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Maker Faire Bay Area Archive

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

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The Future We Make

Featured Makers of 2019

Singularity

Singularity is an interactive art piece by artist Rebekah Waites that made it's debut at Burning Man last year. Multiple birdcages and houses pull spectators inside a shrinking world until they reach the point of singularity.

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Singularity

The Cadillac Rocket Car MK3, The Captured robot Squid and Charlie the turbine robot.

This year at maker faire 2019 Justin Gray is bringing his newest fire sculpture vehicles: The Cadillac rocket car MK3 and the captured robot squid. Come see Justin’s latest work pushing the boundary’s of reality.

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The Cadillac Rocket Car MK3, The Captured robot Squid and Charlie the turbine robot.

RoboJam Competition 2019

We are continuing the tradition by bringing you RoboJam! A robot competition for every Robotics enthusiast. Won't you come play and have some robot fun? Hosted by Carrender Robotics

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RoboJam Competition 2019

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Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

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2018 Featured Makers

Airigami: Giant Balloon Dragon

Thousands of balloons will be used to construct a massive dragon before your eyes. A fragile material will be used to create a fierce beast. All Maker Faire visitors will be given an opportunity to try their hand at creating art with balloons.

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Airigami: Giant Balloon Dragon

Burlap & Barrel: Single Origin Spices

Burlap & Barrel is a new kind of spice company. We're an activist enterprise, partnering directly with artisan spice farmers in a dozen countries to bring you the freshest and most flavorful spices anywhere.

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Burlap & Barrel: Single Origin Spices

3D Printed Engines and Transmissions

See the internal workings of engines and transmissions buy looking into full working, scaled, 3D printed assemblies.

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3D Printed Engines and Transmissions

Clock Ship Tere

The Clock Ship Tere is a marvel of mechanical engineering. It is driven by a 10 foot hubless front wheel. Its steel mast reaches 33’ into the air, and spews sails of fire. It was constructed primarily from scrap material by amateur fabricators.

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Clock Ship Tere

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

Mechateuthis

Mechateuthis is a mechanical giant squid powered by 8 digitally controlled electric motors. By turning cranks on the perimeter fence you can control the squids arms, tentacles, beak, eyes, and more.

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Mechateuthis

See Maker Faire Editor and Educator Choice Winners

Maker Faire Bay Area 2017

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2017 Featured Makers

TOBOR - The Gigantic Robotic Dinosaur!

TOBOR is a larger-than-life robotic dinosaur with wireless remote control that can pick things up and be driven around! TOBOR was built to showcase the many talents of our instructors at the NCC Fab Lab in Bethlehem, PA.

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TOBOR - The Gigantic Robotic Dinosaur!

Minuted

A poetry writing ephemeral performance installation. 'Minuted' writes with ink very slowly poems on sand that is moved on a small belt. At the end of the belt the sand falls on to a pile. The materialising of thought, time and poetry.

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Minuted

Strawbees HoverCraft race track

Come and build HoverCrafts with the Strawbees team. Design your own HoverCraft and race against others on the race track.

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Strawbees HoverCraft race track

OVY Pedal Power Racers

Come on over Kids 3-8 yrs olds. Race all you want on our Free Peddle Power Racers Track. Our Volunteers will set you up to race or ride on our Red 3 Wheel Racers. Come buy anytime during the day.. We'll be here all day. Fun Fun Fun.

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OVY Pedal Power Racers

Fluid Trampoline Chandelier #1

A huge robotic chandelier weaves an expanding and contracting web of cables, which form a very large elastic soap membrane. Beautiful patterns can be caused to form, including HUGE bubbles.

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Fluid Trampoline Chandelier #1

Make and Launch Compressed Air Rockets!

It all began in 2008 when Rick published his article on Compressed Air Rockets for Make: Magazine volume 15. Since then, Air Rocket Works brought rocket fun all over the world through launch events and kits.

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Make and Launch Compressed Air Rockets!

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Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

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2016 Featured Makers

The Dancing Serpent

The Dancing Serpent is a 30 foot long wind-powered mobile made from steel and glass and fire. The serpent's material construction and overall weight are belied by its flawless balance and delicate movement, matching its graceful organic form.

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The Dancing Serpent

Cyclecide

Come Ride! We'll have the Bike Ccyclorral, tall bikes, choppers, sidecar bikes, bumper bikes, swing bikes, shriner bikes, altered kids trics, the 32 foot high Axe-Grinder, the Cyclo-fuge, the Whirl-n-Hurl, the Kiddie Carousel, and more!!

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Cyclecide

A Spice Above

A Spice Above gourmet spice blends are used to make dips, spreads, dressing, rubs, & desserts. Visit our booth to taste a plethora of samples and see a special presentation!

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A Spice Above

NorCal Mars Rover Project

The NorCal Mars Society is making better rovers for human planetary exploration.

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NorCal Mars Rover Project

Mechateuthis

Mechateuthis is a kinetic sculpture of a mechanical giant squid. It's 8 digitally controlled motors power the movements of the arms, beak, eyes, tentacles, and mantle fins. Watch Mechateuthis move on it's own or turn a crank to control a movement.

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Mechateuthis

High Desert Wind Instruments

HDWI are a quartet of acoustic/mechanical music instruments powered by and interactive with the wind. Two Wind Harps and two Wind Dulcimers made of copper, brass and birch.

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High Desert Wind Instruments

Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 - Year of the Maker

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2015 Featured Makers

Diablo Valley College Architecture and Engineering

The Diablo Valley College Architecture and Engineering program is excited to present a variety of projects and research from courses in digital modeling, analysis and fabrication funded through the National Science Foundation.

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Diablo Valley College Architecture and Engineering

Light Play

Light Play is an interactive hive of miniature delta robots made from 3D printed parts which act as a mechanical prosthetic for enhancing self expression.

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Light Play

The CoasterDad Project - by Will Pemble

Enjoyed by millions on television and online, CoasterDad Will Pemble is bringing one of his world-famous, custom backyard roller coaster to Maker Faire. Meet Will Pemble in person and help Bring Physics, Family & Fun To Kids Everywhere!

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The CoasterDad Project - by Will Pemble

Tapigami

Tapigami is an interactive, ever expanding, SELF generating, social sculpture and aRt installation. It is designed to recreate and expand the way in which all of us interact with art and daily life. tOUch aRt

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Tapigami

Robot Resurrection

Robot Resurrection is a towering 28 foot tall, human piloted, articulating sculpture made from 95% airplane parts. The arms and head articulate like you would expect of a giant Robot and with lighting and laser effects too!

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Robot Resurrection

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

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