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Stanford to the Fourth
Four projects from five Stanford Design students. We feel that presenting together better speaks to our ethic of encouraging exploration through building.
1) The Beancat - An all-wheel drive electric bean bag chair
2) Cumulus - Quilted trash bag lamp
3) Personal Fire Suit
4) Rotomax - Automated rotating time lapse camera mount
| Location: West Gate B2 |
Kaleidoscopic Dreams
I make large and small kaleidoscopes. My favorites are the big ones about 4' in length. I am working on building one approximately 32' long and 8' tall. They are great fun for interaction and create great visuals. I love to share them with people.
| Location: West Gate B3 |
El Guitarnome
Over the last 9 months I have built a custom guitar from building the guitar body from cherry, wenge, and maple to finishing the neck with a zebra wood fret board and a birds eye maple neck. I have embedded a Monome within the body and custom built the encasing for all the electronics, I can now run USB and my 1/4 cable out to my audio interface and rock it with my Guitarnome.
I have a few more things to finish on it but I am in the final stages!
It was something I started in highschool, then 8 years later have finished.
| Location: West Gate B4 |
Holistic Hooping
Join us in our flow tool play environment! Providing plenty of hand-made toys to play with, you can learn the art of HoopDance & Staff spinning in this interactive zone. With impromptu performances & ongoing instruction, the entire family can spin, laugh, smile and have fun together!
| Location: West Gate Grass Area F |
Gasifier Experimenters Kit, ALL Power Labs
Jessica Hobbs
ALL Power Labs (APL) in Berkeley developed out of the The Shipyard collaborative art/build space for large scale mechanical, kinetic and electronic art. APL is an R&D facility developing tools for open source power hacking. Our center for Art and Energy has developed on the open software model. This has lead to the development of a facility, information resource and gathering of people engaged in art and creative power hacking. It is this pooling of resources that has developed projects like the Gasifier Experimenters Kit (GEK)-- an open source "biomass thermal conversion lego kit" to enable DIYers to create power and biochar from everyday waste biomass. http://www.gekgasifier.com We use our GEK to convert the Honda you see here today.
| Location: West Gate Grass Area G |
Escape From Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary)
Jessica Hobbs
"Escape from Berkeley (by any non petroleum means necessary)" is a road rally of alternatively powered vehicles from Berkeley, California to the US-Mexican Border. Part engineering problem, part artistic opportunity, the rally challenges contestants to start their "engines" on something other than petroleum based fuel, and by any means necessary, cause their "vehicles" show up at the border five days later - using only fuels/power/motive force scavenged for free along the route.
"Some entries will arrive at the start line with extreme technical innovation. Others will arrive with only creative excess. The best entries, as well as the likely winners, will need to arrive with both." - Jim Mason
| Location: West Gate Grass Area G |
Solar Souvenir Shoppe (of Burnination)
The giant Fresnel lens liquefies metal, allowing it to flow into a mold.
It's science and entertainment rolled into one!
| Location: West Gate Grass Area I |
PlaySoundGround
The PlaySoundGround is an adult-sized, kid-friendly musical playground that's also a musical instrument, and a musical instrument that is also a playground. Your movement is turned into sound using sensors mounted on the playground equipment that send data to a computer running real-time synthesis software.
| Location: West Gate Grass C |
Aging in Community
Raines Cohen
DIY "Active Adult" EcoVillage Neighborhoods. Learn how to work with your neighbors to co-create sustainable community, designed not just for "aging in place" but to deepen intergenerational connections so you can maintain independence. Learn from community organizers from around Northern California and take home the tools, inspiration, and connections you need for changing aging.
| Location: West Gate Grass D |
Coworking Communities & Hacker Spaces
Raines Cohen
Laid off? Visionary? Getting outta the office? Need space to create, connect, invent and inspire? Form your own workplace community, coworking or hacker space where you can work together, share resources, gain inspiration, get business, even share childcare. Meet coworking organizers from around the Bay Area and learn how to create your own.
| Location: West Gate Grass D |
Underwater Robotics (ROV)
Jesuit High School is introducing high school students and individuals to the world of underwater robotics.
| Location: West Gate Grass J |
Solar Touring Bike
Our Solar Touring Bike will allow two riders to travel up to 200 miles per day entirely powered by the sun. Clever use of a geared hill-climbing motor and a silent cruise hub motor will enable us to tackle even difficult mountain touring on solar power.
| Location: West Gate Grass K1 |
Gridbeam Village
Richard and Phil Jergenson
Since exhibiting at Maker Faire 2008, we've published "How to Build with Gridbeam". Gridbeam is a standardized building system that allows maximum parts interchangability between users/Makers.
We are open source.
Exhibits include electric vehicles, shelter, solar energy, interactive historical sustainable energy display panels, etc. All made of Gridbeam.
| Location: West Gate North Grass D |
The Ultimate Crunch
Recycling, at its best. Hands-on, interactive event, encourages individuals to work in their own geographic region (city, school, community). I demonstrate how to build your own equipment and provide DIY plans. This is a masters, green-jacket eco-game. Play for fun, or go for gold. It’s tournament time!!
| Location: West Gate West lot entrance |
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