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Altered Couture
My line of Altered Couture, a style of design that embellishes existing garments and accessories, represents outfits that have been coordinated using fabrics and paints. Outfits begin with an item of clothing or an accessory, and evolve until an entire ensemble has been created that is as unique as the wearer of the outfit.
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Applied Kinetic Arts
A group showing of like-minded kinetic sculptors, makers all, who turn scrap and ideas into amazing devices and art.
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Avian Motors X-Cycle
The X-Cycle is a ground up electric vehicle design optimized for minimum power usage and maximum fun! It is a three wheel reverse trike, with power to the rear wheel and steering from the front.
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BallFrog
FIRST Robotics Team 100
"BallFrog" is Team 100's (Woodside/Carlmont Robotics Team) robot created for the 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition. This robot led the winning alliance at the Silicon Valley Regional and won the Motorola Quality Award at two separate regionals. Each year through FIRST, Team 100 members have a fascinating real-world engineering experience.
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Batik Chic
This is a demonstration of the batik process that will be appearing as a CRAFT project, "Batik Chic."
Traditionally, the batik technique entails using wax to block the dyes used to color the fabric. I used wax to block various colors and shades of cold--water dye on cotton fabric.
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Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group Projects
Computer music technology projects including:
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Bleep Labs
Bleep Labs produces hand made, electronic music toys with personality. Our main product, the Thingamagoop, is a light-controlled synthesizer that produces a wide range of sounds using a simple interface. We are also releasing a kit version as well as digital toy designed with fellow makers, Loud Objects.
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Breathalyzer Genie
Christopher Palmer
Christopher Palmer's kinetic sculptures include Breathalyzer Genie and Breathing Trouble.
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CalCars
Felix Kramer
CalCars is an enabling organization that seeks to accelerate the adoption of PHEVs. We achieve these goals through advocacy and education as well as through demonstrating technology projects. CalCars itself is a hybrid non-profit organization in that it is comprised of entrepreneurs, engineers, environmentalists and consumers. Our projects tackle national security, jobs and global warming -- at the same time. We are always seeking volunteers to work with us.
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CCRMA Musical Interactives
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University
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 University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.
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Exploring New Ways to Interact with Computers
I will demonstrate input (game controllers, cameras, microcontrollers) and output (sound, custom circuits) methods that can form non-traditional user interfaces. I will also show how to use things like PyGame, Pd, OSC and MIDI to quickly build these interfaces. Examples will be shown. Bring a controller, learn to use it!
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Frankentrike
This electric-assist cargotrike is your ecological urban workhorse. It hauls 1/4 ton comfortably over hilly terrain, usually only needing a 1x/day recharge. Cars WILL see you in this behemoth or they will suffer the consequences. Get exercise and get around in cool comfort.
Reappearing in '08 with improved braking, shading, protective and noisemaking features.
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Free Radio Berkeley
IRATE (International Radio Action Training, Education), provides transmitter kits, technical support and training. IRATE is also involved in national and international outreach and organizing efforts. Our transmitters and other related equipment are being used by popular liberation struggle movements in a number of countries.
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Giant Squid
Nemo Gould
A giant metal mechanical squid.
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High Definition 3D Camcorder
Lorin Thwaits
I mounted two high definition camcorders on a rigid aluminum plate. After processing recorded footage and playing it back while looking through LCD shutter glasses, the result is "amazingly" realistic 3D video. It's like looking through a window into the live scene itself. You have to see it to believe it.
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Honda S90 EV Conversion
My 13 yr. old son and I are converting an old 1967 Honda S90 (90cc) motorcycle into a state-of-the-art plug-in electric vehicle. The design parameters are to not exceed the donor vehicle's original weight, 190lb. It should match or exceed the original power, 8hp, and be able to go at least 50mph for a minimum of 25 miles with 110Vac plug-in recharging. The mission, to provide education, in town efficient transport, and of course, FUN.
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How to Make a Million! (of a Thing)
We are responsible for...
Tens of thousands of alive art interactions
Millions of renewed and reused perfect products
Hundreds of dreams released into reality
An idea that is nurtured and loved
produces investments in millions
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iStuff Mobile
Rafael Ballagas
iStuff Mobile is a rapid prototyping framework that accelerates the creation of low-fidelity functional prototypes of physical user interfaces for mobile phones. Quartz Composer, a visual programming environment from Apple, is used to add logic to the prototype.
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LaserFinger
LaserFinger is a project of the Palo Alto High School Robotics/InvenTeam. Its aim is to create an affordable assistive technology while engaging students across the Bay Area.
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Lift Assist
Miguel Valenzuela
I developed a toilet seat lift for disabled individuals that is made out of PVC and runs off the water pressure from ones house.
