learn to work with one and two circular needles, double-pointed needles, and the Magic Loop! Come learn a cutting-edge trick or a new skill.

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Make Your Own Video Game Pixel Projects  
Spins & Needles
Using iron and beads, design an image of your favourite video game character. Take home cool pixelated objects to wear or to display. All materials and instructions provided.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Make Your Own Veeblefetzers  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a blinky-eyed Veeblefetzer.

Make Your Own Veeblefetzers  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a blinky-eyed Veeblefetzer.

How to Build Monumental Sculpture  
Corbett Griffith
An experienced and irreverent engineer shows how to design, engineer, and construct large scale, multi-ton sculpture featured at events such as Coachella and Burning Man.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Mister Jalopy's Garage  
Mister Jalopy
Mister Jalopy says, "a throwaway society means rocket science technology is available for bubble gum money and a willingness to get dirty." Exploring "Deep Sea Suburbs" has given him insight into custom vans, backyard anthropology, and the California dream.

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

Josh Paul on Digital Video Hacks  

With digital video, the hacking possibilities are limitless, for both amateurs and professional artists. From acquiring footage, mixing, editing, and adding effects to final distribution, you can learn some unique tips, tools, and techniques for every stage of video production.

Rocket Launch Pad  
LUNAR
Be a rocket scientist! Build and fly a rocket with LUNAR, the Livermore Unit of the National Association of Rocketry, the nation's largest model rocket club.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

5 Cent Coffee  
5 Cent Coffee
5 Cent Coffee is an eclectic trio dedicated to organic old fashioned sound; an amalgamation of a by-gone nation, mixed with the fresh scent of a smile or the wail of a lament. Ukulele driven original material with stand up bass and melodeon - throw in a washboard, a kazoo - some junk - an old shoe, wear a grumpy hat, cry a tear or two, and you're there by the side of an old dusty highway...

How To Sew a Shoulder Tie Tank Top  
Nancy Flynn
Sew a simple, breezy, gathered cotton shoulder-tie tank top for summer in as few as six seams sewn in a yard of fabric.

Make Your Own Jewelry  
Demonstration
Susan Beal
Create your own gorgeous jewelry, custom-designed by you, and get a handy how-to pamphlet so you can make more at home.

Kite Aerial Photography  
Cris Benton
Who needs satellite photography? Get a kite's-eye view of what's happening down below. See how you can make your own aerial photography apparatus at home.

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Searching for ET with SETI@home  
Dan Werthimer
Are we alone? Discover life in the universe--or at least the possibility of it. Learn how your computer could be the one to detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.

Quick Crafts with Fusible Interfacing  
C&T Publishing
Use fast2fuse® fusible stiff interfacing with fabric or paper to make vases, boxes, bowls, postcards, costumes, decorative clocks, and more creative projects from the from the Fast, Fun & Easy® how-to book series.

wardrobe_remix  
Tricia Royal
Share your flare for everyday creative outfits. Post pictures of yourself donning your unique threads. Be inspired by trendsetters, and spur other fashion mavens with your style.

Build a Giant Whale  
Robin Lise Nielsen
Help build a 25-foot-long orca whale. After constructing the whale and a boost from Bernoulli, you can climb inside the belly of the beast!

Make Your Own Vibrobot  
Mark Frauenfelder
Learn to make the Vibrobot featured on the cover of MAKE 10, and meet the editor of MAKE who will show you how you can make your own!

How To Crochet 3D Shapes  
Cecily Keim
Out-of-this-world forms and elegant shapes in the universe inspire these crocheted projects. Learn how a hook and yarn can sculpt a 3D fabric hyperbolics and much more.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Make Your Own Tribbles  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a wiggly Tribble.

Jason Striegel Hackszine.com  

O'Reilly's Hacks Series reclaims the term 'hacking' for the good guys--innovators who explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to try on their own.

Power Tool Drag Races  
Power Tool Drag Races
Super Stock off-the-shelf machines and full-tilt multi-motor Top Fuel monstrosities go head-to-head in this capacitor-blowing shrapnel mayhem. Thrill to the speed and smells as hardware store favorites battle down a racetrack to glory.

Daisy the Friendly MP3 Player  
Raphael Abrams
A multipurpose sound player, Daisy works as a standalone personal music player or in art projects, kiosks, tour guides, toys, or anywhere you need high-quality embedded audio.

Lemon Lime Lights  
Lemon Lime Lights
Tangos, waltzes, and punk-ass rock make for a Junkyard Cabaret.

