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Videos from World Maker Faire New York – Innovation Stage

Saturday, September 21st 2013

Making the Case for Making in Schools

Making the Case for Making in Schools

Why can’t school be more like a Maker Faire? The answer is: it can. Learn how to advocate for making in your school from the authors of “Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.”

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Children Are Teaching Adults to Make Again

Children Are Teaching Adults to Make Again

Making is becoming a mainstream practice and maker spaces are now populating institutions like schools and libraries. As a result, kids are taking a break from their screens to get their hands dirty and create – something adults often neglect.

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Bigshot: The Digital Camera for Education

Bigshot: The Digital Camera for Education

Hear the story of Bigshot, a DIY digital camera kit, that was developed at Columbia University and is now a commercial product. Inventor Shree Nayar will review the motivation behind the camera, the design process and the online educational experience.

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Making Space: NASA's Call to Action for Makers

Making Space: NASA’s Call to Action for Makers

NASA’s grand challenge: find all asteroid threats to human population and know what to do about them. Unlike traditional missions, this grand challenge represents a new way of doing business for NASA and a call to action for Makers.

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Solving World Challenges Through Making - The Hard Truths

Solving World Challenges Through Making – The Hard Truths

Artist/designer/educator Benedetta Piantella will share an introduction to some of her past and current projects in Africa, as well as the lessons learned and hurdles met in building projects focused on solving humanitarian challenges worldwide.

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The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner

The MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner

World Maker Faire is the US debut of the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner. Whether you’re an expert in 3D modeling or just getting started, CEO Bre Pettis will show how the MakerBot Digitizer helps you create clean, 3D-printable designs much faster than you could by hand.

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John Maeda: The Art of Critical Making

John Maeda: The Art of Critical Making

We are all hungry for authenticity in the expressions we encounter. Many of us hope to change the world-or another person’s perspective-with the things we make. This talk explores how RISD’s critical making helps bring us closer.

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The Future is What We Choose to Make

The Future is What We Choose to Make

People often ask about the future. What will it look like? Former DARPA Director, now SVP at Motorola Mobility, a Google company, Regina Dugan believes that we can’t predict the future… but we can choose to build it.

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The State of Arduino

The State of Arduino

Learn about the latest developments in Arduino open-source microcontroller from Massimo Banzi, co-founder of the Arduino Project.

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Hacking the Un-Hackable: Making the World Interactive

Hacking the Un-Hackable: Making the World Interactive

Living plants that control music, using human bodies to transmit sound, touch screens on water and 3D printed interactive eyes, virtual objects that you can feel with you hands in free air and many more things we invent at Disney Research.

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The New York World's Fairs: 75 Years of Making Tomorrow

The New York World’s Fairs: 75 Years of Making Tomorrow

The NY World’s Fairs of 1939/1964 defined the future for 75 years. We’ll look back (with rare footage) and look forward to recognizing this anniversary as a celebration of maker cities, our maker future and a more sustainable world of tomorrow.

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Raspberry Pi: Shiny New Toys!

Raspberry Pi: Shiny New Toys!

Eben will share some of the neat stuff they’ve seen people do with the Pi over the last six months, show a demo of their new hardware-accelerated desktop environment, and talk about what we’ve got coming up next – including their night-vision camera module, Pinoir.

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Low-Cost Neural Monitoring for Makers

Low-Cost Neural Monitoring for Makers

Bill Casebeer, a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, will discuss and demonstrate low-cost neural monitoring technologies that will allow makers and citizen-scientists to engage in serious neuroscience research.

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Sunday, September 22nd 2013

Making & Inspiring Science (Things Will Go Boom)

Making & Inspiring Science (Things Will Go Boom)

Jimmy Kimmel Live’s resident science teacher, “Science Bob” Pflugfelder is on a mission to help make science come alive! His presentation would feature one or more of his experiments, gadgets and contraptions, and a Q&A with the audience.

