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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

African Clean Energy

The African Clean Energy ACE-1 is an integrated home energy system designed to help save millions of lives and curb deforestation in the developing world. SDG ACE Foundation helps the poorest to access this life-changing technology.

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African Clean Energy

DIY Robocars

Makerspaces, Airplanes & Kids. Oh, My!

What happens when you set up a makerspace at an airport? Kids building airplanes and lots of other cool projects! TriValley STEM Center hosts Robot Garden makerspace and Aviation Explorer Post #997 at the Livermore Airport. Come check us out!

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Makerspaces, Airplanes & Kids. Oh, My!

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Become a Maker Faire Sponsor

Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

2018 Featured Makers

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

Magic Wheelchair

Magic Wheelchair builds epic costumes for kiddos in wheelchairs — at no cost to families. Come build with us and gain access to the Stan Winston School of Character Arts!

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Magic Wheelchair

Wondeful Idea Co.

Join Wonderful Idea Co, for a pop-up tinkering workshop where you can experiment with art, science and technology, get inspired by whimsical environmental elements and follow your own ideas.

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Wondeful Idea Co.

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

Tom Sepe's Ridiculous Robots

A mechanical Can-Can, a sweeperbot, a snarky talking robot and a slapping machine comprise a few of Tom Sepe's Ridiculous Robots. Robots may be taking over the world, but that doesn't mean they can't have a sense of humor.

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Tom Sepe's Ridiculous Robots

The NeedleArts Zone

The NeedleArts Zone teaches knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, spinning, and weaving to all ages. We do not charge for lessons, and there is no time-frame. Just drop in and learn! Learning supplies are given to the students for free.

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The NeedleArts Zone

See Maker Faire Editor and Educator Choice Winners

Maker Faire Bay Area 2017

2017 Featured Makers

Aerial Sports League dSports World 3

Aerial Sports League (ASL) returns with dSports World 3 - a comprehensive drone sports event featuring the best FPV racing, drone combat, micro-scale racing and "caged freestyle." Experience FPV goggles and learn to fly a real drone in the Drone Learning Zone.

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Aerial Sports League dSports World 3

The Exploratorium Light Play +

Explore light, shadows, and motion using rich materials to create your own kinetic vignette. Then take it to the next level with Scratch-based programming. Add your piece to a collaborative art installation.

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The Exploratorium Light Play +

MegaBots Mk.III Debut

The MegaBots Mk.III combat robot is complete, and coming to a Maker Faire near you! Come see the 12-ton, 16-foot-tall, 430-horsepower Giant Fighting Robot that will fight the KURATAS robot in the Giant Robot Duel!

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MegaBots Mk.III Debut

Steam-powered Gears

Learn about large wooden gear construction. Witness those gears driving a 110-year-old automatic pencil sharpener! Follow along as KSW demonstrates the multi-color printing process on a set of letterpresses.

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Steam-powered Gears

RAFT - Resource Area for Teaching

RAFT has created school based makerspaces throughout the bay area, providing curriculum, coaching and up-cycled maker materials. Join us to learn more about the work being done in these spaces and how your school can create it's own makerspace.

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RAFT - Resource Area for Teaching

Molnar GT Flying Motorcycle

Molnar GT Gyrocycle Designed and hand built in 2005 by Dezso Molnar, Craig Calfee, George Havstad and Mike Solano FlyingCarRacing.com

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Molnar GT Flying Motorcycle

See Past Faires Blue Ribbon Awardees

Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

2016 Featured Makers

Delorean Hovercraft

This hand-made Delorean is an amphibious vehicle that travels around by hovering on a cushion of air. Powered by gasoline engines and fans, it can carry two people over any relatively flat surface. For sale. Flux capacitor included.

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Delorean Hovercraft

Dancing water fountain

This is a dancing musical water fountain show that I setup every year in front of my house for my Christmas display. It has 15 jets with RGB lighting that can be individually from a computer running midi software.

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Dancing water fountain

Racing Extinction Mobile Projections Vehicle

The Racing Extinction Mobile Projections Vehicle is a collaboration between Ocean Preservation Society and Obscura Digital, with a 15K lumen video projector on a robotic arm, a FLIR thermal imaging camera and electro-luminescent paint job.

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Racing Extinction Mobile Projections Vehicle

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

Young Makers

The Young Makers program brings together a community of young people with mentors and a space to make. In small clubs, participants work together to design and make a youth-chosen, open-ended project which they showcase at Maker Faire!

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Young Makers

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

Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 - Year of the Maker

2015 Featured Makers

Dangerous Puppets

Dangerous Puppets creates marionettes and other puppets from found dead local hardwoods such as manzanita and madrone, and other found, donated, or repurposed materials. We also perform live puppets shows on our homemade puppet cart.

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Dangerous Puppets

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

Fire sculpture robots in the sand.

Fire sculpture robots in the sand!! celebrate a decade of Maker Faire by destroying a small piece of it with robots!! Come and watch as our sculpture robots demolish all in there way!

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Fire sculpture robots in the sand.

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

Sessilanoid

In our world nature and geometry called out to me. I am enamored by their beauty and find myself lost in there patterns. This sculpture started as a seed that would grow and propagate over an area, then coming to life in dark as people encounter it.

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Sessilanoid

The Traveling Spectacular

Welcome to The Traveling Spectacular! A surrealist vaudeville experience inspired by the dreams and dust of a bygone age. Allow your sense of wonder to ignite as we take you on a journey into the imagination!

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Maker Faire Bay Area Archive

Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 Highlights

Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

Featured Makers of 2019

African Clean Energy

African Clean Energy

DIY Robocars

Makerspaces, Airplanes & Kids. Oh, My!

Makerspaces, Airplanes & Kids. Oh, My!

Become a Maker Faire Sponsor

Maker Faire Bay Area 2018

2018 Featured Makers

Clock Ship Tere

Clock Ship Tere

Magic Wheelchair

Magic Wheelchair

Wondeful Idea Co.

Wondeful Idea Co.

Tony Stark and Geppetto collaborate Version 2.3

Tony Stark and Geppetto collaborate Version 2.3

Tom Sepe's Ridiculous Robots

Tom Sepe's Ridiculous Robots

The NeedleArts Zone

The NeedleArts Zone

See Maker Faire Editor and Educator Choice Winners

Maker Faire Bay Area 2017

2017 Featured Makers

Aerial Sports League dSports World 3

Aerial Sports League dSports World 3

The Exploratorium Light Play +

The Exploratorium Light Play +

MegaBots Mk.III Debut

MegaBots Mk.III Debut

Steam-powered Gears

Steam-powered Gears

RAFT - Resource Area for Teaching

RAFT - Resource Area for Teaching

Molnar GT Flying Motorcycle

Molnar GT Flying Motorcycle

See Past Faires Blue Ribbon Awardees

Maker Faire Bay Area 2016

2016 Featured Makers

Delorean Hovercraft

Delorean Hovercraft

Dancing water fountain

Dancing water fountain

Racing Extinction Mobile Projections Vehicle

Racing Extinction Mobile Projections Vehicle

A Spice Above

A Spice Above

Young Makers

Young Makers

Mechateuthis

Mechateuthis

Maker Faire Bay Area 2015 - Year of the Maker

2015 Featured Makers

Dangerous Puppets

Dangerous Puppets

Applied Kinetic Arts

Applied Kinetic Arts

Fire sculpture robots in the sand.

Fire sculpture robots in the sand.

Robot Resurrection

Robot Resurrection

Sessilanoid

Sessilanoid

The Traveling Spectacular

The Traveling Spectacular

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