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1 to 228 of 2283D-Printed Sculpture
Bathsheba Grossman
Traditional forms of fabrication don't allow the freedom of CAD software and 3D printers to create incredible objects-- from tiny jewelry to large sculpture--as seen here.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:sculpture 3d+printing rapid+prototyping metal art geometry math
Air Raid
Tim Hunkin
Designed in 1981 for The Seagull theatre using old bicycle and auto bits and recycled timber, this pair of flying gulls plop mint candies. Ready, aim, drop!
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:game coin-op entertainment
Anachronistic Clocks
Eric Schlaepfer
This collection of unusual-looking clocks includes a cathode ray tube clock and two Nixie tube clocks.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:nixie CRT scope clocks
Andrew Lockhart on Network Security Hacks
Learn effective methods for defending your servers and networks from a variety of devious and subtle attacks.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:hacks networking security
Android "Boomer"
Mike Overstreet
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:KungFu Androids robots robotics
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:hydrofoil human powered ornithopter
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:ballistics catapult king+of+fling fling
AudioPint
InventMusic
Audiopint reinvents the musician's sonic toolbox. Open-source programmability and durability, supporting MIDI controllers, joysticks, stomp-pads, Arduinos, Wii controllers, and more - the possibilities are limitless.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:electronic+music DIY+music+controllers new+instruments "new interfaces for musical expression"
Autonomous Helicopter Control
Ben Krasnow
Using a feedback control system, pilots can fly a small remote-controlled helicopter autonomously. It can even maneuver through a simple obstacle course.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:helicopter autonomous computer+vision microcontroller
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."
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:ballistics potato+cannon cannons catapults trebuchets
Balancing Electric Vehicles
Justin Lemire-Elmore
What about an electric skateboard with two wheels that can spin on a dime? See Emanual and other self-balancing personal electric vehicle designs here.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:balancing, skateboard, unicycle, electric
Ballistic Cats
Ballistic Cats
Enjoy a combination of Sun Records rock-and-roll (but faster), surf rock (but smarter), swing (tangy!), and roots rock.
Type: Interactive Performance Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:music ballisticcats ballisitc+cats
Blimp Kits
Jed Berk
Come by the Maker Store and check out the Blimp Kits that you can build yourself!
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:blimp kits
Blooming Cosmic Inferno
Evan Tracy
This sputtering, popping, droning sculpture resembles a biomechanical ember of a planet sprouting tentacles tipped with multicolored, fiery blooms.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
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Blubber Bots
Jed Berk
This new generation of a floating DIY robotic species with the capability to navigate autonomously and intelligently belong to a family of "Transitional Species."
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:robotics blimps transitional+species toys sculptures
Botanicalls
Botanicalls
Thirsty plants on the Botanicalls network place phone calls for human help whenever they need water, opening new channels of communication and promoting inter-species cohabitation.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:wireless+sensor telephony asterisk zigbee sustainability networking DIY plants
Build Fantasy Creatures
Mark Olson
Make a 3D, life-sized creature using just garden tomato baskets, papier mâché, plaster and fiberglass, molded by lots of little hands and your wonderful imagination!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:Dragon, wire, tomato baskets, casting material
Carbon Neutral T-Shirt Launcher
Monica Koenig
Professional sports teams take note! Retire your destructive CO2 cannons and use this design for shirt-to-fan delivery. This giant slingshot built from common hardware sends t-shirts flying.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:launcher
Carnival Claw Game
David Randolph
Test your skill--and luck!--with this arcade classic with an Internet twist. Real-time video gives you a claw's-eye view of the loot. Claim your prize, virtually of course.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:web controller claw game
Carputer WRX
Sam Garfield and Jake Haglund
This full-featured, functional Subaru WRX is decked out with real-time remote GPS tracking, navigation, security, and mobile internet, all controlled by touch screen
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:carputer car computer automation
CCRMA Musical Interactives
The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics
See new sonic interactions that have been developed using tools--such as low-cost hardware prototyping kits and a customized open source Linux software distribution--from Stanford's CCRMA.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:music art electronic sensor microcontroller open+source Linux
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:retro gaming hacks
Classroom Electronics
Algis Sodonis
A teacher shares projects in programmable electronics used in his own classroom over the past decade.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
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Clock of the Long Now
The Long Now Foundation
Handle and run parts of a monument-scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock, its orrery, and chime generator.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:clock metal stainless+steel monel tungsten mechanical future
Cocktail making robots "Gastone", "Alan", "and "Cockbot One"
RoboExotica
Cockbot One mixes 3 different cocktails complete with ice. Alan is a mobile bot offering snacks and drinks. Gastone fetches drinks from a tap when a glass is placed upon him.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Art+bots robots robotics
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:coin-op penny+arcade arcade
Combat robot "BAMBI"
Bryan Cochran
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John Mills
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Melissa Mize
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Michelle Rivero
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Rolando Iglesias
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Tommy Osburn
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Beer Bash"
Robot Fight Club
Beer Bash is a combat robot made from a beer keg supplied by Lagunitas Brewing Company. His motto is "Drink Then Fight." Beer Bash's keggeyness has allowed him to achieve many victories in coolness, though few in reality.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Brutality"
Colleen Shaver
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Paul Ventimiglia
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Crocbot"
Lance Richards
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Lealan Swanson
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Enforcer X"
Joseph Murawski
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Pam Murawski
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Exile", "Sweet Knocker", "The Bomb", "The Ladies Bot", and "Rock and Roll"
Daniel Chatterton
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Kevin French
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Orion Beach
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Zachary Lytle
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Full Smash"
Catherine Houdek
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George Montplaisir
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Phil Houdek
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Lil Bit Wacky"
Chris Baro
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Daniel Baron
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George Baron
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Stass Baron
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Little Black Box"
Brian Anderson
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Kyle Wiens
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Luke Soulesv
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "LNW"
Greg Schwartz
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Travis Schwartz
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Old No. 7"
Bob Girardi
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Kenny Girardi
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Plasma Plus"
Stephen Felk
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "SJ"
Ken Stevens
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Richard Van Noy
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Robert Stellhorn
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Scott Kincaid
SJ is a high ranking contender in the 220 pound combat robot class. He is the 2004 national champion! SJ is also one of the oldest active robots. This is the "11th" version in six years.