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Brain Hacking

Brain Hacking

New understanding of the brain is launching us into the realm of sci-fi possibilities. We will talk about the brain’s wiring and ways in which it can be changed, either naturally through learning or artificially through cybernetic interfaces.

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David Pogue: Return of the Non-Scientist

David Pogue: Return of the Non-Scientist

One year in the making. Six countries. 50 scientists. “Making Stuff 2,” David Pogue’s new NOVA series, debuts on Oct 15. NY Times columnist/NOVA host David Pogue offers a sneak preview–and some hilarious anecdotes, bloopers, and unreleased clips.

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The Maker Movement Manifesto

The Maker Movement Manifesto

TechShop CEO Mark Hatch will read from his new book, “The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers.” Discussion to follow.

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When Makers Apply For College

When Makers Apply For College

Learn how to talk about your Maker projects in the college admissions process from Engineer, Maker, and Assistant Director of Admissions at MIT Dr. Dawn Wendell.

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Experiment Your Way to a Better Life

Crafting and making isn’t just for objects. You can also make/craft/invent a better personality, a stronger sense of ethics and new habits. I’ll talk about how my various experiments (Biblical Living, Extreme Health) changed me.

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The New Literacies

The New Literacies

For years, paper and ink were only cheap and easy technologies that everyday people had to record our ideas, muse over them, and show them to others. But now we have a flurry of new modes to capture and share ideas: Video, photography, data, and 3D design and printing. What new types of expression and creativity are possible as we develop these “new literacies”? How do they change the way we think — and what we think about?

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Zero to Maker: Getting to Speed with the Maker Movement

Zero to Maker: Getting to Speed with the Maker Movement

David Lang explains how he became a maker after losing his job, and how the experience helped him start OpenROV, a community and product line focused on undersea exploration. His book, Zero to Maker, is a guide for others who want to get involved.

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Six Amazing Things about Making

Six Amazing Things about Making

Mitch Resnick, co-inventor of Scratch, and David Gauntlett, author of ‘Making is Connecting’, each discuss three objects which show the power of making. They show that making is learning, fosters happiness, and is true social participation.

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MakerNurse: The Stealth Ingenuity of Inventive Nurses

MakerNurse: The Stealth Ingenuity of Inventive Nurses

How are DIY Medical Technologies accelerating the stealth ingenuity of nurses? Lori Melichar of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Jose Gomez-Marquez of Little Devices at MIT will discuss the impact of inventive fabrication in health by nurses.

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The Industrial Age is Over: Welcome to the Maker Age

The Industrial Age is Over: Welcome to the Maker Age

What comes after the Industrial Age? Not the digital age, but the Maker Age. The author of Present Shock shows us how to embrace the real-time landscape ahead.

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Making with Google Glass

Making with Google Glass

How can Google’s wearable computer be used as a tool for makers and what can you make with it?

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Age of Context: The Future of Consumer Electronics

Age of Context: The Future of Consumer Electronics

Robert Scoble believes we are entering a new era: the age of context. It’s a freaky, contextual world he envisions in his keynote talk at NEXT Berlin 2013. Don’t be fooled by the hype: It’s way more than just Google Glasses.

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The Rise of the Design Lab

The Rise of the Design Lab

Carla Diana discusses the triumphs and challenges of building the Smart Interaction Lab at Smart Design. The lab promotes future-specting, open-ended exploration, builds community, and gives the outside world a glimpse of what makes the company tick.

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Media Highlights 2012

Maker Faire Press Highlights 2012

Please send an email to pr@makerfaire.com to register as press for Maker Faire Bay Area.

