Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
Projects
Found 110 Results
Insetti, il Cibo del Futuro – Small Giants
Faire: Rome
Maker: Small Giants srl
Made with insect flour, our award-winning products are mega tasty and packed full with planet-positive protein, fibre and vitamins. We want to lead the transition to a new phase where eating insects is part of our daily eating habits. We are a young team highly motivated to break the edible insects taboo with unruly tasty snacks and make the weird wonderful!
MyEasyCarbon: the future of sustainable agriculture
Faire: Rome
Maker: MYEASYFARM
MyEasyCarbon is the first Label Bas Carbone certified tool capable of assessing the sustainability of agricultural businesses by calculating the balance between emissions and carbon storage in the soil. The advantage of using MyEasyCarbon lies on its interoperability, its ease of use and speed of analysis. The combined use of MyEasyFarm and MyEasyCarbon allows for the integration of data from agricultural machinery into the carbon calculation, making the final calculation more realistic and transparent, and providing more reliable data regarding Scope 3 emissions in the agri-food supply chain.
Elaisian – Il Sistema di Supporto alle Decisioni in agricoltura
Faire: Rome
Maker: Elaisian srl
Elaisian offers a precision agriculture service to prevent diseases in olive groves, vineyards, and almond orchards and to have a continuous decision support system (SSD) for field interventions. The service is based on SSDs related to pest management and SSDs related to satellite imagery (for all crops). This enables farmers to reduce phytosanitary treatments and optimize fertilization and irrigation.
Elaisian offers the installation of weather stations in the field connected to an app where notifications and alerts on pathogen development are sent. We have different types of services that allow us to give accessibility to farms of all sizes and therefore with different economic possibilities. The following sections are available in the app: 5-day weather forecast, self-set alerts (weather parameter, value range, message sending interval), notifications (non-severe messages on plant and pathogen development), alerts (threshold severity messages), field notebook (linked to algorithms), map and reports from satellite images.
The pathogen forecasting service is applied for olive groves, vineyards and almond orchards. Through the use of proprietary algorithms we are able to calculate the development of pathogens and plants, which, when correlated, allow us to calculate the infection rate of pathogens with high accuracy.
We also use satellite images to calculate vegetation and water indices that are useful for monitoring soils and always have a control for optimizing fertilization and irrigation.
Hill City Homebrewers, Brewing Demonstration
Faire: Lynchburg
Maker: Hill City Homebrewers
Home: Virginia, United States
The Hill City Homebrewers are excited to bring an engaging homebrewing demonstration to Maker Faire again this year. We will be brewing a base suitable for the ever-popular IPA style, but we are going to let you decide what hops are added!
SE L’ACQUA C’È NOI LA TROVIAMO – IF THERE IS WATER WE WILL FIND IT
Faire: Rome
Maker: hydrohunter di Tamburrino Daniela
Hydrohunter's future plan is to be able to solve the drought problem. Also help the small farmer who does not have a large amount of money to invest in a water research project. Report whether there is an aquifer on your land, whether this water resource is convenient or not. That is, the risk-benefit ratio is valid for designing an artesian well.
Caratterizzazione dei prodotti alimentari mediante nuovi marker molecolari
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
As part of specific departmental and multidisciplinary initiatives (Department of Management) for consumer protection and developed within the Commodity Laboratory, we have identified a cluster of specific and innovative indicators [molecular markers] which allow to better characterize the perceived quality of some commercial food products.In particular, we applied our model to pasta [primary sector of interest], craft beers, grappa and coffee. The main aim of our studies is to discriminate commercial products which, thanks to their specificity - deriving in particular from "mild" industrial treatments - can benefit from "premium price" logics.
SmartBreak
Faire: Rome
Maker: IISS "COLAMONICO-CHIARULLI"
SmartBreak - Order at the School Bar with a Click! Simplify and optimize the ordering process at school bars with SmartBreak. This intuitive web app allows students to place their orders directly from their smartphones, providing a seamless experience. With automated daily order lists and detailed statistics, SmartBreak streamlines operations for students, bar staff, and administrators, saving time and reducing errors. Customizable for any school, SmartBreak makes school bar management efficient.
Università e Innovazione: Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari in Sapienza
Faire: Rome
Maker: Scienze e tecnologie Alimentari - Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
An emerging sector of scientific research in Sapienza is increasingly oriented towards the development of the Agro-Food sector and in particular of the topics related to biotechnology (microbiology and technologies), food quality and safety, food chemistry and nutrition, management and the sustainability of agri-food supply chains. Teams of researchers are involved in several projects, financed at different levels by the European Community, by the MIUR and MASAF Ministries, by the Regions and directly by industry, for developing applied research and technology transfer.