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Stewie"
James Arluck
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Joe Sena
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Stumpy" and cleaning robot "Rosie the VacBot"
David Wiley
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Helen Wiley
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "The Big B"
Christina Gin
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Dave Needle
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Gary Gin
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Stan Shepard
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robot "Ultra Wedgie"
Jeremy Garrett
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Mikael Garrett
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Angry Asp", "Pipe Wench", and "Sewer Snake"
Team PlumbCrazy
Sewer Snake is the #1 ranked Heavyweight robot of all time (32 wins, 7 losses). It is the reigning ComBots Cup champion, and the RoboGames international champion.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "CycloneBot" and "Texas Heat"
Eliot Barker
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Gary Mathiesen
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Jeff Hayashida
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Mark Demers
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Michael Worry
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Mohan Gurunathan
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Robert Frankovich
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Tim Bayne
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Doom on you!" and "Sabretooth 6.0"
Jeff Vasquez
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Homer", "pooky", and "Unkown Avenger"
David Liaw
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Last Rites" and "The Mortician"
Hardcore Robotics
Team Hardcore's specialty is combat robots with very high kinetic energy spinning weapons. Our two entries are The Mortician, which is a 120 pound Middleweight, and Last Rites, which is a 220 pound Heavyweight.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Original Sin" and "Pirinah 2"
Al Anderson
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Anna Perry
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Dennis Lackey
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Jim Perry
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Kevin Perry
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Robert Jensen
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Progenitor" and "Prime"
C. Walsh
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Pushy Little Bugger" and "Cannon Fodder"; BEAM robots "Perihelion" and "Pooter"; and
Mary Anne Slocum
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Terry Slocum
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Tanto" and "Anto"
Craig Danby
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Derek Danby
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "UBRuined" and "DracUCLA"
Anna Davitian
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David Meisenholder
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Dennis Tran
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Jeff Odonohue
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John Propst
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Robert Glidden
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Steven Snyder
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Unblinking Eye" and "The Bob-omb"
Jeffrey Scholz
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Mark Scholz
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Peter Scholz
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots "Vicious Verdict" and "Devil's Advocate"
Basher Of Bots
Vicious Verdict is an all-electric combat robot, driven by wheelchair motors and using an electric motor to power its 3 foot long steel blade. This blade spins just above floor level, undercutting the tires and undercarriage of other robots.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robot robotics
Combat robots "Whos Your Daddy" and "Come to Mama"
Buffy Yeh
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Forrest Yeh
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Jim Yeh
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
Combat robots Fear Factor" and "Fear Factor Sr. 2"
Dan Wiley
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Ron Palmer
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:combat robots robotics
ComBots Fighting Androids
RoboGames
They've re-made the HiTech androids to be work off hacked Playstation controllers to use the Zigbee wireless module. They've reprogrammed the robots to be used in kick-boxing, soccer, and acrobatics.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:art+bots robots robotics
Computational Crafts
Mike and Ann Eisenberg
Playful, creative and technologically savvy, these programs and hands-on activities exercise your brain and your Maker skills.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
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Computerized Etch-A-Sketch
Alan Nishioka
Connect a computer to an Etch-a-Sketch to draw spirographs and more.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:engineering, spirograph,
Crabfu SteamWorks
I-Wei Huang
Award-winning roboticist Crabfu returns to Maker Faire with his gang of unusual, remote-controlled, steam-powered robots and vehicles.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:Robotics Steam rc r/c Steampunk
Create USB Interface
Dan Overholt
Connect gestures to digital expressions through a do-it-yourself USB interface for computer input/output developed at UC Santa Barbara's Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:
Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved." Everything CC does — including the software it creates — is free.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:creativecommons opencontent licensing free sf bayarea rights copyright flexible
CTP Design
Chris Palmer
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:art+bots robots robotics
Cyclecide Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo
Cyclecide
Monster bikes, music and comedy sketches lassoed into a clown rodeo which includes: The Pedal-Powered and Kiddie-Powered Carousels and Ferris Wheel; The Dizzy Toy; The Cyclo-fuge; The Whirl & Hurl; The Melody Maker; The Flight of the Bumble Bee; and Alter-bikes
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:transportation bikes engineering "man-powered" circus carnival attraction
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.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:MP3 open source daisy kit
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:car auto pc hacks
Das Blinkenwheel
Robert Kaye
Pedal a bicycle wheel that boasts 48 LEDs that make persistence-of-vision patterns that change with the speed of the person pedaling.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:bicycle led persistance+of+vision pattern
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.