Cassette Jockey World Championships  
Round Two
The Evolution Control Committee
Cassette Jockeys vie for prizes in this uniquely entertaining competition for modded boomboxes, walkmans and other CJ-created instruments. Rounds Sunday only.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Make Your Own Yoda Doll  
Bonnie Burton
A Jedi crafter must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. Serious fans of all ages come craft cute but simple Yoda dolls!

Make Your Own Refashioned Thrift Store Knits  
Shannon Okey
Give wooly thrift store finds new life with a wealth of techniques. Learn to alter and embellish them using knitting, crochet, embroidery, felting, dyeing and more.

How to Design and Build Wooden Bikes  
Tom Kabat
Learn unusual design and easy construction techniques to use to build your own unique, fantastic bike at home.

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

Sock Monkey Madness  
Spins & Needles
Learn to make your very own plush sock monkey from a new pair of socks. Then take the little guy home with you. All materials and instructions provided.

RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup  
Combots Competition (ongoing)
RoboGames
Rev your microprocessors with two days of grudge matches and class competitions. What attack hacks will prevail? This rowdy event will deliver $10,000 in prizes to the toughest, hottest bots on the block.

Rich Gibson on Google Maps and Mapping Hacks  

Learn creative ways to add to and customize the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps. Plus, learn some simple techniques available to developers and power users who want to draw digital maps.

Make Controller Kit  
Liam Staskawicz
Supporting hobby and professional projects requiring connectivity, ease of use, and control/feedback, this programmable microcontroller interfaces with Max/MSP, Flash, Processing, Java, Python, Ruby - anything that supports OSC.

Paper Airplanes  
John Collins
These paper airplanes tumble, flip, flap, circle, drop helicopters, pierce the air like darts, and even stay aloft indefinitely. Learn to fold some simple planes yourself!

How To Spin Yarn  
Jamie Marie Chan
Be a spinmeister! Learn the basic tools and techniques of hand spinning. Try using a hand spindle and experiment with a spinning wheel.

Make Your Own Calligraphy & Suminagashi Marbling  
Marcia Friedman
Try your hand at elegant lettering. Expert calligraphers demonstrate using metal pens, quills & reeds. Then, marble paper with bright colors using the Japanese suminagashi technique.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Project: Pimento  
Project: Pimento
Prepare to swagger in sophisticated, space-age style with the world's only theremin lounge band and its repertoire of toe-tapping mid-20th-century favorites.

Mister Jalopy's Garage  
Mister Jalopy
Mister Jalopy says, "a throwaway society means rocket science technology is available for bubble gum money and a willingness to get dirty." Exploring "Deep Sea Suburbs" has given him insight into custom vans, backyard anthropology, and the California dream.

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

Kyle Rankin on Knoppix/Ubuntu Hacks  

Get Ubuntu installation advice and tips on getting the most out of the free applications packaged with the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Plus, learn how the Knoppix Live CD can help you troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, disinfect, and generally be productive without Windows--without the difficulty of installing Linux itself.

Society for Creative Anachronism  
Rapier and a Heavy Fighting Demo
Barony of the Westermark
Slip four centuries or more into the past to experience the Barony of the Westermark's take on everything from archery to smithing, weaving to scribing.

XGameStation Pico Edition 2.0  
Andre Lamothe
Stop by the Maker Store and learn about the XGameStation Pico 2.0; build it and write some games for it!

Make Your Own Felted Computer Tote  
Ashley Helvey
Learn how to felt a modern computer bag with organic wool. Think of it as a soft wear for your hardware.

Backyard Ballistics  
Bill Gurstelle
Get a historical and technological review of potato cannons, air cannons, trebuchets and catapults from the author of "Backyard Ballistics" and "Art of the Catapult."

Graffiti Research Lab & the Anti-Advertising Agency  
James Powderly and Steve Lambert
Learn how technologies and urban systems are hacked to take back control of the streets and other public spaces from corporations, advertisers and local and federal governments.

Make Your Own Light-Up Purse  
Alison Lewis
Shine on, fashionistas! Fumble for keys in the dark no more. Assemble easy-to-buy parts into a functional, fashionable light-up purse panel that also displays a message.

Loop.pooL  
Rick Walker
Found and invented sounds combine in an interesting musical show using state-of-the-art live looping techniques.

How To Crochet  
Cecily Keim
Crochet can do just about anything knitting can do, with just one needle instead of two. Whatever your whim, there is likely a crochet technique to use to build your idea.