Press Coverage

  • Lifehacker, October 25, 2012, I’m Mark Frauenfelder, Editor-In-Chief of MAKE Magazine, and This Is How I Work
  • TechNewsDaily, October 24, 2012, Try This at Home: DIY Robots Dance “Gangnam Style”
  • The Atlantic, October 22, 2012, The Maker Movement Comes Alive
  • TechCrunch, October 10, 2012, Today’s Maker Movement is the New Industrial Revolution
  • CNN.com, October 10, 2012, This ‘Mousetrap’ Can Crush a Car — and Teach Physics
  • Huffington Post, October 9, 2012, Algae: Art’s New Star
  • Popular Mechanics, October 8, 2012, The Coolest Stuff at New York Maker Faire 2012
  • scienceline.org, October 6, 2012, What Makes a Maker? Maker Faire 2012
  • Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2012, Amateurs to the Rescue, Scrappy ‘Makers’ Add Some Spark to Urban Life
  • Tested.com, October 5, 2012,TESTED GOES TO WORLD MAKER FAIRE 2012 IN NEW YORK!
  • CNN International, October 5, 2012, Singing Robots and Homemade Biofuel: Maker Faire Showcases DIY Ingenuity
  • The Guardian UK, October 5, 2012, 3D Printers Shape Up to Lead the Next Technology Gold Rush
  • CNNMoney, October 4, 2012, Home 3D Printing is Getting Affordable
  • Huffington Post, October 4, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: New York City Comes Alive With ‘Cupcake Cars,’ ‘Life-Size Mousetrap’ (PHOTOS)
  • Time Out New York Kids, October 4, 2012, World Maker Faire 2012 Photos
  • wired.com, October 3, 2012, 10 Reasons Why the World Maker Faire Was Awesome
  • Core 77, October 3, 2012, World Maker Faire 2012 Re-Cap
  • ignoblegnome,com, October 3, 2012, The Undying Desire to Make
  • Mashable.com, October 2, 2012, 30+ Amazing Contraptions From Maker Faire NYC
  • New York Times — City Room Blog, October, 2, 2012, Rebuilding the World a Toothpick at a Time
  • Tech News Daily, October, 2 2012, Will 3D Printers Conquer the Consumer Market?
  • Wall Street Journal — The Juggler Blog, October 2, 2012, Geek-Out Weekend
  • Discovery’s Daily Planet, October 2, 2012, Nerdy Derby Coverage
  • Humans Invent, October 1, 2012, The Rise of the Maker Movement
  • Smithsonianmag.com — Smart News Blog, October 1, 2012, With Worm Science and Drivale Hammocks Maker Faire is an Epic Festival for Geeks
  • Time.com, October 1, 2012, How the ‘Maker’ Movement Plans to Transform the U.S. Economy
  • cnet.com, October 1, 2012, Flaming Unicorns and USB Typewriters: Maker Faire NYC
  • businessinsider.com, October 1, 2012, Check Out This Gigantic Game Of Thumb War And Other Awesome Stuff We Saw At The 2012 Maker Faire
  • geekosystem.com, October 1, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Robots and 3D Printers and Fiery Unicorns, Oh My
  • NPR’s Morning Edition, October 1, 2012, New York Hosts World Maker Faire
  • Huffington Post, October 1, 2012, NY Tech Scene—Rising
  • policymic.com, October 1, 2012, World MakerFaire 2012: 3D Printing and Open Hardware – Is this really the Future?
  • hothardware.com, September 30, 2012, Maker Faire 2012 NYC—Attack of the 3D Printer Bots
  • wired.com, September 30, 2012, These $10 Robots Will Change Robotics Education (African Robotics Network Winners)
  • businessinsider.com, September 30, 2012, The New Industrial Revolution
  • Wall Street Journal—Metropolis Blog, September 29, 2012, A Kids’ Guide to Maker Faire
  • TV Guide, September 28, 2012, Disney/ABC Gets Creative at the World Maker Faire