Type: Interactive Performance Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:coke, mentos, interactive, performance
DIY 3D Sugar Printer
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
This home-built CNC, 3D printer fuses layers of granulated sugar, yielding imprecise and low-resolution but low-cost and sweet objects. Resourceful people could build a similar machine for about $500.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:3d+printing sculpture CNC microcontroller
DIY Motion Control
Bruce Shapiro
Developed to increase factory efficiency, motion control is re-purposed in beautiful kinetic sculpture. Meet Eggbot, Animanemone, and other whimsical examples of motion control as art.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:motion+control robotics art kinetic+sculpture stepper+motor CNC algorithmic+art automation
Dorkbake Challenge Winner: Flying Saucer Oven
Eric and Jodi Kurland
In Machine Project's contest, ovens could use nothing more than 100-watt light bulbs for heat. The winner’s cosmic kitsch evokes 1950's science fiction and bakes at a toasty 425°F.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:flying+saucer oven dorkbake LED cooking baking winner "Sci-Fi"
Dreams of Electric Houses: a Shadow Play
Il Teatro Calamari
Build a puppet, and bring it to life in this shadow theater. Follow the life of a house from construction through remodeling, in the portions performed hourly by this company funded by a Henson Foundation Grant.
Type: Interactive Performance Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:shadow puppetry, interactive, performance, hands+on, Teatro+Calamari
Edible Rapid Prototyping from Fab@Home
Dan Periard
Build your own 3D printer for the kitchen with the plans, parts lists, and software available online. Create objects with silicon, frosting, EZ-cheese, or chocolate.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:3D+printer open+source "Fab@Home" Rapid+Prototyping
el Borracho Espanol
ComBots
This cocktail making robot is a bit hot under the collar. Simone made it using a flame thrower. It makes Spanish Coffees. You must be very brave to ask for one.
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:art+bots robots robotics
Electric Giraffe
Frank Lawlor
Look out for this huge, walking robot giraffe roaming the grounds! He doesn't eat leaves, just electricity and propane.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:robotics robot+animals, Rave+Raffe
Engine Models
Bay Area Engine Modelers
See a fascinating collection of functioning model gas engines, in scales of 1:6 or 1:3, actually running.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:miniature engines
Engineering Projects for Kids
Silicon Valley Engineering Council
Kids come try out simple engineering projects with the Silicon Valley Engineering Council, Society of Women Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:engineering kids
Evil Mad Scientist Micro Readerboard
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:led electronics
Fire fighting robots "Ingoshu"", ""Iye"", "and "Styne"
Michael Cipriano
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Rose Mills
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:Fire+Fighting+Robots robots robotics
Fire Sculpture Robots and Electric Motorcycles
Justin Gray
See a few fantastic fire sculpture robots, including Darwin and Copper Oxide, that accentuate subtle industrial beauty of the world around us.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
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Fire-fighting robots "Flame Out" and "ISIS"; balancing robot "Flexo"
Bob Allen
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Cory Allen
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Ted Larson
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Fire+Fighting+Robots robots robotics
Flaming Lotus Girls
Flaming Lotus Girls
Enjoy portions of fire-art sculpture "The Angel of the Apocalypse" and "The Seven Sisters." Learn about the technology used to create its propane-powered fire "poofers".
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:fire+art propane angel+of+the+apocalypse sculpture poofer
Free Radio Berkeley
Free Radio Berkeley
Get acquainted with low-power (up to 150 watts) FM and TV transmitter kits designed and manufactured by Free Radio Berkeley that you can use to broadcast community-based media.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
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Giant Video Games
Spark Fun Electronics
Play a wall-mounted interactive Tetris that changes as you touch the buttons, or operate a Nintendo controller that requires at least two people!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:Button Pad Tetris Spark Fun Electronics
Gravity Rally Car
Bryan Reinero
Weld two mountain bikes together, add a seat, and you'll have a safe roll-structure called a gravity rally car perfect for bush league racing.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:rally car dunebuggy offroad atv
Greathouse Labs
Lance Greathouse
See the Sandman (a 750-pound walking machine), TrackThing (a mobile propane cannon), Robobust (a talking robot bust), an electric motorcycle and scooter, a golf ball cannon, a pneumatic can crusher, and other machines.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Robots machines
Halloween Alien Invasion
Halloween Alien Invasion
Over the past decade, creatures from outerspace have invaded Earth each October. See their flying saucer, as well as the government facility used for alien examination and containment.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:halloween props aliens alien
Happy Family Lamp
Proxy
This sculptural metal lamp uses CNC waterjet technology to create unique pieces of intricate design.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:CNC fabrication metal sculpture custom geometry
Haunted Garden Sound Art
Simran Gleason
This spooky room listens to your every movement and creates an ambient soundscape based on what it hears.
Type: Interactive Performance Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:generative music interactive soundscape
Hiller Flying Platform Simulator
Hiller Aviation Museum
Feel what it was like to ride the famous Flying Platform, a top-secret prototype single-person aircraft built by the Palo Alto-based Hiller Aircraft Corporation in 1955.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:aviation simulator flying+platform museum
Hollywood Mobile Movie
Eric Kurland
L.A.'s only drive-in that drives in! See how filmmaker and artist transformed his car, turning it into a road-worthy projection booth for ephemeral, guerrilla cinema.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:MobMov Hollywood Mobile Movie projection car DLP FM "drive-in"
Homebrew Mobile Phones
Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club
Why should the telcos have all the fun? Build your own mobile phone! See tools you can use to build your own "mobile convergence devices."