Backyard Ballistics  
Bill Gurstelle
Get a historical and technological review of potato cannons, air cannons, trebuchets and catapults from the author of "Backyard Ballistics" and "Art of the Catapult."

Make Your Own Wet-Felted Wool Beads and Patches  
Rachel Hospodar
Learn to wet-felt durable textile shapes of your own creation. Make a necklace or a patch to sew onto your clothes.

Super Stencilling  
Spins & Needles
Learn how to print the easy way using stencils. Print your stencil of choice on a tote bag or wallet to take home with you. All materials and instructions provided.

Kamishibai: Japanese Storycard Theater  
David Battino and Hazuki Kataoka
Classic folktales told with kamishibai ("paper theater") storycards enchant kids of all ages. Japanese street performers popularized this format in the days before television.

Kyle Rankin on Knoppix/Ubuntu Hacks  

Get Ubuntu installation advice and tips on getting the most out of the free applications packaged with the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Plus, learn how the Knoppix Live CD can help you troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, disinfect, and generally be productive without Windows--without the difficulty of installing Linux itself.

MintyBoost and MiniPOV  
Limor Fried
Stop by the Maker Store to learn about the MintyBoost and MiniPOV kits directly from their creator.

Evil Mad Scientist Micro Readerboard  
Workbench 2
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Learn how to build the Evil Mad Scientist Micro Readerboard micro-readerboard, which displays a short message, one letter at a time, on a bright single-character alphanumeric LED display.

Rocket Launch Pad  
LUNAR
Be a rocket scientist! Build and fly a rocket with LUNAR, the Livermore Unit of the National Association of Rocketry, the nation's largest model rocket club.

Weekend Projects/Drawbot  
Bre Pettis and Phillip Torrone
Stop by and meet Phillip and Bre of the blog and podcast who will be putting the drawing robot through its paces!

The Great Puppet Musical  
The Un-Scripted Theater Company
Specializing in exclusively improvised, handcrafted theater, The Un-Scripted Theater Company presents its newest show. Puppets they made star in scenes and songs determined by you!

Man-Made Lightning  
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
This 5-foot-tall Tesla Coil generates dazzling, long, electrical arcs while also revealing basic physics principles with the Jacob's Ladder, Faraday's Cage, and grounding.

Make Your Own Tribbles  
Rachel McConnell and Annie Shao
Love everything blinky, wiggly, and fluffy? Of course you do! Incorporate electronics into soft, stuffed toys as you make a wiggly Tribble.

Make Your Own Cat Furniture  
Susan Kralovec
These stylish, aesthetically pleasing scratching posts and play gyms you can make yourself of heavy-duty triple wall corrugated cardboard material please the most finicky felines.

Kid Beyond  
Kid Beyond
Singer. Beatboxer. Songwriter. Live looper. One-man vocal band. Kid Beyond loops and multitracks his voice onstage to create his own live backing tracks – layering his impassioned lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation. The result is a riveting, soulful brew of pop electronica. What takes most people an entire band to produce, Kid Beyond executes with his own mouth. You're in the presence of a higher power... you want to get up and dance." – SF Weekly, Best of SF

Cassette Jockey World Championships  
Finals Round
The Evolution Control Committee
Cassette Jockeys vie for prizes in this uniquely entertaining competition for modded boomboxes, walkmans and other CJ-created instruments. Rounds Sunday only.

Backyard Ballistics  
Bill Gurstelle
Get a historical and technological review of potato cannons, air cannons, trebuchets and catapults from the author of "Backyard Ballistics" and "Art of the Catapult."

How To Crochet 3D Shapes  
Cecily Keim
Out-of-this-world forms and elegant shapes in the universe inspire these crocheted projects. Learn how a hook and yarn can sculpt a 3D fabric hyperbolics and much more.

Andrew Lockhart on Network Security Hacks  

Learn effective methods for defending your servers and networks from a variety of devious and subtle attacks.

Maker Store Kit Demos  
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.

Fire Skirt  
Laura Cesari
Use electroluminescent (EL) wire and reflective and transparent fabrics for a glow-in-the-dark clothing technique that mimics the look of fire.

Make Your Own Soft Circuits  
Syuzi Pakhchyan
Create your own wearables and interactive toys using these basic techniques for sewing simple, soft circuits with conductive threads, fabrics, inks, hook-and-loop, and zipper tapes.