  • BBC, September 25 2012. Makers unite – the revolution will be home-made
  • Forbes, September 25, 2012, Making the Future with Stem Scholarships
  • Flavorpill, September 25, 2012, World Maker Faire New York
  • Time Out New York, September 24, 2012, Hands-on Science Activities Abound at World Maker Faire
  • GeekMom/wired.com, September 24, 2012, Will We See You at World Maker Faire?
  • GeekDad/wired.com, September 24, 2012, Will We See You at World Maker Faire?
  • mommypoppins.com, September 23, 2012, Maker Faire New York 2012: What’s New for NYC Kids at this Hyper-Creative Festival
  • Smashcast, June 3, 2012, Smashcast at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
  • Techbargains.com, June 1, 2012, 2012 Maker Faire Bay Area Coverage
  • The Globe and Mail, May 31, 2012, Meet the Makers and The Stuff They Made
  • zdnet.co.uk,May 31, 2012, Maker in the UK
  • cio.com, May 31, 2012, IT Innovation Won’t Be Slowed by Cloud Concerns
  • San Mateo Daily Journal, May 29, 2012, Event Center Looking Toward Future Expansion
  • KQED QUEST (blog), May 29, 2012, Fire and Ore: Humanity’s Love Affair With Metal
  • Jezebel, May 29, 2012, Parenting Magazines Are Only for One Kind of Parent
  • Felt & Wire, May 29, 2012, Folks Went Mad for Typeset Mad Libs at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
  • VentureBeat, May 25, 2012, The Past, Present, and Future of Video Games at the DIY-focused Maker Faire 2012
  • Southgate Amateur Radio Club, May 25, 2012, PhoneSat at Maker Faire
  • SmartPlanet.com (blog), May 25, 2012, The ‘maker‘ community eyes the ‘Internet of Things’
  • Patch.com, May 25, 2012, DIY Learning: Learning in the Digital Age
  • Nerdvana (blog), May 25, 2012, G4: Viper sim, lightcycle races and more at Maker Faire
  • KQED (blog), May 25, 2012, Permission to Make: Adam Savage
  • Gizmag, May 25, 2012, Animated “LED matrix shades” coming to an urban dystopia near you, July 2012
  • Engadget, May 25, 2012, Engadget Podcast 295 – 05.25.2012
  • Engadget, May 25, 2012, Caption Contest: Maker Faire’s morning pick-me-up
  • DVICE, May 25, 2012, Teens achieve awesomeness as detailed BSG Viper sim takes off
  • Wired News, May 24, 2012, 10 Insanely Cool Things We Saw at Maker Faire (Plus 5 Videos)
  • TIME, May 24, 2012, Most Necessary Invention Ever: DIY Commodore 64 Bass Keytar
  • Technabob (blog), May 24, 2012, LED Matrix Glasses: That Hack Cray
  • Technabob (blog), May 24, 2012,  Commodore 64 Guitar Has a Faster CPU than the NES Guitar
  • PCWorld (blog), May 24, 2012, Coming Soon: A Street-Legal Gyrocopter
  • PC Advisor, May 24, 2012, Cheap 3D Printer Pops Out Parts With Blazingly Fast Speed
  • Irish Times, May 24, 2012, The new generation of tinkerers are chips off the old block
  • Inside Bay Area, May 24, 2012, Berkeley’s do-it-yourself spirit soars at Maker Faire
  • Geeks are Sexy Technology News, May 24, 2012, Students Creates BSG Viper Flight Simulator [Video]
  • Engadget, May 24, 2012, Microsoft announces Robotics @Home contest winner: a SmartTripod that can …
  • Core77.com (blog), May 24, 2012, Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 Recap
  • Boing Boing, May 24, 2012, Adam Savage’s Maker Faire 2012 Talk: Why We Make
  • Wired (blog),May 23, 2012, Modkit Micro visual programming interface
  • Willamette Week, May 23, 2012, Andy Baio Announces the XOXO Festival