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:mobile phone
Homebrew Segway
Jordan Ross
A self-balancing scooter inspired by and modeled after Trevor Blackwell's Segway at last year's Faire--and made with no prior experience in programming microprocessors.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
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HomebrewCPU - A TTL Computer
Bill Buzbee
Magic-1 is a completely home-built computer (including the CPU) constructed from more then 200 TTL chips and wire-wrap.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:computer cpu ttl wire-wrap
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.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:design, engineering, granite, steel, art, sculpture
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:Bikes, Bicycles, Woodenbikes
Howtoons
Nick Dragotta
These cartoons show kids of all ages "How To" build things. Each illustrated episode is a stand-alone fun adventure accessible to all.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
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Hullaballoo
Eric Paulos
Dynamically generating new urban sonic experiences, these “Objects of Wonderment” radically expand our expectations of mobile phones. Contribute your own unique, personal sound to this place-based ringtone mix.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:mobile phone mashup object of wonderment
Human-Powered Train
Paul Cesewski
This homemade, human-powered train travels on abandoned railroads. Re-experience its backroad adventures as documented via a Super 8 camera.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:transportation train cyclecide "man-powered" DIY
Il Verme, The Renaissance Car
Nathaniel Levine
Turn a crank to drive the worm gears and swing the hoes of this model of a Renaissance era self-propelled, wooden ditch-digging vehicle.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
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Instinct Engineering
Corbett Griffith
See concepts for beautiful objects in both product design and sculpture disciplines go from sketches to mechanical reality.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:sculpture product+design art burning+man consumer design
Interactive Oracles
MOTO
This large round table uses technology to allow more than one person to interact with displays by touch - in diverse lighting situations.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:multitouch
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:hacks hackszine
Jet Packs and B9
Andrew Filo
B9, the Lost In Space Robot, gets a cybernetic makeover. The jet pack front contains a rocket belt simulator and a micro jet turbine testbed.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:"Jet Pack " Rocket+Belt " Lost In Space Robot" " Micro Jet Engine"
Junior's Returns
Philip Ross
In this multiplexed hydroponic garden, roots bathes in nutrient-rich liquid and LEDs shine enough to keep the plant in a dwarf state, surviving but never thriving.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
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Junkyard Jet
Sparky Bartlett Jewell
It's a childhood dream for gearhead geeks. Build it now: a single stage jet turbine. Use junkyard turbo chargers and pharmaceutical surplus. Don't forget marshmallows!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:fire jet+turbine junk found+object
Kinetic Pastry Science Mobile Muffins
Greg Solberg
Hungry for mechanical yumminess? Meet the drivers of these giant muffin- and cupcake-shaped electric vehicles with unique fluffy toppings—and get plans to build your own.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:muffins cupcakes electric+vehicles electric+cupcakes
King of Fling Catapult Contest
Bill Gurstelle
See who becomes the Count of Catapults, the Earl of Hurl, the Baroness of Ballistas. Saturday only.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:king+of+fling fling ballistics potato+cannon cannons catapults trebuchets
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:ubuntu knoppix hacks
LED Light Paintings
Ken Murphy
An array of color-shifting LEDs project diffused, abstract patterns as they drift in and out of phase, creating an endless series of combinations.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:LED light art
Lego Mindstorms robots "Game Bot 1", "Game Bot 2", "Race Bot 1", "Robo William" and "AquaKeeper 2.0
Addien Wray
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Alan Wray
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Corwin Wray
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Tirion Wray
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Vanessa Maclaren-Wray
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William Coley
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Lego+Bots robots robotics
LEGO Train Town and Village
Bay Area LEGO Users Group
This lively landscape--constructed by local fans of LEGO--includes Hogwarts village, Mindstorms train controls, "Goofy Train", a long 100% LEGO bridge, and lots of LEGO trains.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:lego trains robotics modeling toys
Lil Ju Ju Mobile Pinball Museum
Michael Schiess
Outfitted with its own jukebox and six vintage pinball machines, this 1947 Spartan Manor has been rebuilt with a hydraulic leveling system, reinforced frame, and Torflex suspension.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:pinball trailer mobile+museum
LivePAd Music Controller
Craig Dorety
Custom-built from space-age plastics and psychedelic circuitry, this MIDI computer music controller for the 21st century allows the complete, dynamic control in a small guitar-like instrument.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:MIDI electronic+music custom+controller alien+ice+pod
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.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:sensors actuators controller microcontroller electronics programming mechanical
Make Your Own Amazing Halloween Props
EFX-TEK
Use simple controllers to bring your holiday props and displays to life. Automate like the pros, and see just how easy it can be.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:prop+automation halloween christamas special+fx
Make Your Own B2B Salmon Run Costumes
Hallie McConlogue
Build salmon costumes to wear in the Breakers to Bay Run, which runs west to east against the Bay to Breakers on Sunday, May 20th. This guerrilla build will happen Saturday only.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:robot, costume, salmon, bay to breakers, breakers to bay, upstream, cacophony society
Make Your Own Blinkybug
Ken Murphy
Use simple electronic parts to build your own blinking insect with motion-detecting antennae. Any bump or breeze activates their LED eyes in a delightful way.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:robots robotics art electronics workshop leds
Make Your Own Cool Devices: The Marathon
Mitch Altman
Microcontrollers do your bidding! Use inexpensive MiniPOV kits to make quirky gadgets like trippy colored blinky lights, brainwave hallucinators, a simplified TV-B-Gone, or EL-wire sequencers.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:
Make Your Own Electronic Firefly
Micro-Kids
Young adults, get your hands on microcontrollers with Micro-Kids! Program and take home a small device that can sense light, blink its LEDs, and more. (ages 11-17; materials fee: $15)
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:microcontroller kids programming
Make Your Own Food Automata
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
Spit out your fears of making hand-cranked mechanical toys and indulge in our buffet of ginger-cookie cams, pasta shafts, and a secret double-Cheerio interface.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:mechanics toys automata food
Make Your Own Handcrafted Headphones
Sebastian Martin
Why buy buds for your ears when you can make your own?
