Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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Malaya Botanicals

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Pia Barton

Home: United States

Malaya Botanicals is woman owned and family operated CBD Health and Wellness Company on a mission to de-stigmatize cannabis and empower, especially women to take charge of their health and healing. Through its products, we hope to aspire everyone to practice self-care on a regular basis and deal with their problems head on with the most simple and easy solutions that Malaya Botanicals can offer. With the help of the products and wellness activations, people will have the ability to take care of themselves in the most convenient way possible, while still staying true to their daily lifestyle.

Art of Natalie McKean

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Natalie McKean

Home: California, United States

Original designs and science fiction illustrations on art prints and pins!

Recover Your Thoughts

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Doug MacNeil

Home: United States

The journals I make by myself, with a little help from my wife. They are made of two parts. The covers are from old books that the library has given up on. And the paper is collected from print shops after they have discarded it. I take a lot of pride in the fact that I'm able to make a usable product from stuff headed toward the landfill.

Buzz Rhino Productions

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Buzz Rhino

Home: California, United States

Buzz Rhino is a multimedia artist. EVERYTHING you see on his website is made from SCRATCH and made with MUCH ALOHA!

Double Down Magazine

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Diana Musa

Home: United States

All inclusive skate and art magazine we are a collective shop that carries many artists both locally and from all over

La Casa de Murcia

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jennifer Murcia

Home: California, United States

My name is Jennifer Murcia and I am the owner and head designer of La Casa de Murcia (LCM for short), a small business that designs home decor and accessories. We specialize in bags, headwear, and drinkware. We also sell a limited selection of metal accessories (i.e. enamel pins) and stationery. We strive to be as sustainable as possible by using older fabrics and reusing our packaging. Our artwork is inspired by our Salvadorian American heritage, our West Coast roots, and the matriarchs of our childhood.

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!

Steamy Tech

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Greg and Lora Price / Steamy Tech

Home: California, United States

Steamy Tech invents, designs, creates, and sells laser cut art and DIY kits for the maker community. What started as a small hobby in a local maker space has become a 10-year-old company making cool kinetic art, electronics, robotic hats, and other incredible inventions for ourselves, the steampunk community, and the Bay Area. We started out building and selling our pre-built projects but soon discovered that we couldn't keep the joy of making to ourselves. Most of our art is available not only pre-built but as kits for everyone to make and enjoy at home. We also sell subscription boxes for the ongoing maker experience and provide events for people to come to make a project with us at local bars and restaurants. Our Maker Faire booth will show all the products that we sell as well as p

Printed Resin Ships

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: YESTR Toys

Home: California, United States

We are producing MSLA resin printed radio controlled ships and static models.

Omnixie WiFi smart nixie clocks

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Omnixie

Home: California, United States

We would love to show our collections of Nixie tube clocks as well as clocks with other vintage tubes, as we did in previous maker faire events.

Foxglove Instruments

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Thadeus Frazier-Reed

Home: California, United States

A menagerie of handmade electronic and electroacoustic instruments including: – meqanun: a robotic, electric, 12-string zither – fluxharmonium: a digitally controlled, electromechanical synthesizer made from the guts of a Hammond Organ Visitors will be able to interact with these instruments using: – Pedestrial Activator: an organ foot pedal MIDI controller – Bandy: a series of simple web based video games visitors play on their mobile devices which activate a machine learning algorithm to create musical phrases played by the instruments. Topics covered by the project: Instrument building, wood working, MIDI, custom electronics and microcontrollers (Teensy/Arduino/RP2040/CircuitPython), and machine learning in music.

Fabula Tea

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Kai-Kenny Chew

Home: California, United States

We specialize in rare micro-batch loose-leaf teas and herbal blends that are handmade using our own proprietary recipe. Our teas feature locally sourced ingredients that are meticulously selected to ensure clean, flavorful and healing brews without additional flavorings or additives. Housed in pouches or canisters (all US suppliers) adorned with original artworks created by local Bay Area artists, our teas offer a unique multi-sensorial experience that delights, nourishes and evokes transformative experiences.

