Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Ken's Garage

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Ken Kolman

Home: Illinois, United States

Ken's Garage is literally Ken in his Garage making things. through the use of 3D Printing and CNC Laser, waterjet, routers and milling. All to showcase how these things can be made in Ken's Garage or anyone's maker space.
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Electromagnetism Projects

Faire: Lake County

Maker: North Chicago Community High School - Physics Students

Home: Illinois, United States

Our proud North Chicago Community High School physics students are pleased to display and explain their electromagnetism projects. Projects include an electric motor, a generator, and a telegraph, all made from scratch parts.
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Baxter Innovation Lab Tour

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Interested in lasers, 3D printers, custom printed circuit boards, CNC mills or any other prototyping equipment? Come tour the Baxter Innovation lab. It is a student run lab and the central hub for engineering students on campus.
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The Hub at the Grayslake Area Public Library

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Grayslake Area Public Library

Home: Illinois, United States

Gather to create with the Grayslake Area Public Library in our mobile maker space, The Hub. We will be demonstrating our Embroidery Machine and offering 3D cards to make. Show us your library card to enter our drawing to win a Hub-created project!
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FLL Robotics

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Akhil Kora

Home: Illinois, United States

We are Dream Builders, middle schoo FLL robotics team based out of Buffalo Grove, IL. We came 3rd in Robot Run in Illinois State championship and invited to Nationals in May 2024. We would like to show case our robot runs and educate our community.
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Engineering Club Trebuchet

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Engineering Club

Home: Illinois, United States

Watch the Engineering club trebuchet throw soccer balls across the front lawn of the Technology building.
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Meccanoid XL 2.0 Robot

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Lilyanne (Redacted)

Home: Illinois, United States

Meccanoid robot kit (hopefully) brought to life with articulating head, arms & motorized feet. Meccanoid is almost 4 ft tall & features voice recognition, LED eyes, & smart device communication, with 3 ways to program & 3000+ pre-programmed phrases.
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NIU STEAM Outreach

Faire: Lake County

Maker: NIU STEAM Outreach

Home: Illinois, United States

Spark your curiosity with NIU STEAM and learn about our programs and services we provide to help inspire others in the big wide world of STEAM!
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Make All the Things! @ the Round Lake Library!

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Round Lake Area Public Library

Home: Illinois, United States

Explore all the cool ways the Round Lake Area Public Library can boost your tech skills. Learn how you can spark your creativity (for free) in our X-Lab with the Cricut, Glowforge and more. We will have samples, demos and take-homes for all ages.
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Pneumatic Rocket Launcher

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Interested in rockets? Stop by the pneumatic rocket launcher exhibit and get some hands-on experience with building and launching a paper rocket using air pressure. You can experiment with aerodynamics and basic rocketry principles.
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4H Robotics Showcase

Faire: Lake County

Maker: 4 - H

Home: Illinois, United States

Students participating in the 4H Robotics program across Lake County will showcase their robots at an upcoming event on April 20th. Stop by the booth to learn more about this program, the robotics technology and the challenges that teams complete.
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Creative Writing & Mixed Media Projects

Faire: Lake County

Maker: North Chicago Community High School

Home: Illinois, United States

Students and faculty from NCCHS invite Maker Faire attendees to make multimedia projects that involve creative writing. 1) You can create mixed media work that include haiku. 2) You can create acrostic poems, and then write those poems on bookmarks.
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Make a Paper Circuit

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Learn how to create a simple circuit to light up an LED. Take your creation home with you.
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Imperial 3D Printing & Design

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Imperial 3D Printing & Design

Home: Wisconsin, United States

We're a family-owned small business that loves to share our passion for 3D printing with others!
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Build-a-Blinkie Learn-to-Solder Workshop

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Build-a-Blinkie

Home: Illinois, United States

Build-a-Blinkie Learn-to-Solder Workshop
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RC Car Racing

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Ready to drive? Step up and take the controls to see how fast you can complete the race course.
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Make-a-Thon

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

What do you get when you combine microcontrollers, coding, cardboard and glue guns? More than you could ever imagine. Makers of all ages came together for our fourth annual Make a Thon on Sat. Jan 27. Vote for your favorite project.
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Recycle Represent Runway

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Sustainability Club & Latino Alliance

Home: Illinois, United States

Watch the making in action as college organizations create one of a kind recycled fashions.
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Joe K’s Workshop

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Joe K

Home: Illinois, United States

Various useful and not-so-useful shop creations including musical instruments and mechanical contraptions, along with unique repaired items.
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Drone Media Chicago

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Troy Walsh

Home: Illinois, United States

Drone Media Chicago specialize in aerial and ground based video production in addition to providing in-house post-production services.
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NIU College of Engineering – Robotics & Rover

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Gary Smith

Home: Illinois, United States

The Robotics and Mars Rover competition teams, will be bringing their latest competition vehicles. These teams are 2 of six competition teams at Northern Illinois University College of Engineering, are perennial favorites to finish in the Top 3 at c
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I AM HER Designs and more

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Elyannie Insurriaga

Home: Illinois, United States

I AM HER Designs and More. I AM HER, learning about good and bad business decisions. I AM HER, powerful girl creating my own legacy. I AM HER, Strong. I AM HER, Powerful. I AM HER, Intelligent. I AM HER, Unstoppable. Creating and Designing for you!
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Paper Rocket Build Station

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Personal Enrichment

Home: Illinois, United States

Stop by to get your rocket ready for launch and learn more about summer camp programs for grades 1 to 12.
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Dogwartz Homeschool Robotics Team

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Kevin OKeefe

Home: Illinois, United States

This is Dogwartz's team's 3rd year of competing in the Lake Country Robotics Competitions. It has been an incredible experience. Come learn more about how our robot works and what we've learned from participating in this program.
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