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:
Make Your Own HiFi Bicycle Cruising System
Paul Freedman
Design your own Soul Cycle, a beautiful, powerful bike sound system. Bicycle rap artist Fossil Fool reveals the basics of bicycle audio and how to organize a successful cruiser ride.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:bicycle cruising audio SoulCycle
Make Your Own High-Speed Strobe Photos
Quaketronics
Learn how to shoot high-speed photos with a digital camera and strobe light. Capture a bursting balloon mid-pop. Get your own kit from the Make Store.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:photography high+speed Edgerton
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:light fashion craft purse LED
Make Your Own Monorail Racers
Tinkering School
Go for distance! Go for speed! Use salvaged household junk to build and race vehicles on a miniature monorail. Can your vehicle survive the Torture Track? (all ages; kids under age 7 must have adult supervision.)
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:typography "hands-on" craft
Make Your Own Mousey the Junkbot
Gareth Branwyn
Build a zippy little light-hungry roborodent out of decommissioned analog computer mice and other recycled and cheap analog electronic parts. All skill levels welcome.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:robotics Mousey+the+Junkbot electronics
Make Your Own PetBOT
Chris Myers
Kids come create your own PetBOT with common electronics and cool lasercut parts. Connect motors, lights and batteries, then test your creations in the isobotics proving grounds.(ages 6 & up; materials fee, $10)
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:Artbots robots isobot mouse+bot
Make Your Own Robot Rumble Costumes
Hallie McConlogue
Create cardboard robot suits and protective padding to be used in the flash mob Robot Rumble on Saturday, June 2nd at 6:30 pm. This guerrilla build will happen Sunday only.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:robot, costume, cacophony society
Make Your Own Rockets
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:rockets space
Make Your Own Sensing Game Controller
Björn Hartmann
Author sensor-based interactions (like accelerometer tilt control) using the open-source, graphical program Exemplar. Combine it with a board and Flash/Processing to rapidly build your own Nintendo-Wii-style game controller.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:sensors exemplar authoring+tools games
Make Your Own Solar-Powered Robots and Gizmos
Solarbotics
Power your devices with a tiny solar cell and a solar engine circuit. Build a super-fast "SolarSpeeder" racer, all without a battery or off-switch.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Robotics Solar Solar+energy kits
Make Your Own Tapeless Cassette Player
Julie Yu
When you get stranded on a deserted island, you'll be glad you have this survival skill under your belt!
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:
Make Your Own Things in Second Life
Steve Cooley
Calling all avatars. Get a a tour of building tools for making things in Second Life.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:secondlife second+life second life
Make Your Own USB Peripherals
Garrett Mace
Build your own USB keyboard, mouse, and joystick devices with Zedomax's easy, open-source HID (human interface device) portal.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:USB HID microcontroller basic+stamp cubloc keyboard mouse joystick input
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!
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:vibrobot make robot
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:rocketry plumbing
Maker Store Demo: Raphael Abrams
Brian Jepson
12pm-1pm. Raphael Abrams will be in the Maker Store showing off the Daisy MP3 player.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:
Maker Store Kit Demos
Brian Jepson
The Maker Store staff will be on hand to demonstrate all the kits we have for sale.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:electroncs kits
Making DIY Music Tools Control DIY Visuals
Derek Scott and Steve Cooley
Learn how you too can use Pure Data (PD), Open Sound Control (OSC), Processing, and Quartz Composer to combine music and visuals.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:PD pure+data puredata processing OSC music visuals
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.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:tesla+coil electricity zorro knight faradays+cage
Manufacture in Your Own Garage
Perry Kaye
Learn this award-winning designer's tricks for designing and manufacturing products in a rented garage! You too can do this without millions of dollars of tools.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:CNC, Prototyping, CAD, Manufacturing, Business, Entrepreneur, Design, Product Development, Innovatio
MintyBoost and MiniPOV
Limor Fried
Stop by the Maker Store to learn about the MintyBoost and MiniPOV kits directly from their creator.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:electroncs led power usb
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:mister+jalopy mister jalopy mechanic cars auto
Mobzombies
Will Carter, Aaron Meyers, and Julian Bleecker
Run away from zombies in this handheld game. Tracked wirelessly, you are the joystick navigating the undead world. But remain vigilant of your current real-world surroundings!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:games wireless+sensors pervasive+games "electronics" mobile
Model Engine Builder magazine
Mike Rehmus
Learn to build model internal combustion engines from plans for engines that range from simple to complex.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Model+Internal+Combustion+Engines Machine+Shop+Techniques Model Engineer"
Model Rocket Video Camera
John Maushammer
Watch a model rocket launch from the perspective of a miniature astronaut. Hack a disposable video camera to fly in a small kit-built rocket.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Rocket video camera hack
Monome
Monome
A multi-user interactive audio-visual installation demonstrating elements of Monome's design philosophy: versatility, minimalism, and endless reprogrammability. Open-source applications, modifications, and interfacing tricks are shared amongst a growing community of users.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:interface opensource hardware
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:Biofuel distill distillation moonshine auto+fuel E-85 alcohol+fuel ethanol "car conversion to al
Moto Motes
MOTO
A project of MOTO and the Art Center in Pasadena, Motes is an open-source, multi-nodal wireless sensor network platform that is low-cost and easy-to-use.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:robots sensors wireless+devices open+source
Multitouch Multimedia Devices
Tim Thompson
All hands on deck! Play with a variety of musical and graphical applications using controllers that detect multiple fingers simultaneously.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:multitouch graphics music python flash
Nabaztag Bunny Hacks
Roy Batchelor
Discover the unexpected, cool tricks your Nabaztag can do with these custom hardware and software hacks from the Nabaztalk developer community. The Nabaztag is a robotic rabbit.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:robotics nabaztag wireless+gadgets
Nemomatic
Nemo Gould
Nemo Gould sculpts “Fauxbots”, which are mechanical sculptures inspired by popular conceptions of robots. Nearly every piece is made entirely from found materials.