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Lost in Space Experience
Makers can relive the Lost in Space experience with a working ROBOT, the Jupiter II computer, a balloon breaking Laser Pistol and Rocket Belt simulator that can zoom around the Jupiter II's crash site. All items are custom made and hand crafted to the specifications of the original TV show.
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MAIZ
MAIZ is a cyber sonic robotic talisman. It is a hyper-folkloric object of reconnection, made of recycled machinery parts and controlled by a computer. MAIZ is a link between Aztec mythology and contemporary cyber technology.
MAIZ is featured in the latest issue of MIT Leonardo as well as Music and Science magazine.
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Make Professional Quality Wiring Harnesses
Wiring harnesses are an essential and often overlooked part of any electrical system. On a car, a good wiring harness can make the difference between a weekend joyride and a long tow home. Building a quality wiring harness requires a couple inexpensive tools and the right techniques, as I will demonstrate.
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Make the Future!
What could Maker Faire look like in 2018? And where is that future already here? Make the Future! shows exciting visions from the next decade of making and manufacturing, and connects the future to the prototypes already being built today. Come to see how you’ll be making the future.
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Marvin, the Anthropomorphic Babbage Concierge
Milo Dodds
Meet Marvin. He's Steampunk. He's robotic, more or less, with pan/tilt articulation... the eyes are spot lights, the nose is a low lux video camera, there's (predictably) a speaker in his mouth, and those jowl-like little grille things are a microphone array. It's all controlled via wireless USB through a phidget interface, with motion and noise tracking algorithms, facial recognition, and a bunch of other geegaws and gimcracks. He can be scary to see in operation, which is kinda the point. Milo Dodds commissioned Kaden Harris to build Marvin as part of "a relatively minor component of a truly epic commission."
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Motorized Barcalounger
Lyn Gomes
When complete, it will look like an ordinary 1970's era black vinyl recliner. The electric wheelchair concealed beneath will allow for the ultimate in laziness and nerd-geekiness combined!! Too lazy to get a beer from the fridge and your dog's too stupid to learn (or too smart to reward your lazy bum)? The motorized barcalounger will do just fine!
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Music Instrument Controllers with Fiber and Malleable Materials
Adrian Freed
New materials like conductive thread, piezoresistive textiles and carbon fiber make it possible to build compelling new musical instrument controllers in minutes and hours without the carpentry skills traditional lutherie require. I will show you how to build these new instruments and invent your own.
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NYC Resistor Super Funtime Hacklab!
We're going to be showing off all kinds of fun projects that we've created over the last few months at the NYCResistor hacker space. There will be LED blinky projects; RepRap the open source 3D printer; Arduino projects a plenty; BarBot! the robot bartender; steam-powered widgets; Daisy the friendly open source MP3 player; Twithcie, the multipurpose plush robot (a new kit from MAKE Magazine!); incredible knitted and sewn monstrosities (kids LOVE them!); and much more! We will dedicate much of our space to hands on fun for visitors to the Faire.
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Precision Puzzlemaking with a Laser Cutter
These beautiful and ingenious wooden puzzles and puzzle boxes will confound and inspire you.
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R2-D2 Astromech Droids
We're members of the R2 Builders Club. A loosely organize international group of Star Wars fans who love to build droids.
We've been featured in MAKE Magazine, appeared at lots of events throughout the country, and we run droid building workshops and panels.
We will be roaming around the event throughout the weekend with frequent stops back at our Rebel Base to charge our batteries. There we can answer questions on how easy it is to get started building your very own astromech droid.
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Retro DVD Player and Wi-Fi Radio
Tired of the mundane look of modern electronics? Take control and transform modern day devices (Wi-Fii internet radio, DVD player, PC speakers, USB charger) into pieces straight out of the golden era.
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Rotating Amusement Device
LED spinning machine with two fast intersecting axes.
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Solar-powered Stirling Engine
I’m developing a Stirling-cycle heat engine that will operate on solar heat. In addition to demonstrating the engine, I will also show tools and methods to simulate and measure engine performance.
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Solenoid City
Jonathan Foote
A petite interactive kinetic artwork.
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Sparky 2.0
Marque Cornblatt
Sparky was originally made from materials found while dumpster diving and at garage sales. Sparky 2.0 uses the MAKE controller board and Skype’s free video chat and is completely controllable via computer anywhere in the world. Autonomous Telepresence (or AT) is a term coined to describe the emerging field of research that combines remote sensing and telepresence, social networking, and human interaction. These elements together enable an entirely new and unique form of human/machine hybrid –- the video chat rover. Over the past few years, AT has emerged as a useful method for human interaction, and is already beginning to help connect people in hospitals, museums, corporations, and distance learning environments.
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Steampunk
How can you be authentic to yourself and part of a (sub)culture?
Through the lens of Steampunk, a meta-subculture that is currently at its tipping point of growth, we explore the inevitable question a subculture faces as it grows from disparate DIY roots. Who and what belongs? Can it transform permaculture?
