Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
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Combat Robots
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Bay Area Robotic Combat
Home: California, United States
Combat robot club on a mission to expand the sport by helping others learn all about sport. We also host events in the Bay Area to see if you robot has what it takes to compete against other amazing designs of engineering marvels. Lets us help you learn about 3D modeling to precision scale. Then taking those designs to the next level of 3D printing and CNC manufacturing. Next you can learn how to chose the perfect electronics like drive and weapon motors to power your creation. At our events you can compete against top level competitors. Some of our club members have even been on the show BattleBot.
The Retro Roadshow
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: The Retro Roadshow
Home: California, United States
We are The Retro Roadshow, an interactive hands-on museum of vintage computers and video games. Our mission is to help people understand how the technology of yesteryear lead to the world we live in now, by letting visitors engage with the entertaining and creative aspects of vintage technology.
For the 2023 Maker Faire, we will be presenting a hands-on interactive exhibit in which visitors learn about the history of video games by tracking the evolution of Nintendo’s Mario character. Attendees will experience Mario’s origins in the classic game “Donkey Kong” on Atari consoles, through his appearances in games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64 and Nintendo GameCube. Visitors to our exhibit will have fun while learning!
Pint Sized Combat Robots
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Jackie Gerstein
Home: United States
Jackie is a battle bots alum who has helped create tiny, easy-to-build combat robots that don't require a giant polycarbonate arena and a safety team.
Fabula Tea
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Kai-Kenny Chew
Home: California, United States
We specialize in rare micro-batch loose-leaf teas and herbal blends that are handmade using our own proprietary recipe. Our teas feature locally sourced ingredients that are meticulously selected to ensure clean, flavorful and healing brews without additional flavorings or additives. Housed in pouches or canisters (all US suppliers) adorned with original artworks created by local Bay Area artists, our teas offer a unique multi-sensorial experience that delights, nourishes and evokes transformative experiences.
Obtainium Works
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Obtainium Works
Home: California, United States
For both weekends, we plan to bring a number of art vehicles to be on display and be mobile on the 2nd weekend. We will also bring our Robot Rumble exhibit which is a battlebot style event using trash robots made from Obtainium. There will be 4 robots that are RC controlled to battle each other in a public safe arena. There will also be robots on display. On Sunday, October 22 at 5pm, we will have a parade of Obtainium Cup Contraptor Rally pedal powered vehicles.
Kinetic Steam Works Railroad Handcar
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Kinetic Steam Works
Home: California, United States
Our entirely-shop-built narrow gauge railroad handcar features shop-cast aluminum curved-spoke wheels and cast-iron hubs. Attendees can pump the car down 100 feet of vintage 9-pound rail and feel like they’re on a real track maintenance crew. We’ll print commemorative collectible coasters on our 117 year old steam powered printing press. Our 26 foot steam launch “S.L. Victoria” will be on display as well as our 1898 Stanley Steamer Locomobile.
Knew Concepts
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Brian Meek
Home: California, United States
About Us
Knew Concepts began 10 years ago when Lee Marshall, the inventor of a line of small hydraulic presses for the art jewelry world (Bonny Doon Engineering) decided to retire.
That lasted about a week, then Lee was back in the workshop, taking the first serious new look at improving the centuries old design of jeweler’s saws. (or fret saws: they’re the same thing.)
At this beginning point, Brian Meek signed on with his old friend Lee for a few weeks to help out while job hunting. Brian designed some of our most distinctive products like the titanium Birdcage saws and the coping saws. The first production models rolled out of the Santa Cruz shop in early 2009, and it’s been a non-stop rollercoaster ride ever since. It truly has been a case of “building the better mousetrap”. Brian remained with Knew Concepts helping Lee create excellent US made products and eventually purchased the company after Lee passed away in June of 2017.
Over the years, our patented saws have won a number of innovation awards, and just recently our titanium birdcage saw was featured in a paper by a Cambridge University researcher on innovative design.
Knew Concepts is a small American manufacturing company, committed to bringing our passion for quality tools to customers, and to building the best tools we know how to make.
Lee Marshall said it best:
“We are dedicated to helping you pursue your work and your passion for well-made tools that bring pleasure to the task. Our products may feel luxurious to use, but they are never extravagant, as they are designed and made with you and your needs foremost and are made to last a lifetime. Reward yourself for all of your hard work!”