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:Art+bots robots robotics
O'Reilly Hacks
O'Reilly Hacks
Learn how to hack your car, do amazing things with digital video, make your home and office network secure, map the world in amazing ways, get the most out of Linux, and much more. Several of our Hacks authors will be on hand throughout Maker Faire. Stop by the Hacks booth (just outside the MAKER store) and let the Hacks authors help you hack your world!
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:hacks books hacker
Open Sound Control Showcase
Adrian Freed
The popular protocol OSC (Open Sound Control) connects gestural controllers to sound and image synthesizers. Experience commercial and university projects that make use of OSC.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:OSC MIDI internet+jamming Open+Sound+Control sensor gestures Max/MSP PD
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:open+source+hardware open source hardware
PicoCrickets
Playful Invention and Exploration (PIE) Network
Create musical sculptures, interactive jewelry, dancing creatures, and other playful inventions with PicoCrickets.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:
Pinball Restoration
Bill Bumgarner
Flashback with classic, fully restored pinball machines set up for free play. Learn how they work and about the amazing array of mechanisms they hold.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:Mechanics pinball restoration collector
Plastigami
Andy Lee
See how to form plastic sheets into origami patterns. This new, unique process uses linear electric heating elements arranged in the pattern of unfolded origami.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Plastic, origami
Play Day
Michael Shiloh
A treasure trove of electronics, construction materials, and expert assistance has all you need to turn a creative doodle in your noodle into something physical. Drop in or stay all day.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:
Plug-In Hybrid Car Conversions
California Cars Initiative
Plug in your Prius! See how to add a larger battery and electronic components that allow a hybrid car to juice up from electricity as well as gasoline.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:Auto DIY environment electric+vehicles entrepreneur
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.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:Tools Engineering Beer
Precision Puzzlemaking
Lee Krasnow
These beautiful and ingenious wooden puzzles and puzzle boxes will confound and inspire you.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:precision puzzles CNC woodworking metalworking
Puppy Mover Monorail
James Horecka
It began as a joke, but it became a whimsical work of kinetic art, that's also a working, five-car monorail train serving some surprisingly well-behaved puppies.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:monorail train model railroad
Quickup Pickup Camper
Jay Baldwin
The exceptionally roomy, radical, patented pickup-based RV is uniquely stable, agile and efficient (about 20 mpg — more than double that of conventional designs with similar amenities).
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
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Rambot
Joni Carlson
This remotely controlled, 4-wheel drive robot can pick up inflatable pool rings and play tic-tac-toe on a tall rack with its a custom-made grabber arm.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:
Realtimelapse Mobile Camera Tower
Derek Lomas
Spot yourself in a real-time time-lapse representation of crowd movements captured by this inexpensive, quickly assembled mechanism for recording aerial footage of public spaces.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:aerial photography timelapse surveillence
Redneck Pool Heater
Todd Harrison
To warm you up on those cooler days, see how you can use a standard outdoor gas grill to heat a small in-ground swimming pool.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:redneck pool heater pool+heater water+heater gas grill
Refrigerator Facelift
Brennan O'Brien
Jazz up your refrigerator with wood panels, metal sheet, artwork, "stained glass", and custom handles. Make any fridge an objet d'art using commonly available materials.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:kitchen home+improvement customization refrigerator makeover
Remote-Controlled Telescope
Linux Astronomy
Use a telescope that is available online through a web interface and can be controlled from anywhere with an Internet connection.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:linux astronomy telescope optic automation robotic sky+chart stars+chart
Retro-Gaming Hacks
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering
Tags:
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:google mapping location hacks
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.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:wireless hacks networking
Robo-Insect Legion
Tony Pratkanis
Buzz by to see robots based on the logic of social insects: fire-fighting robots, six-legged ant-like walking robots, and a robotic honeybee blimp.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:robots robotics ants firefighting walking+robots
RoboGames Presents: The ComBot Cup
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.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:Robot Engineering
Robomagellan robot "RM1"
James Nugen
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:Art+bots robots robotics
Robot "PoohBearBot"
Alan Downing
,
Andrew Downing
,
Karen Downing
,
Matthew Downing
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:art+bots robots robotics
Robots "Buggy", "Protobot army" and "My little 'Wired' robot
Camp Peavy
,
Delay Soto
,
Dianne Worku
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:art+bots robots robotics
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.