EZ Heat Gun controller

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: MagicBoxLabs

Home: Fukushima, Japan

EZ Heat Gun controller is a stylish, portable reflow machine that lets creators and makers easily, quickly, and professionally prototype circuits. Use it for your IoT device, wearable, small robot, or whatever project you’re working on.

Bird of Virtue

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Linnea Oliver

Home: California, United States

Mid-Century + Geometric jewelry + home accessories

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

Ubo Pod

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Ubo Pod

Home: California, United States

Ubo Pod is an open-source hardware platform made for makers and developers. It adds a layer of UI/UX to Raspberry Pi to let end-users better interact with developer applications. Makers can use it to develop smart home applications or self-host their personal data on their own hardware. The hardware comes with an SDK that can make development much easier particularly when it comes to interfacing with added hardware peripherals or developing a GUI. For more information checkout www.getubo.com

InvenTABLE: a kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Team InvenTABLE

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

InvenTABLE is a kid-safe power tool that teaches valuable STEM skills by giving kids ages 8-12 the ability to cut through cardboard and build 3D models with ease. My co-founder Max and I have been working on this product for over a year, and actually first brought it to kids at the Philadelphia Maker Faire and Sussex County Maker Faire in October 2022! Since then, we've used feedback from hundreds of kids, parents, and educators to iterate on and improve our product. We will be launching InvenTABLE at the end of September through Kickstarter, and our Kickstarter will be running throughout the month of October. Come to our table to try the power tool out for yourselves and make some fun projects out of cardboard!

MacLean Custom Screen Printing

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Robin MacLean

Home: California, United States

original designs of culinary wild mushrooms screen printed on apparel for the whole family

Cryptidzoo Interactive

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Julian Meyer

Home: California, United States

Hand printed apparel of designs that come alive through an Augmented Reality App

Personal Peltier-based tabletop air conditioner & tabletop cooler/warmer

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: AKIYOSHI KAWAGUCHI

Home: Saitamaken, Japan

Ever felt that mid-study or work slump and just wished for a warm drink? Enter our compact warmer box! Not only can it keep your coffee or tea toasty, but it's also a game-changer for your lunch. Bring it to work, and say goodbye to cold meals. I was so stoked about the idea that I had to create one. But here's the twist: flip it over, and voilà, it's a tabletop air conditioner! Those little holes at the bottom? They pump out cool vibes, making summer desk sessions a breeze. And if you're the outdoorsy type, hook it up to a solar panel, and you're set for the comfiest camping trip ever, even in the scorching heat!

Zeba Jewelry

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Adi Pirzada

Home: United States

At ZEBA we believe that beauty already exists within you, and jewelry only helps you tap into your innate beauty.

Bottango: Easy DIY Animatronics

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Bottango

Home: Washington, United States

Bottango is easy animatronics and robotics control. Bottango has worked for years to make it easer to control an animatronic. Our powerful free software is used by beginners all the way to theme park professionals. Now, we've just released Maxwell, our first animatronic in a box kit. Maxwell is a build your own animatronic that contains everything you need: servos, structures and mechanisms, power and circuits. As well, Maxwell is built ready to go in Bottango's free software. You learn how to build him using a fun 3d assembly teaching program, and animate him using the same powerful tools tons of robot builders have used to bring their own animatronic creations to life. Come check out Maxwell, or see how Bottango can make it easier to animate your own robot/animatronic!

ROV Tour: DIY Underwater Robotics Adventures

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Chien Ly

Home: California, United States

We are a tiny startup company in San Francisco introducing underwater robotics to any educational organization that might be interested. Come by our exhibit and try out our remotely operated vehicles aka ROVs!

E-liza Dolls (Dolls that teach girls how to code)

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: E-liza Dolls

Home: California, United States

E-liza Dolls makes robot dolls that teach young girls how to code! Our mission is to increase diversity and decrease the gender gap in STEM. By introducing young girls to coding and hardware from a young age, we are raising a new generation of women in STEM! Through story-based play, girls will code and build different projects using sensors to technologically enhance their lives with E-liza the robot doll from outer space!

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