Birch Robot
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Kenny Perez
Home: New York, United States
We make fun wooden pendulum clocks for kids that are proudly handcrafted in California.
Printed Wonders, Limitless Dreams: Perky 3D Prints
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Fatimah Hussain
Home: California, United States
These products are perfect for room and birthday decorations, and gifts and presents for friends and family.
Many of my products can be customized, which means they come in various colors, shapes, and sizes. Customers can also paint, draw, and color the figurines and gifts for an additional fun factor. I always prioritize my customer’s wants, which has led to my business being a Star Seller on Etsy, with fast shipping, speedy responses, and 5 star reviews across the board.
Walk in/Walk up Glass Blowing Classes for first time students
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Mare Island Art Glass
Home: California, United States
Make your own hot glass project. It is fast and easy and you do most of the work. We have classes specifically designed for children 5+y/o to 11y/o and we also have 20 + projects to choose from for anyone older than that. Most glass has to cool overnight to prevent breaking, we have some very special projects that can be made in 15 minutes and can be ready to be picked up in as little as 1 hour. Price points go from as little as $40 + tax to $114 with the special code, lemon40 for Maker Faire attendees.
Tier 1 classes
Mini Glass Pumpkins
Solid Paperweights
Solid hearts
Blown Terrarium
Blown Mini Vase or Milk Jug
Tier 2 classes
Sea Star
Urchin
Winged Solid Heart
Holiday balls (2)
Tier 3
4-5 inch Blown Pumpkin
Large terrarium
Wine Glass
Beer Glass
Large bowl
Building machines to explore cell behavior
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Wallace Marshall
Home: California, United States
We usually think of learning and decision making as something that only animals with brains can do. but even single cells can perform a surprising array of apparently purposeful behavior, and can even show basic forms of learning. We have been building homemade devices, controlled by arduinos, that use stepper motors to deliver calibrated stimuli to cells, allowing us to monitor their response. Using these homebrew devices, we can show that cells are able to learn, and do simple experiments to explore how they learn. In this demonstration, visitors will be able to operate the devices using buttons and switches, and see the effects on cells in real time under a USB microscope. This project shows that with a few electronic parts and an arduino, you can build equipment in your garage th
Space Palette Pro – A New Casual Instrument
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Tim Thompson
Home: California, United States
The Space Palette Pro is the latest iteration of the 'casual instrument' style of interactive installation that I've been developing for the last decade. Similar to casual games, casual instruments provide immediately entertaining and satisfying results, with the potential for deeply expressive exploration. This latest version uses the Sensel Morph, a multitouch surface with extreme pressure-sensitivity. By finger-painting on these pads, you simultaneously play music and generate visuals. No pre-recorded media, sequences, or loops are used – everything is generated in realtime by your hands. Much of the project has been open-sourced.
Why your next 3D printer should be a laser!
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Matt Stultz
Home: United States
Why should your next 3D printer should be a laser? A carpenter doesn't only use a hammer and you can take your projects further and faster by adding more tools to your resources.
Enchanted Leaves | MicroDean Systems – Cu Electroforming Live Demo
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Enchanted Leaves & MicroDean Systems
Home: California, United States
Our project will showcase the copper electroformed nature jewelry that we create, along with an interactive live demo that highlights the fascinating process and techniques behind its creation. The demo will feature the functions of our smart MiniForm automatic current/voltage regulating power supply, which is designed specifically for electroforming. It is engineered and fabricated by us, everything from writing the code to hand soldering each one. With it, anyone can capture and preserve the elegance of the natural world in unique copper jewelry and artwork.
Personal Peltier-based tabletop air conditioner & tabletop cooler/warmer
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: AKIYOSHI KAWAGUCHI
Home: Saitamaken, Japan
Ever felt that mid-study or work slump and just wished for a warm drink? Enter our compact warmer box! Not only can it keep your coffee or tea toasty, but it's also a game-changer for your lunch. Bring it to work, and say goodbye to cold meals.
I was so stoked about the idea that I had to create one. But here's the twist: flip it over, and voilà, it's a tabletop air conditioner! Those little holes at the bottom? They pump out cool vibes, making summer desk sessions a breeze. And if you're the outdoorsy type, hook it up to a solar panel, and you're set for the comfiest camping trip ever, even in the scorching heat!