HALLOWED GROUNDS COFFEE
Faire: Pensacola
Maker: Hallowed Grounds Coffee
Home: Florida, United States
HALLOWED GROUNDS COFFEE IS AN UP-AND-COMING COFFEE SHOP, WHOSE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY COFFEE TO ITS CLIENTELE. HALLOWED GROUNDS WILL BE SELLING ITS COFFEE, TEA, AND LEMONADE PRODUCTS TO THOSE ATTENDING THE MAKER FAIRE. HALLOWED GROUNDS ALSO WILL BE HOLDING A PARTICIPATORY ASPECT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SENSORY DEMONSTRATION AND CHALLENGE OF THE DIFFERENT FINENESS OF GRIND FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF BREWING PROCESSES (I.E., FRENCH PRESS, POUR OVER, DRIP COFFEE, COLD BREW, ESPRESSO).
POPPASTELLA – un angolo di Napoli nel Mondo
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sensori 4.0 srl
A real example of how, water and flour, by our POPpastella, can create and spread worldwide a simple, low-cost product, alternative to POPcorn, French fries or other street food products, currently limited to Neapolitan cuisine traditions.
Prototype in its basic version, it can be expanded to reach the desired productivity, with proportional margins.
Productivity is very high, the costs of the basic elements negligible; low energy consumption, it supplies a product to be eaten hot as soon as it is produced.
Polyter®: La rivoluzione verde dell’agricoltura – Conservazione dell’acqua, aumento della produttività e sostenibilità in un unico granulato innovativo!”
Faire: Rome
Maker: Agrifertile srl
Polyter® is a revolutionary agricultural project that addresses global challenges related to pollution, energy costs, food security, global warming, and water scarcity. Its main objective is water conservation, a precious and limited resource often wasted in large quantities, especially in the agricultural sector.
Polyter® is a unique fertilizing hydro-retainer that comes in the form of granules. These granules have an extraordinary capacity to absorb water from 160 to 300 times their dry weight, functioning as a water reservoir for plants. Moreover, Polyter® acts as a permanent dispenser of water and fertilizers to meet the plants' needs, providing them with everything they require to grow and develop optimally.
What makes Polyter® truly exceptional is its ability to lower soil temperature, reducing plant stress. It works as a kind of refrigerated dispenser, ensuring optimal root, vegetative, fruit, and flower development. Balanced fertilizers specifically designed to nourish root development are incorporated within Polyter®, which is an essential element for plant growth. Polyter® seamlessly integrates with the roots, becoming an integral and optimal part of the plant.
The versatility of Polyter® is one of its main strengths. It can be used in all types of crops and on all types of soil, allowing for broad applicability in both agricultural and horticultural contexts. Worldwide, agronomists, researchers, and inventors have been searching for hidden freshwater sources, but current methodologies fail to address the massive water waste in agriculture. Polyter® represents a breakthrough in this direction.
The benefits of Polyter® are manifold. Firstly, it enables water savings of at least 50% to 80%, ensuring more efficient water resource management. Additionally, it reduces fertilizer consumption by 30% to 50%, optimizing yield, quality, and production sustainability. Polyter® also acts as a growth activator, advancing cultivation cycles and increasing root mass by 3 to 5 times. This translates into higher agricultural productivity, ranging from 30% to 100% depending on the crop type.
Another important aspect is that Polyter® is completely biodegradable in the soil, with a degradation period ranging from 3 to 5 years, depending on the number of bacteria present in the soil. This further enhances Polyter®'s sustainability and environmental impact.
In addition to water savings and improved crop yields, Polyter® plays a fundamental role in soil regeneration. It acts as a synthetic "earthworm," aerating, stabilizing, and binding the soil. Furthermore, it contributes to humus restructuring and reduces losses from evaporation and leaching. This promotes soil health and preserves long-term fertility.
Safety is a top priority for Polyter®. It leaves no residues in the soil or in fruit and vegetable crops, as confirmed by accredited analyses. This aspect is crucial to ensure the quality and safety of food produced using Polyter®.
Participating in the Maker Faire Rome represents an exceptional opportunity for us to share the innovation of Polyter® with the public. Our project offers tangible solutions to water-related challenges, sustainable agriculture, and environmental preservation. We are proud to present an idea that combines technology with ecology, promoting more efficient and environmentally friendly agricultural practices.
Thanks to our participation in the Maker Faire Rome, we can demonstrate how Polyter® works through an exhibition that includes a table to showcase our products, a display to illustrate Polyter® granules, a computer, and a screen to present case studies, photos, and videos showcasing the extraordinary results achieved. Additionally, we will have an informative panel to provide further details about the project.
We are excited to be part of such a stimulating event and to present Polyter® as an innovation that will transform sustainable agriculture. Our goal is to contribute to a future where water resources are used responsibly, and the environment is preserved.
Spesabus – PlayGustibus Box
Faire: Rome
Maker: SPESABUS SRL
Online it is quite easy to buy tasting boxes but you have never tried tasting boxes for sensory analysis. Our boxes, made up of selections of typical products directly from small producers, are a game to play with friends and relatives, who challenge their senses with the aim of becoming more aware consumers. Tests usually carried out by professional tasters are transformed into game sessions managed online which can be accessed using your smartphone.
