Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Pedal Powered Stage

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Rock The Bike

Home: California, United States

Work as a team with other faire goers to power up local bands on bike generators. See how much peak power you can produce with your friends! Local acts from the Bay Area music scene share their gifts with us as we support them with good clean pedal power, making for a connected and fun performer-audience connection. Musical tastes range from rock, jazz, world, and funk, often danceable. Thanks to our hyperefficient sound system with its class D amplifiers there is a surprising amount of bass and spacious audio clarity when all 12 bikes are full and pedaling. So come enjoy your lunch and delight in local grooves, then take a turn on the bikes and power up the band! Wander over to our circuit table and see how we do it with a unique mix of ultracapacitors and lithium batteries.
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Math Grooves

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Johnette Roberts Ballard

Home: Louisiana, United States

Math Grooves™ is a collection of songs to engage students in learning several critical foundational math concepts using music. Math Grooves™ were composed by award winning mathematics educator, Johnette Roberts Ballard also known as "Ms. Sunshine."
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Circuit-Bent Sounds and Selfies

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Alex Perry

Home: California, United States

Capture your own selfie at our Glitch Photo Booth, feat. the finest vintage CRT and karaoke tech the 2000s had to offer! If electronic music is more your speed, jam out with Nintendo midi controllers and other toys bent with our custom PCBs. Meeeowza!
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Licia e Iaia

Faire: Trieste

Maker: Anna Zotti

Home: Italy, Italy

Noi siamo LICIA (15 anni) e Ilaria, in arte IAIA (12 anni, appena fatti) . Siamo 2 sorelle e ci piace fare musica . La musica mette allegria . Se avete uno strumento , oppure cantate ... venite a fare festa assieme a noi ! La musica mette allegria ed apre le porte a nuove amicizie .
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RoboTerror

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Adán Morán

Home: ciudad de mexico, Mexico

RoboTerror. Combina tecnología y Música, permitiendo que el robot con forma de esqueleto humano se mueva al ritmo de la música, active iluminación, pirotecnia o emita sonidos. ya sea por medio de un teclado en vivo, o con música programada
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LUMINESCENT GRAND

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: WILLIAM CENOTE

Home: California, United States

The world's first synesthetic LED piano! Performances of original and cover music by the creator, William Cenoté, accompanied by violinist Shaina Evonik. The piano will also be open to be played by attendees.
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Handeyeco

Faire: NW Arkansas

Maker: handeyeco

Home: Arkansas, United States

I'm an artist and technologist based out of Fayetteville, AR. I think a lot about music, censorship, education, OSS/OSH, and tool-making as an artistic practice.
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Livecoded Orchestra — Creating Symphonies with Code

Faire: Providence

Maker: Nicholas Lai

Home: Massachusetts, United States

Nicolai is a musician and technologist who fuses his two interests through a discipline called live coding. In this exhibit he will be creating fusion classical-orchestral music for audience members like you! (2pm at the Computer Museum exhibit.)
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TwistBit

Faire: Rocklin

Maker: Slade Darrin

Home: California, United States

Electronic music artist TwistBit presents a live DJ mix of original tracks, exhibiting bizarre genre fusions and rule-breaking EDM.
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Nicolas Bras – Instruments DIY

Faire: Lille

Maker: Nicolas Bras

Home: France

Nicolas Bras est un musicien bricoleur d'instruments, il investit cette annee un bout de la maker faire de Lille avec une exposition de ses creations, une presentation de sa nouvelle marque d'instruments de musique et une installation sonore inedite.
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PROGETTISPICCI – Lettore cd audio per stereo autocostruito

Faire: Trieste

Maker: FabLab Belluno

Home: BL, Italy

Un vecchio CDRom per pc, un po' di legno per il case, due casse ed ecco che possiamo avere un lettore cd audio nuovo nuovo per ascoltare la nostra musica!
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Umisora Taiko

Faire: Long Island

Maker: Umisora Taiko

Home: New York, United States

Umisora Taiko is a mix of talented artists & young musicians infusing old song with modern twists, evolving an ancient art form into something fresh & vibrant. We make our own taiko drums mixing techniques we've learned in Japan & refined ourselves.
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Tom Quell

