Maker Faire Bay Area 2023
Fairfax Dalek V2
Home: California, United States
The Dalek was first conceived back in 2013 as a White Hill middle school project to inspire and thrill a group of 7th grade Dr Who fans. It is fully remote controlled, can play voice lines and move its head around, originally made from all recycled materials and is designed to be able to roam freely and interact with crowds. We loved taking the Dalek to Maker Faire over the years, after hearing about Maker Faire starting back up we decided to resurrect him as a family project with a new design, more features, a voice-changer and AI (Computer-Vision for the eye-stalk). These new features are still under construction but the Fairfax Dalek V2 will be ready for its debut at Maker Faire! The Dalek is still a work in progress but new photos, videos and updates will be made on the website
http://marinmakermobile.com/
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The Maleys
Andrew Maley is a Maker-teacher and IT professional, who works out of his lab in the hills of Fairfax. He began his Maker Educator career in the fab-lab at his son’s middle school, and worked in 4 makerspaces since.
http://marinmakermobile.com/What Inspired You to Make This?
The dalek has been an iterative project, initiated by a group of 6th grader 'Whovians' who wanted a dalek to follow a Dr Who float at the Fairfax Parade probably 10 years ago. 1. Then came Maker Faire, and we wanted to improve on the design. 2. Go to 1.
