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Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 Highlights

Batella and CardBoard Dino

Cardboard Dino

TurfInc Dance Battle

Fabrication

Myriapoda

Tapigami

TurfInc Dance Battles

Adam Savage and Conen O'Brien

LED Games

Cadillac Rocket Car

Prothesis and the Cadillac

Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

Featured Makers of 2019

Museum of Future Sports - Drones, VR, and RC Cars

The Museum of Future Sports features free hands-on experiences with drones, RC racing and virtual reality to all Maker Faire attendees. Learn how to fly a drone , race cars head-to-head with friends, or create a Virtual Reality Selfie video.

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Museum of Future Sports - Drones, VR, and RC Cars

Make: Learn to Solder

Makers of all ages can come learn or build on their soldering skills by making their very own blinky LED pin to wear proudly. Learn to Solder is sponsored by Google.

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Make: Learn to Solder

Steam power by KSW

Come see how things were done over 100 years ago! See lumbering steam engines turn water and wood into heat, power, and electricity! Print your own Maker Faire drink coaster. Watch the gears turn on our 12 foot orrery and feel the foundry in action!

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Steam power by KSW

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Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

2018 Featured Makers

Tony Stark and Geppetto collaborate Version 2.3

What started out as a wooden mechanical arm that I wore as a spectator to Maker Faire in 2012 has evolved into an entire suit that I am reasonably sure is finished. The overall look of the suit stems from a complete lack of planning.

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Tony Stark and Geppetto collaborate Version 2.3

Young Makers

Come see what Young Makers Community brings

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Young Makers

Makers Making Change

Makers Making Change connects makers to people with disabilities who need assistive technologies. Make a proven open source assistive technology from our library, and connect to a person with a disability to make an access solution.

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Makers Making Change

Prosthesis: The Anti-Robot

Prosthesis is the world's first 100% human controlled, 100% electric powered off-road racing mech. It is a celebration of human skill in unison with high technology and is the flagship machine in a quest to make mech racing a reality.

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Prosthesis: The Anti-Robot

Perkunas Super Human- Panther, Unicorn, Insect and sea creatures

The works are from his observation of real creature's structure. Roy uses 3D printing to print out parts piece by piece as mold for casting metal parts. Each work parts are assembled by bolts an nuts, and become moveable real creatures.

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Perkunas Super Human- Panther, Unicorn, Insect and sea creatures

Sitting Ducks

'Sitting Ducks' is a is a mixed media piece. It contains a pleasant scene of tranquil victorian nature. Once there an astute observer will see an ominous symbol of destruction which should lead to the realization that we are all…..'Sitting Ducks'.

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Sitting Ducks

See Maker Faire Editor and Educator Choice Winners

Maker Faire Bay Area 2017

2017 Featured Makers

Fablab O Shanghai's Dishu Machine

Fablab O Shanghai is presenting its "Dishu Machine" a robot capable of making large paintings of Chinese poetry using water on the ground. Watch the robot slowly dance with a brush and water: but hurry up, the calligraphy will evaporates soon!

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Fablab O Shanghai's Dishu Machine

Life-Size Mousetrap

The Life Size Mousetrap is a fantastically hand crafted, 16 piece, 50,000-lb. interactive kinetic sculpture set atop a 6,500-square-foot game board. This giant Rube Goldberg style contraption comes complete with a Vaudevillian style show.

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Life-Size Mousetrap

Obtainium Works

Obtainium Works is the premiere art car factory in Vallejo, CA that is home to the Neverwas Haul and a number of other art cars. Come to the Steampunk Grotto, ride the vehicles and check out our steampunk clothing, accessories, and kids crafts area.

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Obtainium Works

Giant Cardboard Robots

Arm yourself with Giant Cardboard Robot Arms! The Revolution Will Be Corrugated.

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Giant Cardboard Robots

Pacific Pinball Camp

The Pinball Museum exhibits from Dick Falkard, Michael and Christian Schiess, the Pinball trailer, the original Visible Pinball, Pinbowl and more is joined by Mark Gibson from Colorado presenting all of his interactive "Fun With Pinball" exhibits.

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Pacific Pinball Camp

Ken Berman Art/The Nexus of Urban Art & Design

Ken Berman Art - The Nexus of Urban Art & Design Combining the raw energy of the urban environment with the mechanics our modern age Ken Berman uses Autocad to feature his artwork on skateboards as an alternative form of artistic expression.

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Ken Berman Art/The Nexus of Urban Art & Design

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Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

2016 Featured Makers

Irma Freeman Center for Imagination: Miniature Plumbing!

Come see me build a miniature interactive bathroom on site using found, collected and recycled materials. Make your own mini fountain, shower, sink, toilet or water slide and take it home to play!

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Irma Freeman Center for Imagination: Miniature Plumbing!

OVY Kids Racers

Free all day pedal racers for kids 3-7 yrs old. Come race a 4 min race on our oval track.

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OVY Kids Racers

Howtoons

Howtoons provides engaging content that teaches kids how to build things, combining instructions with visual storytelling. Howtoons has a foundation of science and engineering education, inspiring creativity through art and imagination.

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Howtoons

TAPIGAMI

TAPIGAMI is a self generating, ever expanding, social sculpture. TAPIGAMI creates the opportunity to refine our interaction between aRt and daily life. TAPIGAMI is the aRt of applying imagination to tape. Learn TAPIGAMI today. FUN is required!!

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TAPIGAMI

3D printed M-pavillion

A 3D printed full scale pavilion, that is easily setup and 100% recyclable.

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3D printed M-pavillion

Landau the Dragon

Landau is a fire-breathing steampunk metal dragon built on top of a motorcycle. He has been cruising the Black Rock Desert as a mutant vehicle for over 6 years. The technological monstrosity uses pyrotechnics and engineering to inspire.

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Landau the Dragon

Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 - Year of the Maker

2015 Featured Makers

Bot Bash Party Service

Come to the Bot Bash booth to challenge your friends, family or a complete stranger to an exciting robot battle!

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Bot Bash Party Service

Fiber Optic Formalwear and LED Space Helmets

Makers Jenn and Zach teamed up to create an eye-dazzling wearable light show for nighttime festivals. Fiber optics and addressable LEDs illuminate a handmade dress and a tuxedo jacket in colorful, ever-changing patterns. LED space helmets, too!

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Fiber Optic Formalwear and LED Space Helmets

Bio-Spires by Crash Alchemy

Crash Alchemy produces interactive, immersive and experiential environments. The Bio-Spires are part of our Digital Arcade, where kids of all ages can interact with giant, intricate and imaginative art pieces in ingenious ways.

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Bio-Spires by Crash Alchemy

gilly

This piece represents a decade anniversary of two previous sculptures I made called the "Twins". "Gilly" is significantly larger in stature and in fire than its predecessors. All of the materials for this sculpture have been reclaimed from six pr

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gilly

Applied Kinetic Arts

Applied Kinetic Arts is a community of artists working within the medium loosely defined as “kinetic”. Works incorporating motion, light, sound, and interactivity are represented by the group’s ever expanding member base.

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Applied Kinetic Arts

Roy the Robot

Roy is an animatronic character constructed entirely from laser cut plywood and hobby servos.

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