Type: Attraction Topic: Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:rockets space
Rockets, High-Powered and Experimental
AeroPAC
Holding three high-power rocket launches annually in the Black Rock Desert, AERO-PAC represents the Northern California and Northern Nevada prefecture of the Tripoli Rocketry Association.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:high powered rocketry science space cansat
Roomba Hacks
Tod Kurt
Give a Roomba a new brain. Control it from a PC. Teach it to sing, dance, and make art. Watch the sinisterly cute Cylon Roomba!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:roomba hacking robot
Russian Alfa Class Submarine
Michael Wernecke
A five-foot Russian radio-controlled submarine built from scratch of epoxy and fiberglass with highly detailed exterior. It submerges and surfaces with compressed air.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:
Sci-Fi Car Enhancements
Damien Stolarz and Ajay Juneja
Computers eventually infiltrate every industry they touch, and the automotive industry is no exception. Installing a PC in your car will give you tommorow's sci-fi features today.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:carpc in-car computing carputer
Secret Tree
Aichen Lin
Confess a secret, and its flowers bloom, and its fruits ripen. The tree interprets and stores secrets in a uniquely altered format to be enjoyed later.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:cardboards LEDs Arduino MAX
Shipyard Projects
Kimric Smythe
This homemade "uniflow" steam engine showcases how to build a simple yet powerful working engine from one compressor cylinder, valves, and little bits of metal.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:
Show robot "Remote"
Gilles De Bordeaux
Type: Topic: Engineering
Tags:Art+bots robots robotics
Show robots "Ziggy", "Flik", "Squeaky the Giant Spider" and "The Mummy"
Aiden Donaldson
,
Nick Donaldson
,
Orion Donaldson
,
Rebecca Donaldson
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Art+bots robots robotics
Show-n-Tell-n-Try DIY Projects with Instructables
Dan Goldwater
A dozen popular Instructables projects, featuring: any-color lighting, beanbag sofa, wobble bike, polyhedron lampshades, nickel ring, giant steel skeleton hand, and fantastic LED projects galore.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:led instructables
Silicon Death Valley
The Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
A tribute to obsolete technology, this graveyard features live builds from discarded materials—from the familiar to the unidentifiable. Make and take your own souvenir of consumerism madness.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:technology creativity
Sociable Tandem Vehicles
Jay Bain
You can test drive these two-person bicycle cruisers sitting side-by-side with a friend, then learn the key steps to making one yourself.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:sociable+tandem art+bicycle green multi-person fun safe comfort welding "off-the-shelf"
Solar Energy Disc
Sharon Smith
This disc with a prismatic lens converts solar energy quite efficiently. Housed in a cylinder, its attractive design compliments the outside environment, unlike roof-mounted units.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:
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.
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:robotics solar
Solder Without Electricity
Kee Nethery
No electricity? No problem! You can solder in any tight spot with a common butane lighter. You'll see how to repair broken cables and wires anywhere without electricity.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:solder wiring
Sparky 2, The Autonomous Telepresence Robot
Marque Cornblatt
Put your face on the robot! This self-powered, mobile, interactive videochat robot can be operated remotely over the internet. It improves the design presented at last year's Faire.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:robot telepresence autonomous video chat ichat
Spirograph CNC Machine
John Guy
This low-cost CNC machine, made from reused and easy-to-find parts, can make 3D objects in wood, foam and plastic. Today it will draft beautiful spirographs.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:homemade+cnc diy+cnc "low-cost cnc"
Stereoscopic 3D Cameras and Displays
The Stereo Club of Southern California
The members of the Stereo Club of Southern California (SCSC) present many of their unique 3D imaging camera rigs, display devices, and stereoscopic imagery.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:"3-D" stereoscopic photography video cinema camera rig display anaglyph polaroid polarization phanto
Stirling Engine
Donald Isaac
This Stirling engine outputs 600 watts. A dozen years have evolved it from proof-of-concept to a pressurized engine that produces mechanical power from propane fuel.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:Stirling+engine energy+conversion efficient+power+production clean+energy
Superplexus
Michael McGinnis
See the 20-year development of this 3D maze-like game. A high school student stuck with his great idea until it became a real toy.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Superplexus toy game invention sculpture fun topology maze labryinth escher mobius interactive 3d "t
Survival Research Labs
Survival Research Labs
A rare opportunity to meet Mark Pauline and his cohorts, human and machine, behind the legendary mechanical performances dubbed "the most dangerous shows on Earth."
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:
Tango, A Narrow Electric Car
Jorg Brown
This 39"-wide EV goes zero to 60 in four seconds. Only three currently exist. Get a peek at how it was constructed (from a kit!)
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:fast electric vehicle NiMH battery
Tea and Circuitry
Randy Sarafan
You are cordially invited to drink tea and make things. The menu includes: peppermint, chamomile, chai, hot glue, capacitors, copper, googly eyes, solenoids, glitter, and cookies.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:art craft design circuitry DIY tea
Tech Challenge
The Tech Museum of Innovation
Tough scenarios inspired by real-world engineering problems have challenged nearly 12,000 youth from across the Bay Area. Come see the finest, most creative solutions!
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:Engineering Kids Innovation Mars
TechShop
TechShop
Come to the TechShop area and try your hand at using some of the machines and equipment available at this local, membership-based workshop.
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:mill milling machine lath MIG TIG welder welding plasma cutter laser cutter 3D printing 3D printer s
Tesla Coil Twins
Greg Leyh
These two nine-foot Tesla Coil towers will operate for ten minutes every hour on the hour.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:lightning, Tesla, electricity
The Art of Motion Control
Bruce Shapiro
The history of Bruce Shapiro's large-scale motion control installations at national and international science centers.
