Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
Projects
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Building machines to explore cell behavior
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Wallace Marshall
Home: California, United States
We usually think of learning and decision making as something that only animals with brains can do. but even single cells can perform a surprising array of apparently purposeful behavior, and can even show basic forms of learning. We have been building homemade devices, controlled by arduinos, that use stepper motors to deliver calibrated stimuli to cells, allowing us to monitor their response. Using these homebrew devices, we can show that cells are able to learn, and do simple experiments to explore how they learn. In this demonstration, visitors will be able to operate the devices using buttons and switches, and see the effects on cells in real time under a USB microscope. This project shows that with a few electronic parts and an arduino, you can build equipment in your garage th
GIY Materials: Growing Fungi for BioFabrication
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Elizabeth Marley
Home: California, United States
This 'GIY Materials: Growing Fungi for BioFabrication presentation will introduce Grow-It-Yourself methods and projects that use the magic of mycelium, mushrooms, and other biological organisms to produce renewable materials that can be heat resistant, water resistant, and biodegradable…. and maybe even help clean the environment! We'll show example projects involving fashion, electronics, and architecture along with some tips and resources on how you, too, can grow your own materials for future projects.
Lemur Box
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: HAL51.AI
Home: California, United States
Lemur box is multi-utility 3D display device.
Just plugin in your smartphone or tablet and see it transformed as a:
a) High fidelity stereoscopic 3D display device that facilitates interactively working with pepper's ghost 'holograms'
b) A 'laptopifier' that turns your good ol' used smartphone or tablet into a passive monitor experience.
c) A holographic chat box to chat with your friends' holograms ( Remember Princess Leia's in the '77 classic 'A new hope' ?!)
d) A hybrid XR box with a secret door that will allow you to insert actual physical objects that'll interact with the projected holograms!
*Comes with 2 free edutainment apps preloaded with 3D assets that can interact with!
Citizen’s Jazz
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Citizen's Jazz
Home: California, United States
Live music
Save the planet with a 3D printed action figure of YOU!
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Itemfarm
Home: California, United States
Itemfarm will be 3D scanning attendees and printing figurines from biodegradeable or post-consumer plastic waste. Stop by, get 3D scanned, and help as Maker Faire and Itemfarm build a post-waste future! It will be a fun, enlightening, and educational step showing how Itemfarm is helping every community make what it needs locally from materials that would otherwise go to landfills. Your family will love this hands-on experience, leaving with a personalized keepsake. Stop by, get scanned, and join us in envisioning a post-waste world.
The Electric Giraffe Project
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Frank Lindsay Lawlor
Home: California, United States
Just a big fun loving robot giraffe that loves to have his nose petted, his chin scratched, and is happy to say hello to you in return! Russell is now well into his 'teens' and still going strong and very much misses his bay area friends! He is still a big huge robot, who can carry 6 adults or 9 kids quite easily, (where insurance companies allow!) and just loves to play music and walk about county fairs and music festivals, etc. He remains a star attraction wherever he appears! Though he is huge by many standards, he is very slow and gentle, his motions are strictly controlled and methodical. Having been to the first Maker Faire in 2006, Maker Faire at the White House and Burning Man, Russell continues his adventures and is happy to be back!
Protecting your innovations, designs, and other creative works
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Silicon Valley USPTO
Hands-on inventor card activities with recycled materials will be featured for Maker Faire attendees to create, including a rocket launcher, pocket flashlight, model lung, UV bead bracelet and a craft stick kazoo. Makers will also have a chance to learn about inventors through the inventor trading card series and the USPTO's new K-12 resource to inspire invention and making, EquIP HQ (https://equiphq.uspto.gov/). Resources and assistance are provided on how to protect your innovations and creative works (patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets). All USPTO educational programs and resources are FREE.
Pandora FX: Special Makeup FX Demo
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Pandora FX
Home: California, United States
I plan to create a live makeup transformation and will also have clips playing on a tv of past makeups and bring props from films
Global Distributed Tracking (GDT)
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Global Open Source Quality Assurance System (GOSQAS)
Home: California, United States
GDT is a free software implemented as a website (https://gosqas.org/) that any Maker can use to get a unique QR Sticker (and URL) for their product. By just pointing a phone at the sticker, people enjoying your project can upload an image or some words to tell you how much they love your project. This creates a fully encrypted, indelibly timestamped “provenance.” Only people who handle your project can see this provenance—not even us, and not even you, if you lose the URL! Although designed for global tracking of medical devices, we think Makers will love collecting anonymous feedback that stays with the project—even if it is gifted, sold, or shared in some other way. Our plan is to print sheets of stickers and give them away for free to Makers to make it super-easy!
