Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Making things light up: Lights for clothes, accessories, props & more

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Crafty Sorceress

Home: United States

Ever wanted to shed a bit of light on your clothes or accessories? Wanted to not get in the dark and make stuff that lights up? Two educators & makers want to help make lights accessible to the art, design, performing arts & maker community, and we want to make a book that champions project-based learning! From non-electronic lights, fairy lights to programmable LED strips, our book covers troubleshooting, debugging, and safety that progresses along with the projects. We will bring demos and make & takes of these sample projects, so you can get a hands-on preview of our book!

Hubbub Club

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Hubbub Club

Home: California, United States

The Hubbub Club is a Carnival marching band, family friendly and very loud. Music changes the world! You can find the Hubbub Club at local rallies, benefits, parades, birthday parties, and just Ijamming in the street. Our music draws on the traditions of brass bands, street bands, and popular music from around the world. We participate periodically in HONK! Fest West’s annual Street Band Convergence in Seattle, Washington. We are committed to a non-hierarchical, democratic process. We believe that music is a powerful tool for social change, and strive to help heal the earth and her people through our art.

Chabot Game Lab – Interactive Video Games

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Chabot College Game Lab Club

Home: California, United States

Chabot Game Lab is the game development lab from Chabot College in Hayward, CA. Showcasing our latest 2D/3D games, interactive art, and hardware. We will bring our hardware and showcase various games, such as a hand-gesture ASL video game that runs in Unity with our hand-capture software, a tabletop Anti-Anxiety Card Game, various 2D games that we've made for the Game Boy, to touch-sensitive Fruit Simon Says using microcontrollers. We will also give away keychains and stickers from Chabot Game Lab and our maker space, the forge.

Polyhedra Party

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Stacy Speyer

Home: California, United States

Come to color and construct your own geometric form from the collection of patterned nets called Cubes and Things. We will have scissors, markers, tape, and a polyhedra enthusiast to help you make these cool shapes!!

Stage Separation Rockets and Liquid Engines!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: UC Berkeley STAR

Home: California, United States

We're STAR, UC Berkeley's competition rocketry team. This year, we launched two successful vehicles - Caldera, our second stage separation rocket which flew to 27k ft and Alula, our first liquid engine to fly! Come chat with us about high-power rocketry, flight electronics, and the design of liquid propulsion systems!

Laser Maze by Benicia Makerspace

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Benicia Makerspace

Home: California, United States

You’ve seen in in the movies, the security system with a field of crisscrossed laser beams, break a beam and the alarm goes off. This is your opportunity to test your skills against a high-tech laser security system, just for fun. Can you successfully step over, under, and around the laser beams without tripping an alarm? The Laser Maze is a timed game based on real security system design details. Skilled guests can navigate through it in a few seconds, but be careful, every time you break a beam it adds three seconds to your time. Feel free to ask us about how it works, with a Raspberry Pi, two Arduino Micros, and eight ESP8266 microcontrollers, every laser is modulated at a different frequency and the laser receivers look for only that specific frequency.

The DynaMandala

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: DynaTeam

Home: Oregon, United States

The DynaMandala is a celebration of exploring the combination of Sight, Sound, AND Input. Input is a critical part of the work. When you play the DynaMandala, You complete the art. It is a rich and responsive instrument that each player will bring to a unique swirl of dazzling pattern and sound. The DynaMandala is a creative coding software project utilizing the latest generation Real-Time 3D technology. The DynaController is the custom built MIDI activated sculpture through which visitors interact with the lights animated on the screen before them and the sound animated in the quadrophonic speaker system surrounding the space. Animation is Visual Music > Music is Sonic Animation Life is the energy that animates.

Seeed Studio

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Seed Studio

Home: Texas, United States

Seeed Studio is a leading Open Hardware company since 2008, empowering more than half a million global developers from different verticals to co-create and make their solutions available for diverse markets. As the AI hardware partner, Seeed provides industrial-ready modules and devices, along with Fusion services of prototype, produce and promote.

