Maker Faire

Make: television   Twin Cities Public Television
Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires millions to think, create, and, well, make.

Making It In California   Mark Martin , Rick Kuhn
MakingItInCalifornia.com is the URL for the CACT (Center for Applied Competitive Technologies) web site. CACT is the California Community College Economic & Workforce Development initiative that serves the manufacturing and advanced technologies sectors, and that includes makers of every size.

The Paper Airplane Guy   John Collins
A collection of crazy airplanes. Demonstration and instruction for the fine art of paper airplane making.

Howtoons! Live Cartoon Drawing   Howtoons
Howtoons! The possibilities are endless. Come meet the creators of the comic as they show off the latest Howtoons and the process behind them. Live drawing and audience participation.

Special Awesome   Colin Miller, Peter Williams, Timothy Taylor, Justin Kohn
A presentation and demonstration of stereoscopic 3D animation techniques, and live 3D cinematography. Special Awesome, a group of animation veterans and Coraline alumni: Colin Miller - President & Visual Effects expert, Peter Williams and Timothy Taylor - Motion control stereo cinematographers, and Justin Kohn - Stop Motion Animator and Mechanical Sculptor They will speak, answer questions, show examples, and demonstrate their techniques.

Film: Bob's Knee   Bob Schneeveis , Mike Attie
See the short documentary film, Bob's Knee, created by Stanford filmmaker Michael Attie and meet the subject of the film Bob Schneevis, a Bay Area inventor, famous for his RoboChariot, featured in the film.

Make: television   Twin Cities Public Television
Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires millions to think, create, and, well, make.

Disability & Access Hacks   Liz Henry
Small assistive devices such as reacher/grabbers, page turners and book holders, grip extenders, can be made with bits of rubber tubing, PVC pipe, and tools as simple as box cutters and duct tape. Rather than obsess over impossible levels of healthiness and longevity, we need to change people’s expectations of how they will deal with changing physical limitations. We can work to spread simple designs, and a DIY attitude for mobility and accessibility gear, to encourage a culture of invention that will be especially helpful to people as they age. We'll look at the philosophy and will list 5 simple things you can do to help a friend or relative with accessibility hacks!

Make: television   Twin Cities Public Television
Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires millions to think, create, and, well, make.

Learning, Making, and Helping in DTV Transition Outreach   James Miller
Broadcast television's analog to digital TV transition is a technology event touching every American household. On June 12, full power TV stations around the nation will cease over the air transmission of analog television and transmit only digital. Analog TV sets in low-income, non-English speaker, disabled and other households receiving TV over the air will no longer function unless steps are taken to maintain reception after the transition, for example by using a digital converter device. Technical and logistical challenges associated with the DTV transition are expected to impact these households hardest. James Miller, Attorney Advisor at the FCC, will discuss these issues and how this unprecedented technical change offers tech-savvy volunteers an opportunity to share expertise and make a difference to people in need, while learning more about the wireless engineering aspects of broadcast TV. A popular DTV antenna make will be demonstrated, and opportunities to get involved in helping people by making things will also be discussed.

The Universal Remote Control Platform (URCP)   Mark Sigal
Imagine a universal remote control device that controls your home entertainment center, home alarm system AND functions as your interactive programming guide. This presentation, by digital entrepreneur Mark Sigal and Square Connect (doing the demo) will discuss the hardware and accessories that you need to build an iPod touch/iPhone powered universal remote control “touch pad.” It will show you the necessary wireless signaling protocols that you need to control your home entertainment center, activate and deactivate your home alarm, turn on, off or dim lights, and more. Finally, premised on an objective of making media more interactive, Mark will introduce an framework (lifecycle) for thinking about social, metadata and services overlays and interconnects. Don’t miss it.

Making Open Source Hardware into a Kit Business   Phillip Torrone
Thinking of selling your cool invention? Learn how sharing your design makes it easier for more people to enjoy your kit, improve it, and share it in turn. MAKE Senior Editor Phil Torrone has built or blogged most of the DIY electronics kits out there, and he's helped develop open source kits like the Tweet-A-Watt.

Kit Maker Panel: Maker-Made, Community-Sourced   Dan Woods
While most retail sectors have been in a nose dive, the burgeoning DIY marketplace has actually been growing. If you've ever contemplated turning your passion for making into a business, here's your chance to see what's hot and why, and where the new opportunities are. We've assembled an who's who lineup of indie kit makers, including Phil Torrone (adafruit), Ariel Churi (Sparkle Labs), Mitch Altman (Cornfield Electronics), Ken Murphy (Blinky Bugs), Anshul Samar (Elementeo), Dale Wheat (tiny Cylon), and Shawn Wallace (AS220).

Make: television   Twin Cities Public Television
Make: is the DIY series for a new generation! It celebrates "Makers" - the inventors, artists, geeks and just plain everyday folks who mix new and old technology to create new-fangled marvels. The series encourages everyone to invent, revent, recycle, upcycle, and act up. Based on the popular Make magazine, each half-hour episode inspires millions to think, create, and, well, make.