Humanmade – Makerspace
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Humanmade
Home: California, United States
Humanmade is a non-profit makerspace and workforce training center in San Francisco. Our mission is to empower individuals in our community to become the next generation of inventors, designers, and makers. We do this by working with local governments and industry partners to provide workforce training, and also offering public access to equipment for woodworking, metal fabrication, laser cutting, 3D printing, industrial sewing, and more. Come visit and learn about our programs.
Wearable for your bicycle: turn your bicycle to electric assist in seconds!
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: BikeOn
Home: Nevada, United States
BikeOn: The Future of Cycling is Here!
BikeOn is the game-changer in urban mobility. With the power to transform any bicycle into a smart e-bike in mere seconds, this wearable is not just about speed—it's about enhancing every ride. No tools, no fuss, just a seamless integration that breathes new life into your favorite bicycle.
Equipped with advanced sensors, BikeOn captures real-time performance data, giving insights into your cycling habits and patterns. But that's not all! Want to integrate health metrics into your rides? BikeOn pairs effortlessly with top-tier health trackers, including the Apple Watch. It is also compatible with popular platforms like Strava and our exclusive app. www.bikeon.com
Remake Human Lounge
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Three Healing Sisters Therapeutic Relaxation Lounge
Home: California, United States
Remake Human Lounge,
a unique destination oasis for attendees looking for a place to relax and reboot. This space was designed to provide an interactive, hands-on experience with energy healing, massage, reflexology, acupressure stress reduction and soothing relaxation spaces. To ensure the best possible uplifting experience for guests, the lounge will be staffed with expert healers who are there to assist in providing various holistic therapies. As an added bonus, visitors can also experience red-light laser therapy in order to restore balance throughout their body while releasing any negative emotions that are holding them back. From start to finish, this innovative health lounge promises to provide everyone who visits with a rejuvenating experience.
Pint Sized Combat Robots
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Jackie Gerstein
Home: United States
Jackie is a battle bots alum who has helped create tiny, easy-to-build combat robots that don't require a giant polycarbonate arena and a safety team.
The Community-Driven Evolution of Corsi Boxes
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: GOSQAS - Open Source Medical Supplies
Home: California, United States
Join the DIY air purification movement with Corsi Boxes! Originating from the collaborative efforts of Dr. Richard Corsi and Jim Rosenthal in 2020, the Corsi-Rosenthal Cube, now widely known as the Corsi Box, emerged as a community-driven remedy to indoor air pollutants like infectious aerosols and wildfire smoke particles. The transformation of Corsi Boxes from a DIY initiative to a widely adopted, open-source design is a testament to the Maker community’s engagement and practical innovation. Learn about the latest Corsi Box designs and why healthy indoor air matters. Photo Credit: Festucarubra / Wikipedia
Baycoin Beats Band
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Elevated Talent Group
Home: California, United States
BayCoin Beats is a band collective from the San Francisco Bay Area that was formed in 2018 by lead drummer, and Musical Director ; Jae Stix Jackson. Baycoin Beats brings a variety of music, from Jazz, funk, hip-hop, soul and R&B!
BayCoin Beats has done many shows, concerts, festivals and showcases. They have also been featured behind many upcoming artists around the Bay Area and California. Baycoin Beats also hosts an underground, Supperjam , details can be found on their website and social sites; which was also founded and hosted by Clarisse LaGrone and Jae Jackson the CEO’s of Elevated Talent Group. They are now working on their first EP, which will be released spring of next year! You can find them rocking stages all over the Bay Area, and California.
Cody Vrosh and Binary Winter Press
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Cody Vrosh
Home: California, United States
Cody Vrosh is an artist fusing science fiction elements with bold female characters and playful creatures to create a unique brand of speculative illustration. Together with his wife writer Sheatiel Sarao, he founded Binary Winter Press, an indie small press making books, original art, pins and hand screen printed apparel featuring the things they love best, from robots to space cats, cyberpunk to starlight wanderings.
Mermaid Glimmer’s Jellyfish Grotto
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Erin StBlaine
Home: California, United States
50 iridescent jellyfish hang silently over the heads of viewers. During the daytime the sunlight filters through the rainbow jellies, creating a beautiful play of light and shadow on the ground. At night, the jellies are illuminated with animated lights, connected and controlled via a wifi network. The swarm appears to come alive as lights play through the jellyfish with a beautiful array of colors and patterns. The jellies whisper, shout, giggle, and glow through light animations, delighting the viewers who walk underneath.
Erin St Blaine is a light artist based in Northern California. She creates sculptures, costumes and artwork with programmable LED lights, often including interactivity and data visualization to bring her creations to life.
Making Mobiles
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Bruce Fox
Home: California, United States
I do a 45 minute demonstration on how to make a hanging mobile of aluminum sheet and wire. This done in the original style of Alexander Calder.
8bit
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: SIProp
Home: Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
8 bit is an application work uses the operating principle of a superconducting quantum computer gate control microwaves with Chladni figure.