USC Makers
Faire: Los Angeles
Maker: USC Makers
Home: California, United States
We are USC Makers, the premier hardware innovation club at the University of Southern California! We are at Maker Faire to present some of our creative, engineering-based projects that our members have worked hard on this year.
Spireat un futuro sostenibile
Faire: Rome
Maker: algaria srl
the project we are presenting this year derives from the technological innovations presented in recent years and will lead to the request for a new patent, application presented in 2022. the project concerns the optimization of natural light on productions in open pond systems on the production of microalgae by improving the performance of production and returns on investment in technologies that are still not very mature, and which will also make it possible to improve the capture of CO2 which is already naturally efficient in microalgal production systems,
Ploovium® – Predictive Irrigation
Faire: Rome
Maker: Soonapse Srl
Ploovium® is an AI and IoT-based cloud service for predictive water optimization in agriculture.
The system is fully data-driven. Data are monitored and processed by two levels of AI: the first predicts the irrigation behavior of the soil/crop system in the next 5 days with 99% accuracy, the second processes the irrigation strategy with average savings of water and irrigation costs (electricity, fuels, personnel, etc...) up to 50%.
Ploovium® AI methods have the Italian Patent, which has been filed in EU, USA, India and Israel.
Alicia’s Bakeshop
Faire: NW Arkansas
Maker: Alicia Johnson
Home: Arkansas, United States
I sell homemade baked goods like cookies, cakes, cupcakes, pie and more.
Circular Farm la fattoria urbana circolare
Faire: Rome
Maker: Antonio Di Giovanni
Circular Farm is an urban farm, inspired by the circularity of nature.
In our circular agricultural process we produce Oyster mushrooms reusing the coffee grounds from the bars and other product like medical mushrooms, micro-vegetable, flours, eggs, worm humus and compost.
Our process is innovative, because we use a vertical systems of cultivation in the shipping containers, out of land.
In addition to the production of mushrooms, our company produces micro-vegetables and vegetables from hydroponic cultivation systems (aquaponic system) and with a synergic garden.
From the mushrooms substrate, we make a compost pile and thanks of the aerobic fermentation we produce hot water that we use in winter time for heating our greenhouse.
In our Circular Farm space we organize educational tour for schoosl, experience, workshops and training for the people that want to replicate our circular system.
Cup of Love Cocoa Bombs
Faire: Elkhorn
Maker: Nickie Palacio
Home: Illinois, United States
Cocoa bombs, cake pops & cakesicles, and sweet treats galore. Stop by for a demo and sample of my famous cocoa bombs!!
Smart Sensor for Testing Agrifood Quality & Safety at the Point of Care
Faire: Rome
Maker: Sapienza Università di Roma
The Device we present is a Lab-on-Chip. It consists of a system on glass (SoG), where are integrated photosensors for light detection, a thermalization system and sensors for controlling the temperature. The SoG is coupled with a microfluidic system where biological assay occurs and allows the detection of mycotoxins and food pathogens. The system is contained in a portable metallic box.
The assays consist of specific recognition elements for the detection of the mycotoxins, which identify the target (mycotoxins) and emits a luminescent signal when the target is present. The luminescent signal is then detected by the photosensors. In the case of food pathogens, the system is able to perform a molecular test: identify a specific DNA sequence of the pathogens, which is amplified and detected by the photosensors following the luminescent signal generated during the DNA amplification. The thermalization system ensures the reactions occurring at the requested temperature.
Cowgirl Cakery
Faire: Downtown Columbia
Maker: molly kelly
Home: Maryland, United States
We are a mother daughter baking duo, making the world a sweeter place! From cake pops to jumbo cookies, brownies, and more, we love to create yummy treats for all to enjoy.
p.o.p. candy co.
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Rachel Flores & Bill Waiste
Home: California, United States
fresh & delish handmade butter crunch in various flavors!
AGRISKY Remove Carbon. Save Water.
Faire: Rome
Maker: Agrisky s.r.l.
We provide a cutting-edge B2B platform that connects environmentally impactful companies with indoor farmers. Our unique approach leverages the controlled environment and reliable data provided by indoor farms. This ensures that businesses can offset their carbon emissions and water footprint through credible and traceable projects. With Agrisky, companies can make a meaningful impact on the environment while fostering sustainable partnerships.
Saving Plants thanks to Nanotechnology
Faire: Rome
Maker: Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Nanotechnology could help us in giving a new life to agro-food waste by converting the main components of lignocellulosic biomasses in nanoscaled products. In comparison to their bulk counterpart, organic nanomaterials, such as cellulose nanocrystals, lignin nanocapsules, chitosan nanoparticles, exhibit a whole range of different biochemical properties, which can be exploited to develop innovative nano-agrochemicals or to deliver active principles useful to control crop diseases, such as fungal and bacterial plant pathogens.
Tacos Vera Cruz
Faire: Palm Beach
Maker: Diane Jacome
Home: Florida, United States
Female-owned food truck with authentic Mexican food with recipes from my mother-in-law in Cordoba Ve