Geek comedian Heather Gold converses with computer and car modifier Jake von Slatt (http://steampunkworkshop.com/); Abney Park singer Captain Robert (http://www.abneypark.com/); and Steampunk magazine editor and wearable art creator + artist Libby Bulloff (http://www.exoskeletoncabaret.com).
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Stereoscopic Cameras and Displays
Come see the 3D imaging camera rigs, display devices, and stereoscopic imagery. We are also including live projected 3D video, the PSP/antique stereoscope, and video phantograms.
In addition to this, we will be offering a workshop on how to take digital stereoscopic photos.
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Technomadism and Transhuman Hacks for Duosport Motorcycles and Riders
Ross Bochnek
I reconfigure consumer, industrial, and Milspec goods for multipurpose urban, touring, and trail motorcycle adventuring and Moblogging. I integrate rider and vehicular systems for modularity, wearability, and security. I am interested in communities for handier citizens, contrasting mass-produced and field-improvised solutions, and the bewildering inter-relations between litter, nature, and survival.
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The Redwood Waves
Hand-powered mechanical waves.
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The Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk)
Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group
The Stanford Laptop Orchestra (SLOrk) is a large-scale, computer-mediated ensemble that explores cutting-edge technology in combination with conventional musical contexts - while radically transforming both. Founded in 2008 by director Ge Wang and students, faculty, and staff at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), this unique ensemble comprises more than 20 laptops, human performers, controllers, and custom multi-channel speaker arrays designed to provide each computer meta-instrument with its own identity and presence. The orchestra fuses a powerful sea of sound with the immediacy of human music-making, capturing the irreplaceable energy of a live ensemble performance as well as its sonic intimacy and grandeur. At the same time, it leverages the computer's precision, possibilities for new sounds, and potential for fantastical automation to provide a boundary-less sonic canvas on which to experiment with, create, and perform music. Offstage, the ensemble serves as a one-of-a-kind learning environment that explores music, computer science, composition, and live performance in a naturally interdisciplinary way. (http://slork.stanford.edu)
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The Time Machine
Steam- and hand-powered kinetic metal sculpture.
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TimeScience TimeWindow and Stop Motion Theater
Tim Brown
It's play-time! Stop in at the Stop Motion Theater and be a part of a collaborative movie. Or take a timeout with our favorite pastime, the TimeWindow and make time fly with the TimeController -- experience a year in a minute, or push the button and turn the dial to go back in time and watch the Maker Faire unfold from the start.
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Tricks of the Trade/Narwhal Creative
Tim Lillis
Tricks of the Trade is a recurring HowTo comic strip in MAKE Magazine showing how to use everyday objects and tools to their full potential. The goal is to spread the Tricks that professionals use to benefit everyone, pro or not. Tricks of the Trade is written and illustrated by Tim Lillis, a frequent contributor to MAKE and CRAFT.
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Tube Time
The Nixie tube wall clock with chime, has several other small Nixie clocks, and some clocks constructed using vintage oscillograph cathode ray tubes!
You will also see vintage oscillograph instruments, including one model dating to 1935.
Learn how to make vintage-style paper capacitors out of cardboard toilet paper tubes
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Twenty Seven Gears
Benjamin Cowden makes interactive mechanical sculptures that explore the ways people interact with each other and with the world around them. Meticulously fabricated movements contrast with apparently trivial processes to offer users a playful experience as well as an invitation to re-examine their activities and perceptions.
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UCSC March Slugness!
The CMPE-118/L Introduction to Mechatronics class at UC Santa Cruz was tasked to build a robot that can throw pingpong balls into baskets illuminated by IR beacons. Teams of three built the robots which must run completely autonomously for each round of 2 minutes with no interference from builders.
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UCSC-Slug Engineering
The University of California, Santa Cruz School of Engineering Senior Design Projects:
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uScope
This modified shop microscope is being developed in cooperation with PATH.org and Stanford to be used in rural health clinics for high resolution pathology work. It uses diffractive film and off-axis LED ring illumination to effectively replace, for $5, the much more costly kohler illumination used in top-of-the-line >$1000 microscopes such as shown here. This solar recharged, Li-ion powered fully working unit will be used to demonstrate Malaria and Tuberculosis detection in bllod and sputum smears, which is a pressing medical need in developing countries. We also are producing small scale UV-C and electrochlorinators (in partnership with MSR and MIOX corp) also for use in the developing for world water purification whci will also be shown at the booth
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Weave Anything
Any object that can be displayed on a computer can be woven. This surprising fact is a consequence of the deep relationship between triaxial weaving and the triangle-faceted surfaces used in computer graphics. I will demonstrate by weaving some large models onsite. Also: hands-on play with unit weaving using both TWOGS and IQ's-- which can likewise weave anything!
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