Currently, there are a many applications works&interaction based classical computers architecture, but by using the quantum computers is few yet. In the future, many quantum computers applications will be created to emerge. Then I focus on superconducting quantum computers in qbit gate control microwaves, propose the interaction between qbit and human and everyone could touch and try this application.
International Space Station ExoLab NEXT
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: ExoLab NEXT
Home: California, United States
Magnitude has built its own equipment (ExoLab) to connect learning centers around the world to the International Space Station. Would you like to join us? The platform to is being opened for third party development for work in controlled environments. In addition to our K-12 outreach, collaborators include university researchers and (informally) NASA scientists and engineers.
Visitors will have a chance to plant research seeds to take home in preparation for ExoLab-11 later this year.
In addition to the ExoLab, the exhibit will:
1) Have a live stream of Earth courtesy of the Raspberry Pi powered ISS Above.
2) Have the ISS Mimic on display. An open source model that receives live telemetry from the ISS.
3) STEM activities with STEMfinity
Make: Learn to Solder for $2
Faire: Bay Area
Home: United States
Learn to Solder Skill Badge Kits have been used to teach thousands of people of all ages how to solder at Maker Faires across the country and around the world. It's a simple, fun way to learn how to solder or teach others to solder. Once complete, you'll have a great blinky robot that you can proudly wear and when people ask where you got it, you get to reply 'I made it!' This well thought out pin even has the directions written right on the back for easy reference. This is the best kit to learn to solder with. Just ask anyone who's been to a Maker Faire! We supply the tools and run a new session every 30 minutes from 10:30am to 5:30pm, walk-ins welcome but seating is limited, grab your session token and badge at the Maker Coal Shed for only $2!
ArtAtomic by Kristin Henry
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Kristin Henry
Home: California, United States
Science, Nature, and Mathematics are at the core of Kristin Henry’s work. While working in Science and Data visualization, Henry also developed a practice creating artworks, and showing them under the name ArtAtomic.
Alternating between developing code and working with more traditional tools like an embroidery needle or a glass dipping pen, Henry is always experimenting. In addition to works on paper, she also works with other media, like computer projections, textiles, wearable art. This exhibit will show many of these.
For those familiar with the GalaxyGoo’s Cell Project workshops at past Maker Faires, she will also be bringing pre-made organelle models, so that you can make 3D models of cells at home.
Unleashing the Power of Shenzhen M5Stack
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: MASAKAZU TAKASU
Home: Hangcheng Avenue, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China iMakerBase, China
In this session, we will delve into the world of Shenzhen M5Stack, an ESP32 System-on-a-Chip (SoC) based all-in-one IoT prototyping tool. We believe that M5Stack is a game-changer for the DIY community, as it offers a versatile platform that enables rapid development and innovation. Throughout this talk, we will explore its open product development policy, the flourishing global community surrounding M5Stack, with a particular focus on its growth in Japan. Moreover, we aim to foster an interactive experience where we can collectively brainstorm and envision ways to enhance both the IoT prototype tool and the community itself. So, let's dive in!
One of the key strengths of M5Stack is its open product development policy. The company actively encourages community participation in the design and improvement of their products. This open approach allows DIY engineers to contribute their ideas, feedback, and even develop their own modules that seamlessly integrate with the M5Stack platform. By involving the community, M5Stack ensures that their products cater to the specific needs and aspirations of DIY enthusiasts.
Community Over Code, Community Over Product:
M5Stack firmly believes in the mantra of 'Community over Code, Community over Product.' While the hardware and software aspects of M5Stack are important, the community is seen as the driving force behind the continuous evolution and improvement of the platform. By putting the community first, M5Stack has cultivated an environment where individuals can learn from each other, exchange ideas, and collectively push the boundaries of what is possible in IoT prototyping.
Envisioning a Better IoT Prototype Tool and Community:
During our session, we encourage participants to share their ideas on how M5Stack can be enhanced to address their specific needs. Are there any particular features or functionalities you would like to see? How can the platform better support your IoT projects? Additionally, we invite you to brainstorm strategies to foster an even stronger and more connected M5Stack community. What initiatives can we undertake to encourage collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development within the community?
The Retro Roadshow
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: The Retro Roadshow
Home: California, United States
We are The Retro Roadshow, an interactive hands-on museum of vintage computers and video games. Our mission is to help people understand how the technology of yesteryear lead to the world we live in now, by letting visitors engage with the entertaining and creative aspects of vintage technology.
For the 2023 Maker Faire, we will be presenting a hands-on interactive exhibit in which visitors learn about the history of video games by tracking the evolution of Nintendo’s Mario character. Attendees will experience Mario’s origins in the classic game “Donkey Kong” on Atari consoles, through his appearances in games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64 and Nintendo GameCube. Visitors to our exhibit will have fun while learning!
