Make: Live Lineup
Join makers as they talk about DIY projects, tech futures, real-world work in areas such as Hollywood props, next-gen robotics, AI devices, digital fabrication, new electronics, climate change, creativity, and more. Make: Live Stage is powered by DigiKey and will be live streamed to makerfaire.com and the Make: YouTube through out the event.
Saturday, Oct. 19th
Saturday 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Let's Talk 3D Printing and Tinkercad
Lydia Cline
Join the Fourth Industrial Revolution with a 3D printer in your home space! Lydia will discuss how to get started with a printer and software for creating your own designs. Lydia has been writing, teaching, and learning about 3D printing and digital modeling for the past 20 years. She particularly enjoys using digital modeling and printing to solve everyday problems. Lydia has also written Fusion 360 for Makers: Design Your Own Digital Models for 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication and the newly released Make: The Complete Guide to Tinkercad: 17 Projects to Start Designing and Printing in the 3D World. Learn More
Saturday 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Behind the Scenes at The Tinkering Workshop
Ryan Jenkins
Join author Ryan Jenkins for a look at his new book, The Tinkering Workshop which presents a wide variety of ways to play and create with art, science and technology using everyday materials. In this talk Ryan will share the behind-the-scenes process of putting together the book and talk about ways that the images and text can support a tinkering mindset for kids, parents and educators. Using the book as a jumping off point, we’ll explore the value of tinkering in STEAM education and how it’s possible to get started in a classroom, with a museum or library makerspace, or around a kitchen table. Learn More
Saturday 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Adaptable Maker Projects for Academic Classrooms
Lydia Cline
Join Diane Brancazio and Justin Schmidt of the K-12 Maker Lab at the MIT Edgerton as they discuss how maker projects can engage students and improve learning experiences in K-12 academic classes. Integrating open-ended, hands-on, creative activities with cool tools in an academic classroom helps students develop tech skills, make personal connections to the content, formulate and resolve their own questions, and express their learning. Maker projects also reduce barriers to students taking STEM classes and pursuing a technical career path by giving them skills and familiarity with current technologies. The K-12 Maker team from the MIT Edgerton Center supports teachers in bringing these experiences to their students. Explore our resources on how to get a maker culture going in school. Along with sample projects we will focus on project design, teacher practices, and makerspace setup. Learn More
Saturday 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
How We Started as Makers and Snuck into Hollywood Props and Special Effects
Mount Make More: Michael Corrie, Jesse Velez, Mike Evans, and Ben Eadie
How does one go from being a maker, to working on Hollywood productions? Here are a few people who have made it and we want to share our stories and give you advice on how you might break into the movie scene. They have worked on StarTrekBeyond, Predator, Maze runner, DeathNote, Ghostbusters, Fraggle Rock, and made one of the most viral advertising campaigns ever on Youtube for Wednesday Adams.
Everyone in this talk started out as makers just like you. Some live in the middle of nowhere too. Join them for a discussion how they got into hollywood as underdogs and how the maker toolset of 3D printing, Designing, Lasers, robotics and Radio Control was key to getting in the door. Learn More
Saturday 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Microchip Maker Space Update 2024
Bob Martin
Bob Martin serves as the resident Wizard of Make for Microchip with over 30 years of experience in embedded system design, he is a passionate Maker himself. Join the Bob for an update on the latest developments in the Arduino / Maker Space ecosystem. This technical presentation will cover the new AVR Dx family of microcontroller supported by Arduino including some new devices such as the AVR64DU32 which is the updated follow on to the popular 32U4 and 16U2 AVR microcontrooller with USB. Development tool updates, including Visual Studio Code plugin support and updates on the latest low cost dev kits will also be covered. Learn More
Saturday 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Companion Bots LLM and Relationship
Odd Jayy
Come listen to tales of a man on a mission to make robot best friends, Jayy who has been working on multiple versions of his wearable robots, finally made some good moves towards making his dream a reality. With new age of AI, the possibilities to make a real robotic best friend.