Basic Makerspace Tools
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: CADclass
Home: United States
Have you ever wondered about what equipment is in a makerspace? Come learn about the most common tools necessary to run a 'starter' makerspace all the way up through a 'professional' makerspace. You'll discover hand, power, and CNC tools for wood, metal, plastic, electronics, and more!
Make: Magazine
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Make:
Home: California, United States
Meet the Makers behind Make: and get a subscription to Make: magazine at a special event price! Sign up at the Make: Booth, in the Maker Shed or the Maker Faire Merch Tent. Join the Maker Movement and dive into the first magazine devoted to DIY technology projects.
Vintage Computer Festivalers
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Vintage Computer Festivalers
Home: California, United States
Our goal is to demonstrate our vintage computers and consoles ranging from the 1970's to the 1990's so that the public can understand the technology that paved the way for modern computers/cellphones/game systems. These vintage 8-bit/16-bit computers, with names such as Commodore, Tandy, Apple, Atari, Texas Instruments, and more, ran at speeds of 1 MHz. or slightly more in comparison to modern 64-bit systems running at multi-gigahertz with multi-gigabytes of memory. With our vintage computers, the public will learn how programming, gaming, word-processing, computer art, computer music, and more.was just in its beginning stages.
Schac Attack’s “Palace of Novelty”
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Jennifer Schachter
Home: California, United States
Part storefront, part immersive museum installation, “Schac Attack’s Palace of Novelty” invites you to take a look behind the curtain of Jen Schachter’s creative process — from design and prototyping, through finished product!
Sketchbook pages come to life as foam-core models, which evolve into dioramas of miniature worlds, enticing prop slices of fake cake, or the towering EVA foam wig that was featured on the latest issue of Make!
Come meet the artist, pick up your own diorama kit to build at home, and get an up-close look at how all these “novelties” are made.
Cody Vrosh and Binary Winter Press
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Cody Vrosh
Home: California, United States
Cody Vrosh is an artist fusing science fiction elements with bold female characters and playful creatures to create a unique brand of speculative illustration. Together with his wife writer Sheatiel Sarao, he founded Binary Winter Press, an indie small press making books, original art, pins and hand screen printed apparel featuring the things they love best, from robots to space cats, cyberpunk to starlight wanderings.
E-liza Dolls (Dolls that teach girls how to code)
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: E-liza Dolls
Home: California, United States
E-liza Dolls makes robot dolls that teach young girls how to code! Our mission is to increase diversity and decrease the gender gap in STEM.
By introducing young girls to coding and hardware from a young age, we are raising a new generation of women in STEM!
Through story-based play, girls will code and build different projects using sensors to technologically enhance their lives with E-liza the robot doll from outer space!
Lemur Box
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: HAL51.AI
Home: California, United States
Lemur box is multi-utility 3D display device.
Just plugin in your smartphone or tablet and see it transformed as a:
a) High fidelity stereoscopic 3D display device that facilitates interactively working with pepper's ghost 'holograms'
b) A 'laptopifier' that turns your good ol' used smartphone or tablet into a passive monitor experience.
c) A holographic chat box to chat with your friends' holograms ( Remember Princess Leia's in the '77 classic 'A new hope' ?!)
d) A hybrid XR box with a secret door that will allow you to insert actual physical objects that'll interact with the projected holograms!
*Comes with 2 free edutainment apps preloaded with 3D assets that can interact with!
Drone Cage and Piloting
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Drones of San Francisco/ SF Drone School
Home: California, United States
We will have one netted area for drone demo and drone simulator training. A second for Q&A on how to become a commercial drone pilot or a professional drone racer. The drone racers will sign autographs and give pictures to kids.
TriLeene
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Jana McKinny
Home: California, United States
A mutant vehicle collaboration between Elieen the Pearl Peacock and Grizz the Trimule MKIII. Grizz, the three-wheel base vehicle, is a unique mix of go-kart parts, hydrostatic ZTR commercial tractor powertrain and custom-fabricated components created by Billy Powell. Grizz may not be the fastest tripod at the race track, but he can spin in circles from zero to 60 faster than you can yell vomit! Making Grizz the perfect base vehicle to show off the gorgeous aluminum and LED feathers from Elieen the Pearl Peacock created by Kristen Hoard. Elieen, a fan favorite at Burning Man, takes a team of six a full eight-hour day to assemble with the completed vehicle often being too tall or wide for smaller venues. Elieen and Grizz have truely formed the perfect partnership.