  • Washington Post (blog), May 23, 2012, Report: TechShop to team up with Defense Department, DARPA
  • PCWorld, May 23, 2012, Cheap 3D Printer Pops Out Parts With Blazingly Fast Speed
  • PCWorld, May 23, 2012, X Prize Team Phoenicia Shows Off At Maker Faire, Plans Moon Launch By 2015
  • Lifehacker, May 23, 2012, How to Find and Get Involved with A Hackerspace In Your Community
  • Geekosystem, May 23, 2012, You Wouldn’t Want To Drop This Commodore 64 Bass
  • Forbes, May 23, 2012, $25 Computer – Cheaper Than A Tank Of GasCNET, May 23, 2012, Commodore 64 bass guitar: Revenge of the keytar!
  • Boing Boing, May 23, 2012, Attract potential romantic partners with these animated LED glasses
  • Boing Boing, May 23, 2012, The stunning packaging design for Arduino products
  • Wall Street Journal, May 22, 2012, Tinkerers Unite! How Parents Enable Kids’ Creativity
  • venturebeat.com, May 22, 2012, The Maker Movement Starts to Attract Venture Capital
  • Treehugger, May 22, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Make Simple Robots With Junk Drawer Stuff
  • Treehugger, May 22, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Gon KiRin, a Fire-Breathing Dragon Made from Recycled Scraps
  • Treehugger, May 22, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Amazing Electric Cars
  • Technology Review (blog), May 22, 2012, For $74, a Mini-Android Computer
  • TechNewsWorld, May 22, 2012, Google Gets Motorola’s Patents – and Problems
  • SmartPlanet.com (blog), May 22, 2012, Maker Faire: Ponoko and the rise of the personal factory
  • San Jose Mercury News, May 22, 2012, Pictures of the Week: May 15-21
  • Saanich News, May 22, 2012, The innovative, diverse world of makers
  • Engadget, May 22, 2012, Maker Faire Bay Area 2012, in pictures: 3D printers, unicorns, tesla coils and …
  • EE Herald, May 22, 2012, Arduino development boards from Atmel uses AVR and ARM processor based MCUs
  • Boing Boing, May 22, 2012, Commodore 64 keytar weilded by rollerskating hacker
  • Boing Boing, May 22, 2012, Cool Clothes and Styles of Maker Faire Attendees – Part 2
  • AMOG, May 22, 2012, AdruPilot Mega 2.0: Your Affordable Autopilot Drone
  • Xconomy, May 21, 2012, DIYer’s Delight: Video from Maker Faire 2012
  • treehugger.com, May 21, 2012, Ninja Standing Desk
  • Treehugger, May 21, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: EcoJaunt’s How-To Videos For Green Living
  • Treehugger, May 21, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Really Cool Products From The Maker Shed
  • Treehugger, May 21, 2012, Maker Faire 2012: Favorite Weird and Wonderful Bikes
  • PCWorld/Geektech Blog, May 21, 2012, Laser-Cut Animatronics Robot Comes to Maker Faire, Needs Your Help
  • PCWorld, May 21, 2012, ArduPilot Mega 2.0 Does Drone Autopilot on the Cheap
  • PCWorld, May 21, 2012, Electric Percussion Instrument Makes Sweet Grooves, Brings Geeks And Musicians …
  • patch.com, May 21, 2012, Eye-Catching Creations at the Maker Faire
  • NBC Bay Area, May 21, 2012, Maker Faire 2012 Photo Gallery
  • National Geographic, May 21, 2012,Turning the Maker Faire Into Music
  • Gizmodo, May 21, 2012, The Kids’ Battlestar Galactica Viper Simulator Flies At Last!
  • Forbes.com, May 21, 2012, What Makers Know About The Future That You Don’t
  • Fora.tv (blog), May 21, 2012, Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 Coverage
