Maker Faire Yearbook 2023
Projects
Found 107 Results
Git for Hardware
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Marcus Marshall
Home: United States
Allspice.io is a git platform for hardware engineers. Marcus will review the pros and cons of using Git for hardware projects and talk about best practices.
Cyber Escape Room – attacco alla Nerd Corporation
Faire: Rome
Maker: CINI Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica
Thirty minutes to infiltrate the computer system of the Nerd Corporation to prevent the evil organization from launching a cyber attack.
This is the challenge to be solved in the escape room created by the Cybersecurity National Lab of the CINI (National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics) and the IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca.
The objective is to raise awareness of cybersecurity and the relationship between privacy, digital and exposure to risk.
A team of volunteer hackers will be trained and sent on a mission to break into the Nerd Corporation's lair and to steal its secret plans.
It is played in teams made up of a maximum of 4 people, divided between a team on the field and a team at the terminal. The field team recovers clues and moves through the escape room while the terminal team uses computer tools to solve the challenges.
The challenge lasts 30 minutes and the complete experience takes about 45.
ITS-SCAN
Faire: Rome
Maker: FONDAZIONE I.T.S. AREA TECNOLOGICA DELL’EFFICIENZA ENERGETICA RISPARMIO ENERGETICO E NUOVE TECNOLOGIE IN BIOEDILIZIA (ITS Red Academy)
We have created an app that from the information saved on an online sheet creates a unique QR-Code. With a simple scan we can connect to the digital element provided by the designer, record date-time of arrival at the construction site, indicate the mounting status and transfer this information back into the BIM model. All through functions and free applications that are already in our smartphone
Agrobot
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITI Galileo Ferraris Scampia Napoli
Our project was designed to significantly reduce the pollution caused by the spraying of chemical products such as copper and sulfur in the vineyards. Copper is a heavy metal and for this reason toxic to soils while sulfur causes serious irritation to the respiratory system and to the skin of men. These two pollutants are very harmful to our ecosystem and the environment. Unfortunately, these products are widely used in agriculture because they are used to fight diseases such as Peronospora and Oidium. These fungi affect all agricultural cultures but in particular the excellent vine of Made Italy for the production of quality wine.
WINE SPACE
Faire: Rome
Maker: RICCARDO SUSINNO
Wine Space is a startup specializing in the production of innovative multimedia content. We specialize in Virtual Reality and the metaverse to offer new sales solutions in the Italian wine industry. We provide a wide range of services to wineries to explore new forms of wine communication and enjoyment.
Questione di Chimica
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITS Fondazione Vita
Our project aims to find an innovative training solution able to stimulate the curiosity of children , making the learning of science subjects a unique experience. Our students, using the methodological approach of "Design Thinking", have realized an application in key 4.0 inclusive, sustainable and replicable in any educational context. Our prototype consists of an illustrative box inside which you can find a vase made with 3D printer and a tablet, equipped with an augmented reality application with which you can try the training experience.
I Can Feel My Legs
Faire: Rome
Maker: Gaetano Carlino
I Can Feel My Legs is a lower limb prosthesis whose purpose is to help people who have disabilities and/or difficulties in walking.
What we present is the first working prototype showing toe movement that is done through the use of a wearable sock, for the initial acquisition of movement that will then be implemented through a self-learning neural network in order to improve its efficiency and responsiveness, which will be able to simulate toe movement.
SENTINEL
Faire: Rome
Maker: Feel-ING SRL
The SENTINEL project aims to promote wellness in the workplace providing an ad-hoc platform to monitor psychophysics pitfalls that could threaten workers’ and teams’ security. Being in the context of Internet of Things (IoT), it exploits wearable and comfortable devices (such as smartwatches, smart clothes or sports bands) and emotive artificial intelligence algorithms.
Bekonix: Concept to Creation with No-Code
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Bekonix, Inc.
Home: California, United States
A New Way to Make Technology: Bekonix makes it easy to create smart and connected IoT devices, accelerating your journey from concept to prototype to final product. It doesn't matter if you're a hobbyist, an entrepreneur, an experienced engineer, or all of the above – Our no-code, drag-and-drop platform will help you achieve your product goals faster than ever by breaking down the traditional technical barriers and democratizing who gets to participate in the product-making world. Join us to learn more and be part of an exclusive unveiling of our new Bekonix Connect controller.
Berbawy Makers
Faire: Bay Area
Maker: Berbawy Makers
Home: California, United States
Berbawy Makers is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to enable all students to explore their interests in engineering and making, regardless of their race, gender, or socioeconomic status.
AirCoreFire DASP
Faire: Rome
Maker: Paolo De Rossi
The AirCore Fire DASP firefighting robot is a prototype based on a real design; it is composed of a fire-fighting turbine mounted on a tracked vehicle and activated by an app connected via Bluetooth; it is very versatile and offers more safety to firefighters.
