Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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James Chan, Magician and Juggler

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: James Chan

Home: California, United States

At age 5 James Chan was juggling 3 balls, at age 8 he was juggling 5 balls & three flaming torches and by age 10 he was picking pockets. James’ credits include appearing on ABC7 News national television with Tiffany Haddish, Access Daily with Penn and Teller, and performing for former CIA director Leon Panetta, White House’s Chief Data Scientist, DJ Patil. James recently featured in the Mercury news for winning the International Brotherhood of Magician's' online magic contest beating out many magicians twice his age in the first ever magic competition held on Zoom. His father, Dan Chan, is a Master Magician and has trained James.
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OfficineApogeo – laboratori a domicilio

Faire: Rome

Maker: OfficineApogeo srls

 

OffcineApogeo developed chemistry, physics and biology experimental kits for teaching. Using the kits teachers can perform each experiment in autonomy within an hour. Every kit has two editions: one for the teacher, for bench demonstration, the second for the class, so the students can perform hands-on experiments.
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Hand-Crafted Electronic Music: Eurorack DIY

Faire: Elkhorn

Maker: Karl Stamm

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Eurorack is musical synthesizer hardware. Come play with live music generation, and hands on analog electronics, to make sounds nobody has ever heard before. Let's explore how electricity makes sound, and the tools to craft any sound you can imagine
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Rochester Institute of Technology’s Engineering Special Interest House

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Engineering House @ RIT

Home: New York, United States

Engineering House is an academic and engineering focused special interest house for 1st and 2nd years at RIT. Together we have built many group projects like giant 3D printers, Power Racing Series go karts, human hamster wheels and more.
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Alain Design 3D design studio

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Alain Diaz

Home: California, United States

I am a 3D designer specialising in Toy Design. I have over 25 years of experience in the Toy industry. I teach Toy Design at Otis College of Art and design since 2018. I have made the transition from classic hand sculpting to 3D modeling and I love
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Wellsville CSD SWAT – Epoxy River Guitar

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Wellsville CSD SWAT

Home: New York, United States

We built a 5-string epoxy river base guitar with embedded lights.
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Combat Robots of Oklahoma

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Combat Robots of Oklahoma

Home: Oklahoma, United States

Robot fighting is coming back to the Tulsa Maker Faire! Come on down to watch robots duke it out in an all out brawl to see which robot is the most destructive in Oklahoma!
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The Weight of Valor Project

Faire: Wichita

Maker: Peggy Griswold

Home: United States

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that custom makes weighted blankets free of charge for combat veterans.
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Homemade Robots

Faire: Hudson Valley

Maker: Randy Sarafan

Home: New York, United States


Come learn about Homemade Robots that you can make at home out of commonly found materials and basic hand tools. Have fun learning about building machines that encourage creativity, ingenuity and improvisation.
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Edmonton Rocketry Club (ERC)

Faire: Edmonton

Maker: Edmonton Rocketry Club (ERC)

Home: Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton Rocketry Club (ERC) is dedicated to the promotion of the sport of rocketry as a hobby. Ever want to build a rocket and learn what makes them go? Come and see us to learn more.
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Aurora South EMS: Hands Only CPR

Faire: Elkhorn

Maker: Aurora South EMS

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Aurora South EMS would like to provide teaching and practice for hands-only CPR in hopes to increase the prevalence of bystander CPR out in the community.
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WarriorBots FIRST Robotics Team

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: WarriorBots Robotics

Home: Wisconsin, United States

High School Robotics team from Muskego, WI. We build a competitive robot each year to compete with teams from all over the world.
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Halloween Haunt…Maker Style

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Scare Makers

Home: California, United States

Our exhibit is a unique collection of DIY radio controlled animatronic props, compressed air driven contraptions and 3D video displays all with a Halloween theme. We present these props and displays in an interactive fashion, with the goal of providing all Faire goers young and young at heart with an entertaining, hands-on and educational experience. We hope to educate Faire attendees about our builds and then allow them to use hand held R/C units to control the multiple props themselves, providing an immersive, enjoyable, noisy (and sometimes scary) dark room event.
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Urban Lumber Salvaging