Type: Presentation Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:art kinetic+art CNC algorithmic+art motion+control
The Disgusting Spectacle
Team Spectacle
Inspired by Tim Hunkin's 1979 coin-op nose-picking machine, made bigger and grosser. It's huge. It has nostrils. A finger goes in. Boogers come out. Eeeeew!
Type: Interactive Performance Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Tim+Hunkin Disgusting+Spectacle Hamster+wheel nose nosepicking Don+Bruce Tracy+Feldstein
The Eccentric Cubicle
Kaden Harris
Let this worker bee inspire you to bring the philosophy of 'Improvisational Fabrication' back to your own mundane office.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering | Science
Tags:Eccentric+Genius Improvisational+Fabrication Eccentric+Cubicle
The ORB
James Nick Sears
Displaying surface images of spherical objects in true 3D, the Orb allows the viewing of information -- such as the breakup of Pangea -- with unprecedented perspective.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:display 3d earth visualization persistence+of+vision pov
The Woz
Steve Wozniak
Meet the renowned Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist who helped shape the computing industry.
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:woz wozniak apple
Thereping
Vern Graner
Come play this unusual, synchronized, digital musical instrument. Simply wave your hand, and you’ll hear something that’s part theremin and part bagpipe.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags:Thereping theremin electronic+music Basic+Stamp "Parallax" The+Robot+Group
TILT: The Battle to Save Pinball
Greg Maletic
Learn about Pinball 2000, an industry giant’s effort to resuscitate the withering fortunes of pinball back in 1999, and about the documentary that tells this fascinating story.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:pinball documentary film movie
TinkerThink Mechanical Puzzle
Aaron Geman
Pinballs roam a web of tracks in this mechanical puzzle/kinetic sculpture prototype. You can control the machine with cranks and levers in order to solve the puzzle.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Aaron Geman TinkerThink TinkerThink.net kinetic sculpture mechanical puzzle rube goldberg
Trio 1
Jeremy Boyle
A trio of self-playing MIDI-controlled pneumatic instruments--guitar, bass and drums--performs original compositions.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:midi-controlled pneumatic instruments
Unusual Home-Built Cycles
Tom Kabat, Bob Gillis, and Max Chen
It's fun and easy to build unique bikes from scrap wood, furniture, dumpster finds, old bike parts and imagination. Recycle your old and new ideas here.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Crafts | Engineering
Tags:Wooden+Bikes, "woodenbikes", home+built+bikes
Vehicles: Short John Silver Art Car
Edward Haas
This go-cart for land-lubber pirates cannot sneak up on victims at night, but its fanciful use of EL wire gets a hearty "YO-HO!"
Type: Attraction Topic: Arts | Crafts | Engineering
Tags:electroluminescence mechanics art+car
Vintage Manual Typewriter to Bluetooth Keyboard Hack
Mark Delman
Operate an Apple Bluetooth keyboard that was once an Art Deco 1941 Remington Streamliner typewriter. And learn the secrets to make your own!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
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Vintage PDP-8e Minicomputer
Willard MacDonald
This recently restored PDP-8E minicomputer, originally released in 1971 by Digital, has a whopping 32K words of core memory, input of 12 binary switches, and output of 12 light bulbs.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
Tags:antique+computer "PDP-8"
Walking Robotic Chariot
Bob Schneeveis
This walking mechanical man demonstrates bio-mechanics and solar electric propulsion while pulling a chariot behind him.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:Electric Electric+Vehicle Chariot robot robotic Solar Mechanical+Man
Wall Wars: The Bookshelf vs. Art Truce
Norman Sperling
Art-loving bibliophiles! Have bookshelves consumed all your vertical surfaces? Walls full of books need not preclude hanging art. This simple construction trick will bring peace to your library.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
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Wearable Computing Hacks
Ross Bochnek
Repurposed hardware plus a handmade connector hack yield a wearable computing configuration for an Archos Pocket Media Assistant / Personal video recorder. Learn to hack your own!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:Wearable Computing, Glogging, Cyborg, Hardware Hacks, Mobile, Video
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!
Type: Presentation Topic: Engineering
Tags:weekend projects bre+pettis
Windmills from the Trash Heap
Ted Baer
Come see a variety of windmills, made from such unlikely materials as garbage cans, bicycle wheels, salad bowls, and more.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Arts | Engineering
Tags:windmill, windmills, bicycle+wheels alternative+energy
Windows Embedded Devices
Bill Mar
More and more consumer devices are running Microsoft Windows Mobile/Embedded software. You don't have to be a large company with hundreds of engineers to build these devices; many are designed by small teams. See what tools are used!
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering
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Worm Dissection
Ambidextrous Magazine
Dissect many kinds of worm (-gear-driven devices, large and small) to get a taste of Functional Dissection, a core feature of Ambidextrous Magazine.
Type: Maker Workbench Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:mechanical design dissection
Wrightspeed Electric Supercar
Ian Wright and Rich Hilleman
The lightweight Wrightspeed X1can go zero to 100mph in 6.8 seconds, beating some of the world's fastest supercars. Plus it's quiet, easy-to-drive, and purely electric.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering
Tags:electric+car
X-Cycle Electric Convertible
Avian Motors
This custom, 3-wheeled, uniquely styled, highly efficient electric convertible handles like an ordinary car, reaching up to 75 mph, but has a tandem seat.
Type: Attraction Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:electric vehicle
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!
Type: Demonstration Workshop Topic: Engineering | Science
Tags:retro gaming
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