  • Engadget, May 21, 2012, Hands-on with the MakerBot robot petting zoo at Maker Faire (video)
  • Engadget, May 21, 2012, The Engadget Interview: Ben Heck talks Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire (video)
  • Engadget, May 21, 2012, Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video)
  • DVICE, May 21, 2012, Gallery: Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
  • Citizens in Space, May 21, 2012, Press Release:  Citizen Scientists Seek Microbes at the Edge of Space
  • Blog: blogs.oracle.com/java, May 21, 2012, The Java Zone at Bay Area Maker Faire This Weekend (The Java …
  • Tinkercad, May 20, 2012, A Real World Problem Solder with Tinkercad and a Makerbot at Maker Faire
  • Boing Boing, May 19, 2012, Cool Clothes and Styles of Maker Faire Attendees – Part 1
  • treehugger.com, May 18, 2012, Treehugger Heads to Maker Faire Bay Area 2012
  • sfexaminer.com, May 18, 2012, Maker Faire Preview
  • pandodaily.com, May 18, 2012, Pandolist Sneak Peek at Maker Faire
  • insidebayarea.com, May 18, 2012, Albany artist’s passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire
  • earth911.com, May 17, 2012, Make Faire Bay Area 2012 Preview
  • Cnet, May 17, 2012, The Real Business of the DIY Movement
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 16, 2012, DIY: The joy of sharing what you make
  • North Bay Bohemian/bohemian.com, May 16, 2012, Looks Like We Made It: Strong North Bay presence at Maker Faire
  • Oracle, May 15, 2012, Press Release
  • gettingsmart.com blog, May 15, 2012, Maker High: Why every school should be a Maker Faire
  • sfgate.com, May 14, 2012, Teens build fighter jet flight simulator for Maker Faire
  • San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 2012, Palo Alto Schools Fab Lab Teahs Students to Create and Build
  • Galileo Learning, May 14, 2012, The Maker Faire Sneak Peek for Educators and Students
  • examiner.com, May 14, 2012, Maker Faire Returns to San Mateo
  • Red Tricycle Newsletter, May 10, 2012, The Biggest Craft, Science & Innovation Faire
  • EXPO Magazine/expoweb.com, May 10, 2012, It’s Gorgeous Outside. Why is Your Event at that Stuffy Convention Center?
  • San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, May 9, 2012, Makers’ Weekend Proclamation
  • Sacramento Bee, May 8, 2012, Citizen Science Challenge to Be Announced at Maker Faire
  • Core 77, May 7, 2012, A New Wave of Hardware Innovation
  • SF Chronicle, May 6, 2012, Maker movement inspires students, teachers
  • SF Chronicle, May 6, 2012, Informal learning an alternative path to success
  • KALX, May 4, 2012, Radio Show
  • Craftsy Newsletter, April 30, 2012, Newsletter
  • Cnet, April 25, 2012, Photo Gallery:  Makerbots Robot Petting Zoo Ready to Storm Maker Faire
  • Cnet, April 25, 2012, Makerbots Robot Petting Zoo Ready to Storm Maker Faire
  • treehugger.com, April 23, 2012, Gardening Robots to Wander Maker Faire 2012
  • RadioShack Newsletter, April 20, 2012, Dale Dougherty Interview
  • SF Bay Guardian, April 19, 2012,Newsletter
  • examiner.com, April 11, 2012, Maker Faire Bay Area 2012:  Greatest Show and Tell on Earth
  • Huffingtonpost.com, February 7, 2012, Obama, Marshmallow Cannon Creator Joey Hudy Pose For Science Fair Pictures, Huffington Post
  • Huffingtonpost.com, February, 7, 2012, Obama Makes ‘Special Plea’ To Press: Pay Attention To White House Science Fair Winners, Huffington Post, Jennifer Bendery