The AirCore solution is based on the idea of distributing water mist through a turbine, in order to extinguish fires more efficiently.
Thanks to its easy handling and the turbine's ability to lift and tilt, the fire fighting robot proves to be the ideal heavy-duty tool in many industries.
Immersive Cube Experience
Faire: Rome
Maker: EY
The "Immersive Cube" is a three-dimensional environment that offers an immersive experience by projecting content, images and videos onto all the inner surfaces of the cube. In addition, it will be possible to further immerse oneself in virtual reality by using VR and AR headset, allowing the user to interact with objects and digital spaces.
In detail, the experience will be divided into three different use cases:
- TEA Research lab, which will allow the user to learn about genome editing projects for stronger, climate-resilient plants
- Malteria Brewery Virtual Tour, where the user will be able to explore the secrets of the malt house, interact with themed objects and discover the traceability function of the beer in bottle
- Sensorial Tour; here, users will be able to test themselves, trying to associate the right type of oil with the aroma perceived inside the Cube.
What the three experiences have in common is a new way of conveying information and learning notions that are often complex (such as neuroscience or genome editing) or difficult to physically reach (such as visiting a malt house). This allows the public to learn more about the products they are going to buy, and be more aware of new scientific discoveries useful in underlining concepts such as made in Italy, food sovereignty and sustainability.
SANITRON, SANIFICATORE AUTOMATICO PER CARRELLI DELLA SPESA
Faire: Rome
Maker: Cristian Vendra
Innovate is an innovative start-up operational since 2020, one of the projects created is sanitron, a device that automatically sanitizes the shopping trolleys used in supermarkets, warehouses, shopping centers and all points of sale that use trolleys to make purchases. The handles of shopping trolleys, in use at points of sale, are a real receptacle for germs and bacteria, this is because they are touched by many people every day, and are rarely cleaned, all this is ascertained by numerous scientific studies which highlight the danger. Today there are systems where the operator manually inserts the trolley inside a box, sanitizing it entirely; alternatively, we proceed through manual sanitization with disinfectant products by an operator.
Sanitron is the effective solution for sanitizing trolley handles, an easy-to-apply system that will be positioned in the areas where shopping trolleys are stored in warehouses, on the separation structures of the various rows of trolleys, with height-adjustable supports. The device is composed of an external aluminum casing in which the sanitization units are contained and a panel, inside which the logic control (PLC) and all the electrical, electronic and hydraulic components are contained. The device is applied directly where each user places the trolley together with the others, having a sanitization unit for each available trolley; when the user puts the trolley away and hooks it with the chain, a sensor, through the logic control (PLC) will detect the continuous presence (for more than 20 seconds) of the trolley handle, the continuous presence and the timer serve to avoid accidentally starting a sanitization in the event of a simple passage in front of the sensor; once a continuous presence has been detected, sanitisation will be activated by spraying the disinfectant solution precisely on the handle of the trolley for approximately 3 seconds. Once sanitisation is completed, a green LED will light up to indicate that the ready-to-use trolley is disinfected , the trolley handle will also be dry in a few seconds; this procedure is repeated for each trolley available in the area and will be activated through the consent of a safety sensor, detecting that there are no people in the sanitization area, in case there is the presence of one or more people who should keeping trolleys in the area will disable the operation of the sanitization cycle (in order to avoid accidental spraying in the presence of customers and operators); This device has undergone numerous safety and durability tests with positive results, and is also close to CE marking.
Customers of supermarkets and sales outlets are the protagonists of this idea, and will be very satisfied to see how one of the objects in common use most contaminated by germs and bacteria can finally be disinfected in the most effective way on the market.
Robotic sorting plant – controlled by PLCs via WEBapp
Faire: Rome
Maker: Itis Paleocapa
The system, based on a Scorbot Er3 robotic arm and a Fishertechnik education kit, sorts different incoming materials by colour, weight ans size, thrugh different processes. The automation, controlled by S7-1200 PLCs, and supervised by a S7-1500 controller, is managed by an operator through an HMI display or through a webApp. It can be used to reach optimization and sustainability goals. The PLCs are able to manage a wide variety of information.
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.
Ottavia – la tastiera di un’ottava
Faire: Rome
Maker: Ottavia srls
Modular Musical Instrument. Each module (1 octave, 12 dynamic keys ) can be used individually in stand-alone mode or assembled with others composing a full piano keyboard. The same object can be used for studio writing or recording, then musicians can use 1 or 2 octaves, or for live performances, then they can use 7/8 octaves. The modularity of the tool reduces its size, and thus favors the transportability.