Faire: Central Oregon

Maker: Nicholas Giblin

Home: Oregon, United States

Witness the transformation of timber into slab at our sawmill exhibit. Experience the magic of crafting with wood, from log to lumber.
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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.
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Learn DIY Apps, Maps and Data

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: City-Parish Department of Information Services

Home: Louisiana, United States

Stop by our booth to learn how to work with the City's vast collection of data to make maps and apps! Staff from the Department of Information Services will be on hand to showcase these free resources and answer your questions.
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Whachusay Confetti

Faire: Pioneer Valley

Maker: Julissa Diaz

Home: Massachusetts, United States

It's an honor to help share the wonderful lives of their loved ones through our personalized memorial keepsakes. Lasting keepsakes that can be personalized with photos or custom designs. These one-of-a-kind gifts demonstrate thoughtfulness and can become cherished keepsakes for the bereaved. Benches measure 4x7.
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Showcasing Virtual Reality

Faire: Rochester

Maker: Isai Pochtar

Home: New York, United States

Standing in an elevator, riding 80 stories high, doors open and you are over-looking a busy city, staring at a plank, heart pounding, palms sweating. Do you freeze or do you walk it? Transport yourself into a virtual world with Veracity VRcade!
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Think Spatially About Data: Data Physicalization

Faire: Delft

Maker: Caiwei Zhu

Home: Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Heb je er wel eens aan gedacht hoe gegevens niet op papier, maar drie dimensionaal, tastbaar kunnen worden weergegeven, om gegevens speels en interactief te communiceren? Kom en ontdek creatieve en zinvolle manieren om gegevens weer te geven met allerlei eenvoudige materialen. Neem gerust je eigen gegevens mee. Daarnaast kun je bij ons ook origami maken! Dat is niet alleen leuk, maar ook een goede manier om je creativiteit en ruimtelijk inzicht te oefenen. Dit project is een samenwerking tussen het Wetenschapsknooppunt van de TU Delft, de International School Delft en SellSTEM (Spatially Enhanced Learning Linked to STEM, een EU Horizon Onderzoeksproject). Wil je meer weten waarom ruimtelijk inzicht belangrijk is voor makers, gan dan naar https://sellstem.eu/ of lees onze blogs “biomimicry op de camping” en “waarom pabo-studenten ontdekhoeken ontwerpen” op https://www.wetenschapsknooppuntzh.nl/blog/
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Arte en Metal

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Rodrigo Palma Arrieta

Home: CDMX, Mexico

Arte en Metal Cuenta con todo tipo de proyectos artísticos pero con finalidad de uso. Empleando diversas técnicas artesanales como forja, modelado en soldadura y lámina. Con enfoques tanto naturales como tradicionales de diferentes culturas.
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Robotics Societies of Southern California: Long Beach & Riverside

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Robotics Societies of Southern California, Long Beach, Riverside

Home: California, United States

We showcase bots, both small and large, on wheels and legs, humanoid, home brewed or off the shelf, some with autonomous smarts to move around on their own, navigate, see and interact with people, avoid obstacles, understand speech, talk and more.
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Comedy Improv

Faire: WNY Regional

Maker: Mike Kowal

Home: New York, United States

Comedy Improv show in the styles of 2nd city and Who's Line is it Anyway? Followed by a workshop to show basic improv skills to intersted kids and have them perform improv bits of they wish, great experience for aspiring actors and other performers
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Science Industries – Water Rocket Launcher

Faire: Trieste

Maker: Associazione Science Industries - EPS YM Trieste

Home: Trieste, Italy

Nata da un gruppo di amici e colleghi attorno al tavolo di un pub in centro a Trieste, Science Industries, è una associazione di animazione scientifica: una forma di divulgazione pop, con alla base l'idea che la Scienza deve essere accessibile a tutti in modo semplice e possibilmente divertente.
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Mycastellium – From Mushroom to Masterpiece

Faire: Rome

Maker: Orietta Bartalini

 

Mycastellium is the perfect project for people who want to open their minds into a sustainable environment. This project is entirely made of a sustainable material called mycelium: an ideal substitute to plastic. We created this lamp combining nature inspired designs and advanced technologies. Our project took time and dedication as we collaborated to reach our goal. Mycastellium’s aim is to spread awareness about sustainability. Help us transform our world step by step; every little step counts!
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