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Media Highlights

Highlights The Best of Recent Maker Faire Press

Thank you for your interest in Maker Faire and the Maker Movement. Here you can browse some of the most recent media coverage on our Faires and our amazing community.

Please contact us at any time at pr@makerfaire.com to coordinate interviews for your features and stories.

Recent Coverage

  • mercurynews.com, May 20, 2016, Video: Maker Faire Bay Area 2016 Preview Video
  • arstechnica.com, May 20, 2016, From drone racers to pinball: Maker Faire Bay Area 2016 doesn’t disappoint
  • abc7news.com, May 20, 2016, Video: Maker Faire Kicks Off This Weekend in San Mateo
  • techcrunch.com, March 16, 2016, What’s Driving the Maker Movement?
  • forbes.com, March 4, 2016, Toys to Watch in 2016
  • edsurge.com, December 7, 2015, Are Hardware Toys the Future of Kids’ Coding?
  • forbes.com, November 6, 2015, Why Geeks, Gamers And Makers Make The Best Customers
  • slate.com, October 19, 2015, Welcome to the World of Professional Drone Racing
  • huffingtonpost.com, October 16, 2015, Family Time Becomes Maker Time
  • smallbizdaily.com, October 6, 2015, Makers Busy Making Cool and Creative Products
  • eejournal.com, October 1, 2015, The 5 Best Things from World Maker Faire 2015: From “Hello World” to Saving the World
  • qz.com, October 1, 2015, Adults are racing souped-up Power Wheels toys, and it might become the next great American sport
  • techtimes.com, September 30, 2015, Drones Collide in Mid-Air for the Aerial Sports League’s Quadcopter Game of Drones Combat
  • forbes.com, September 30, 2015, 5 Cool Picks in Tech From Maker Faire 2015
  • observer.com, September 28, 2015, Drone Crashes Abound Over Super Hard Racing Course at World Maker Faire
  • huffingtonpost.com, September 28, 2015, World Maker Faire—NYC
  • techtimes.com, September 28, 2015, A Helping Hand: E-NABLE Organization Builds 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hands For Kids
  • nytimes.com, September 28, 2015, Women in the World: 15 Remarkable Moments from Maker Faire NYC
  • adweek.com, September 28, 2015, Netflix Made a Button That Dims the Lights, Silences Your Phone, Orders Food and Turns on Netflix Want this marvelous creation? There’s a catch.
  • usatoday.com, September 28, 2015, You can make your own ‘Netflix and chill’ button
  • fortune.com, September 28, 2015, This is basically a ‘Netflix and Chill’ button
  • twit.tv, September 27, 2015, TWiT TV Weekend Coverage from World Maker Faire New York
  • wsj.com, September 27, 2015, Maker Faire Kindles a Spirit of Invention—Annual event draws a crowd to the New York Hall of Science in Queens
  • core77.com, September 25, 2015, 3 Projects to See at the 2015 World Maker Faire
  • smithsonianmag.com, June 12, 2015, What is a Maker Faire, Exactly?
  • Popular Science, May 22, 2015, Video: Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
  • architecturaldigest.com, May 21, 2015, Here’s Your Chance to Work with NASA
  • recode.net, May 21, 2015, Makers Movement Drives the Future
  • gizmodo.com, May 20, 2015, The Most Amazing Things We Saw at Bay Area Maker Faire Last Weekend
  • time.com, May 18, 2015, How Maker Faires Are Inspiring Young ‘Makers’ All Over the World
  • ieee.org, May 18, 2015, The Best of Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
  • recode.net, May 17, 2015, Maker Faire Shows Off the Human Forklift
  • arstechnica.com, May 17, 2015, Titanfall IRL: We saw some crazy-looking giant robots at Maker Faire 2015
  • recode.net, May 17, 2015, Part Disneyland, Part Burning Man: Maker Faire Turns 10 Years Old (Q&A)
  • sunset.com, May 16, 2015, Weekend Preview of Maker Faire Bay Area
  • Not Impossible Now, May 16, 2015, Brainchairs, Solar BBQs @Maker Faire Preview Day! (A Gallery)
  • brit.co, May 16, 2015, The Coolest, Weirdest, Wackiest Things at Maker Faire 2015
  • usatoday.com, May 15, 2015, Strategies: Can you make it as a maker?