NAO & SMART FOOD CONSERVATION SYSTEM (NAO&SFCS)
Faire: Rome
Maker: I.I.S. "G. Marconi"
The Project, through the use of cutting-edge technologies in the IoT and AI sector, allows automatic and continuous monitoring of food quality through a digital olfactory system using gas sensors for the measurement of particular aromatic compounds.
The system integrates a subsystem for monitoring the expiry dates of packaged products using a barcode and QR scanner.
Thanks to the integration with the humanoid robot NAO, it will perform the function of technical support thanks to the vocal synthesis for the reproduction of the messages shown on the display.
Life Pillars
Faire: Rome
Maker: Giulia Scalzo
Our value proposition is based on a product called LIFE PILLARS: a green infrastructure that can mitigate urban heat islands. Life Pillars operates in the sustainable building sector with the aim of providing a solution that is simple to implement and has a high environmental impact to face the challenge of climate change. Our initiative focuses on various actions, including the reduction of heat islands, the promotion of biodiversity and the construction of structures capable of absorbing CO2, in order to create systems that respond to current environmental problems.
We offer customers three price ranges, each with different functionality and features. We provide a personalized assistance service that accompanies the customer at every stage of the process, we offer branding, marketing and communication services to help the company communicate the value of the project on its channels and we provide bureaucratic support.
Our clients operate mainly in the B2B market. Our first objective will be to address the large companies which, starting from 2024, will be obliged to present the sustainability report. In Italy, these companies are around 3,000, as reported by the CSEA institutional website. These companies share values such as growth, innovation, sustainability and the concept of "kaizen", i.e. the continuous improvement of company processes and performance. Furthermore, they have objectives both in terms of environmental sustainability and in terms of turnover, business and marketing. They want to have a "green" image and a solution that contributes to having a positive impact on the environment and on their business. Finally, these are companies looking for strategic partnerships in order to improve positioning, growth, acquisition of new customers and consolidation on the market.
We have identified several competitors that fill the same need for our product, both directly and indirectly. However, our solution stands out for its significant impact in effectively mitigating heat islands in urban centres, as well as the level of customization offered and the support provided to obtain the necessary certifications and achieve a sustainable balance sheet.
Specifically, our value proposition delivers a number of benefits to customers, including:
Brand positioning and recognition;
Differentiation from competitors;
Visibility, the possibility of forging partnerships and public relations;
Access to GBC-Leed certifications;
Rating of sustainability reports;
Personalized offer based on budget and needs;
Personalized support and customer assistance;
branding, marketing and communication services relating to the project;
bureaucratic support;
Objectives of the 2023 Sustainable Agenda.
Mine S: The Ultimate Modular Control Surface
Faire: Rome
Maker: SPECIALWAVES s.r.l.
Mine S: Limitless Control. Infinite Possibilities.
Explore the boundless versatility of Mine S across domains such as home and building automation, broadcasting, music, lighting control, robotic process automation, and control rooms. Effortlessly craft your perfect interface by adding or removing modules. Seamlessly integrating with various protocols, it adapts to your unique needs, offering limitless potential.
Erogatore mangimi solidi e liquidi per volatili.
Faire: Rome
Maker: IIS Tito Sarrocchi
"Solid and liquid feed dispenser" was designed to solve the problem of feeding our domestic birds during the holidays and, therefore, away from our property.
This electronic type device would be able to distribute a certain portion of feed per day, decided in advance by us and to supply the liquid container with water, from which the birds can drink.
City Vibe
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITS Academy Meccatronico Veneto
This project is a hardware-software platform that aims at optimizing street lighting through the use of LoRa (long-range) communication technology.
Electronics and sensors detect the passage of vehicles on a road section. A central computer determines the optimal light intensity that a road section should receive during low-light hours. Thanks to this technology, it is possible to enable dynamic street lighting according to traffic, with evident energy savings, especially if applied on a large scale.
(Collaboration of ITS Academy Meccatronico Veneto and GDS spa)
Revo5 modular cnc
Faire: Rome
Maker: Revolve srls
Here is the translation: The CNC Pantograph Revo5 represents technological innovation at its best. Designed to work with precision and reliability on very hard materials in 2D and 3D, it is the ideal choice for any productive activity. Easy to use and highly functional, Revo5 offers high-level performance in terms of speed, power and precision without burdening the company budget. Its structure has been engineered to minimize the transmission of vibrations and to have a very high mechanical and torsional resistance. Modularity is the main feature of REVO5, a unique machine of its kind.
FishAI&EcoEater
Faire: Rome
Maker: ITI Galileo Ferraris Scampia Napoli
Automa, eco-sustainable and ecological that aims to combat the pollution of marine ecosystems through the use of artificial intelligence and a cutting-edge telecommunications network.
Algeri-bike
Faire: Rome
Maker: IIS Algeri Marino
Battery status monitoring of an electric bike made with Arduino 33 loT via smatphone.