Explore EMF with Darcy Neal

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Darcy Neal

Home: United States

I wrote the Electromagnetic Symphony article for Make Vol 90, and designed and produce the EMF Explorer kit. I will be showing off the EMF Explorer Badge near the Maker Shed store, where you can also buy one. My kit is easy to assemble, and takes between 30 mins and 1 hour to assemble, depending on the skill level. It's accessible to anyone who can use a soldering iron. Come check one out and see what kinds of sounds you hear! It's a very fun device to carry around/wear on a lanyard, and you can listen in on the EMF emissions from various Maker's electronics in a touch-free manner. I will also be leading build workshops for this kit. Seating is limited and there is a materials fee, please check-in with the Workshop area in Maker Coal Shed #4 early for more information. TY!

Creating and Maintaining a Classroom Maker Space

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Kristin Berbawy

Home: California, United States

Maker Spaces are a hot topic in Education, but aren't as straightforward as they seem. Come learn from Kristin Berbawy's 10+ year of experience designing and maintaining them in both schools and libraries. Learn how she has grown community excitement, increased the numbers of females and minorities in her classes, created a culture of cooperation, and leverages industry partnerships to drive revelancy.

Partymaker: From MIDI Keyboard to Accordion Synthesizer

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sergey Antonovich

Home: Texas, United States

Discover the future of accordion music with a range of innovative digital musical instruments with button accordion keyboards. 1. Partymaker: Accordion Synthesizer, a unique kit that transforms a traditional accordion into a versatile synthesizer with auto-accompaniment. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 2. Ultra-portable Digital Flex Accordion, perfect for musicians on the go. (Finalist in the MIDI Innovation Awards 2024!) 3. The Digital Accordina, combining the feel of a melodica with the layout of a button accordion. 4. MIDI keyboard with different harmonica layouts for seamless digital integration. 5. Digital microphone system for the traditional accordion.

Wear It AI

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Wear It

Home: Germany

During Maker Faire, we will walk around and take photos of cool wearable tech and maker-made outfits. They will be featured on Wear It's website and everyone will be able to wear them digitally. You get a photo of yourself wearing them, enabled by computer vision and generative AI. The makers' work gets amplified when you post your outfit photos on social media. Ask the maker for their handle and use hashtag #WearItMakerfaire and tag both on social media. Together we promote makers and their amazing wearable tech!

For the Love of Wieners

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Tenaya Conklin

Home: California, United States

Why does she do it? Collecting trash year round and soldering LEDs? For the love of wiener dogs of course! Contemplate our society’s single-use plastic trash in these LED and upcycled sculptures by Tenaya Conklin. Wiener dogs are the best of man's best friend, and we celebrate our love for them in these terrific topiary hounds, featuring Tenaya’s favorite trash and LED circuits combined! Rogue Making offers activities to learn about electricity via the A in STEAM. When Tenaya isn't "making makers," she makes fabulous wiener dogs to delight!

Shelly the Armadillo

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Muchos Amigos

Home: California, United States

Climb up and ride Shelly the Armadillo. She's an adult size rocking animal designed for fun. Unlock the child inside you.

Rainbow Raindrops

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Anne Pauley

Home: California, United States

These 3D printed raindrops are made on a large delta printer from post-industrial recycled PETG. The large layers act like a fresnel lens and diffract the LED lights inside, making them look like rainbow lasers!

University of Wyoming Innovation Network

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: University of Wyoming Innovation Network

Home: Wyoming, United States

We are a University Makerspace in Wyoming open to students, faculty, staff and the public. We have a 4-H Makerspace Club and provide access to machines, tools, materials and supplies across 3 locations at the University of Wyoming. We will have Poke Made: games, swag and projects on display.