  • houzz.com, May 14, 2015, Maker Faire: Pancake Printers, an Electric Giraffe and So Much More
  • San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 2015, Maker Faire 2015: Ultimate DIY Project
  • forbes.com, May 7, 2015, Last Minute Gift Ideas for Moms Who Make It Happen
  • wired.com, February 16, 2015, How to Think Like a Maker: Values Your Company Should be Adopting
  • theguardian.com, February 6, 2015,  Meet Robots Giving Hospitalised Children Superpowers
  • Machine Design, September 25, 2014, 3D Printing Reshapes Engineering’s Future—A Look Inside the Maker Movement
  • Huffington Post, September 24, 2014, The Maker Faire New York
  • Fox News, September 24, 2014, 5 Cool DIY Tech Trends from World Maker Faire
  • yahoo.com, September 23, 2014, Report from Maker Faire: You, Too, Can Be a Maker
  • DIY Network, September 23, 2014, Five Things I Learned About Makers at World Maker Faire
  • PC Magazine UK, September 23, 2014 Fourteen Mind-Boggling Creations at Maker Faire New York
  • Flavorwire, September 23, 2014, Where DIY Music Meets Tech Culture Searching for Future Sounds at World Maker Faire
  • tested.com, September 23, 2014, Bits to Atoms: World Maker Faire 2014 Recap
  • Electronic Design, September 23, 2014, Scenes from Maker Faire 2014: The Latest in Gaming, IoT, and More
  • Embedded Computing Design, September 22, 2014, Maker Faire NYC Brings Out the Kid in Everyone
  • Digital Journal, September 22, 2014, DIY Electronics Learning System Crushes Kickstarter Goal, Wows at NY Maker Faire
  • Live Science, September 22, 2014, Four Humanitarian Drone Uses
  • Robot Magazine, September 22, 2014, Seen at World Maker Faire 2014—Maker Jeffrey Moore
  • Before It’s News, September 22, 2014, World Maker Faire NYC 2014—A Visual Journal
  • TechRadar, September 22, 2014, The Best of Maker Faire NYC 2014
  • CBS News, September 20, 2014, High School Whiz Kid Makes Impression at NYC Tech Fair
  • nytimes.com, August 4, 2014, Reinventing the World’s Fair, or Not
  • newegg.com, May 30, 2014, How Maker Faire Restored My Faith in Humanity
  • techradar.com, May 21, 2014, The Best of Maker Faire 2014
  • nytimes.com/Parent-Teacher Conference Blog, May 21, 2014, A Big Pile of Fantastic Ideas to Get Kids Outside Making and Doing This Summer
  • nerdstalker.com, May 20, 2014, Interview with 3D Story Maker Carla Diana
  • forbes.com, May 20, 2014, 5 Things To Love About The Maker Faire
  • time.com, May 19, 2014, Why the  Maker Movement is Important to America’s Future
  • abcnews.go.com, May 19, 2014, Move Over Mom. Behold the Pancake-Making Robot
  • 3dprint.com, May 17, 2014, PancakeBot, Pancake Printer Debuts at Maker Faire
  • mercurynews.com, May 17, 2014, Makers Faire 2014: Goofy, clever and irreverent event draws tens of thousands
  • smdailyjournal.com, May 17, 2014, San Mateo’s Annual Maker Faire This Weekend
  • KRON 4 TV, May 16, 2014, Maker Faire in San Mateo Big on Inventions and Creativity
  • nbcbayarea.com, May 16, 2014, 9th Annual Maker Faire Hits San Mateo, Includes An Electric Giraffe
  • reuters.com, May 6, 2014, Do-it-yourselfers inspire hardware renaissance in Silicon Valley
  • pressdemocrat.com, March 28, 2014, Maker class gives Petaluma schoolchildren a hands-on education

Recent Press Releases

Maker Week in San Mateo!

Check out all that happened to celebrate Maker Week in San Mateo, May 12-18, 2014.

Drone’s Eye View of Maker Faire Bay Area 2014

Our friends at 3D Robotics shot this incredible footage at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014 using their IRIS autonomous aerial vehicle. Check out the final video created with help from the MAKE magazine editorial team. It captures all of the weekend’s highlights and moments made extra special thanks to the unique perspective.

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Detailed Lists of Faire Coverage from Past Events

 

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