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Thomas Edmondson

Home: California, United States

Stir together the sounds of R&B, vulnerable singer-songwriter, and Retro Soul, and you've got Bay-Area based Tom Quell. His warm style has been likened to classic singers like Sam Cooke and Paul McCartney—and his voice could very well be an item in the dairy aisle, time and again being described as creamy, buttery, and smooth. Tom's sound is steeped in vintage, old-soul influences as well as a modern flair that speaks uniquely for itself.​
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Motion, Instance 6

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Katarina Hoeger

Home: New York, United States

Explore the interconnectedness inherent in and impact of your embodiment using sound and motion in this interactive sound installation. Code converts video of each visitor’s movements into the sounds played back over the speakers in real time.
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Null Beam: a 6 foot, 11-string electric concept instrument

Faire: Syracuse

Maker: Jon Peck

Home: New York, United States

Play a home-made Beam instrument, inspired by Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. Built from T6 Aluminum, strung with piano wire, and amplified with humbuckers and piezoelectric contact mics, the Null Beam is an experimental sonic playground.
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Discovering Dulcimers, Shakers and Rhythm

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Lagniappe Dulcimer Society

Home: Louisiana, United States

Discover the sweet, rhythmic sound of the mountain dulcimer. Lagniappe Dulcimer Society volunteers will help children make a percussion instrument so they can play along. Adults and older children can learn a simple tune on a student dulcimer.
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D-Box

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Da Smilemakers

Home: California, United States

The D-Box is an old power wheels car rebuild with a 160 foot-pound torque electric motor powered by two marine batteries, a linear actuator for steering, reinforced frame, Pneumatic go kart tires on a one inch live axel and to top it off an oversized 1400 watt car stereo.
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Jamman 3D

Faire: France

Maker: Emmanuel Jambou

Home: France

Aujourd'hui, l'impression 3D est utilisée dans multiples domaines de l'art décoratif à la fabrication de pièces pour nos satellites ou nos voitures, des prothèses et même des maisons ! Aujourdhui, avec ce savoir-faire, je créé des œuvres parfois inspirées d'artistes connus que je redéfinis en 3D. La création d'un modèle 3D exige du temps et des connaissances dans multiples domaines. La peinture et la finalisation comme une carrosserie de voiture en font partie.
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DJ Matt Johnson Live Mixing Techniques

Faire: Baton Rouge

Maker: Matt Johnson

Home: Louisiana, United States

Different methods of mixing, transitioning, approaching, etc…while DJing a live set.
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Atelier lutherie guitare

Faire: France

Maker: Alain Hecquard

Home: France

Luthier amateur Guitare électrique et acoustique Réparation réglage fabrication Vous avez un projet, une envie, besoin de conseils Je possède quelques compétences, quelques années d'expériences et un atelier.
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[CONCERT] – Pixel Club

Faire: Lille

Maker: Léo Podechard

Home: France

Participez à une œuvre collaborative en vous improvisant musicien d’un curieux orchestre électronique ! Grâce aux inventions farfelues du Dr. Pixel, prenez le contrôle d’un instrument et découvrez l’univers de la création audionumérique DIY !
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EleNa

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Tomas Salcedo

Home: California, United States

Latin pop reggae band that does reggae en Español, as well as a whole repertoire of boleros that have been turned into reggae
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Lune – Gaming Console For Music Instruments

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Lune Acoustics

Home: California, United States

Lune is an interplay of hardware and software which brings a new way to game with musical instruments. We’ve created an experience that makes playing music less frustrating by focusing on a gaming-first approach. You come for the fun but stay for the learning. Did you know 90% of people who tried playing a music instrument quit within the first year because it’s hard to stay motivated and gets boring? Moreoever people are now discovering that you don't have to be a musician or a student of music to enjoy playing an instrument. We wanted to build something fun and hence Lune was born. Imagine a Gaming Console but for Musical Instruments. This for the gamers who like to play music and all the musicians who like to game.
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Echoes of Melody: Tracing Time and Capturing Family Stories in Sound and Light

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: WanFu Elementary School

Home: Taiwan, Taiwan

Through cross-generational dialogue, we learn from family members, elders, and neighbors, and bring the historical memories of our hometown’s customs, cultural relics, historical sites, legends, and life wisdom, like the water of Wansheng Creek, to life. It becomes a source of nourishment for life. We integrate handicrafts to create family stories into music boxes and story lamps, and collaborate on the production of wooden boats and sustainable dining tables. We express the historical memories of our hometown and the concept of sustainable progress through our own unique creations, becoming courageous and challenging new era makers. Recount family memories and accumulate energy to move towards a sustainable hometown.
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