UC Berkeley Disability Lab – CripCraft Workshops

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: UC Berkeley Disability Lab

Home: California, United States

The UC Berkeley Disability Lab and the MadRadLab are presenting CripCrafts! Disabled people are some of the most crafty people in the world, come learn how to adapt your world to better suit your body and your mind. Come and consult with our team or make your own adaptations right on the spot. We hope to have something for everyone disabled from young to old. The UC Berkeley Disability Lab is the nation's first and only disability centered makerspace designed by and for disabled people.

Building Play: The Art and Science of Toy Design

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: CrunchLabs

Home: California, United States

Join CrunchLabs toy designers: Danielle Gleason, Mason Landon Smith, Evan Barnes, Dan Tompkins and Bam Singhasaneh for a engaging panel discussion at the Bay Area Maker Faire! These creative minds will share insights on what inspired them to become makers, where they find inspiration, and how they take ideas from concept to finished product. Learn about their process of prototyping, iteration, and the challenges of designing toys for mass production. Whether you're a budding inventor or a seasoned maker, this panel will offer valuable takeaways for your next project!

Giant Lyte Bryte By Maker Faire Orange County

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Maker Faire Orange County

Home: California, United States

Step into nostalgia with our giant Lite Bryte! These 4 ft x 4 ft boards bring back the joy of creating colorful designs, but we've upscaled it in a big way! Instead of tiny pegs, you'll use vibrant water bottles to craft your masterpiece. Whether you're revisiting your childhood or trying it out for the first time, the Lyte Bryte offers a fun, larger-than-life experience for all ages. Come play, light up the board, and let your creativity shine in our Glow Village!

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: UC Berkeley's Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and Makerspace

Home: California, United States

Check out a variety of projects made by UC Berkeley undergraduates, Master of Design students, clubs and competitive teams—all built at the Jacobs Hall Makerspace! Also play Jacobs' Remote Rover Rally! Configure your RC car and take a shot of navigating through the cardboard obstacle challenge.

Space egg

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Elemental studios

Home: California, United States

Space Egg is a reflection of the artists experiences and intended to let others have a moment of fun, community, reflection, and redirection. The egg shaped sculpture is constructed out of aluminum and stainless steel and will stand 10' tall by 5' in diameter. 48 different mirrors and translucent multicolored panels that will create the interior surface; panels will change colors and some will go on and on forever into space. Surrounding this is a stainless steel exoskeleton that will rotate around the center with lights that will shoot up into the sky and onto the ground. 2-4 people can climb or spin the sculpture.

Meet the Maker: Cecilia Hillway

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Cecilia Hillway

Home: Washington, United States

Meet maker, illustrator, and dreamer Cecilia Hillway. Making projects that combine art and technology, she hopes to inspire new generations. She loves working with fellow educators and teaching students, so come chat with her and ask any questions. Cecilia has created projects for various Ed-tech companies including Make:, Chibitronics, Birdbrain Technologies, Lectrify, Pinbox 3000, Brown Dog Gadgets, and Design Spark. She has also won various Instructables prizes with her detailed behind the scenes of projects.

San Francisco Bazaar at Maker Faire Bay Area

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: San Francisco Bazaar

Home: California, United States

Each year San Francisco Bazaar features hundreds of juried artists and designers. Shoppers can expect to find the crème de la crème of indie goods: handbags, pottery, letterpress stationary, silk-screened t-shirts, baby clothes, zines, posters, body products and more!

Busy Buzzy Bots

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Busy Buzzy Bots

Home: California, United States

Busy Buzzy Bots is a non-profit organization focused on STEM education that ignites the passion of learning in today's youth. The company was founded in 2020 by Saahithi and Saaketh Madhuvarsu, who were inspired to start Busy Buzzy Bots after discovering how much they enjoyed learning programming, robotics, and logical thinking. They offer a variety of STEM kits and educational resources, as well as online courses and workshops. Our mission is to help inspire and educate 10,000 children by 2030. We believe that STEM education is essential for children in today's world, and we want to make it fun and accessible for everyone.

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