Maker Faire Yearbook 2025

Projects

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Nifty’s Computer Museum

Faire: Providence

Maker: Nifty's Computer Museum

Home: Massachusetts, United States of America

Nifty’s Computer Museum is located on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. We specialize in historical personal computers, celebrating the evolution of “home computing” through the 20th century. Using a blend of modern and vintage tools, we endeavor to preserve and restore this aging technology. At our museum, visitors are encouraged to experience our exhibits with hands-on access to real, antique equipment. In addition to our other projects showcased at this event, you can visit our booth to see a demonstration of our genuine antique computers.

Busy Squirrel

Faire: Providence

Maker: Jeff Matson

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Always learning, always playing. Busy Squirrel showcases the work of Jeff Matson, a creative engineer who has been making interactive and immersive multimedia art for over 20 years. Recent studio experiments will be on display to talk about and play with.

Kaiju Alotl

Faire: Providence

Maker: Kaiju Alotl

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Elliot is a freshman in high school who makes Kaijus and anime figures out of pipe cleaners. Elliot was hatched out of an oyster and washed ashore on the beaches of Narragansett Bay, and has been creating creatures from the deep ever since. Elliot is excited to make kaijus come to life with you!

Rhode Island Computer Museum

Faire: Providence

Maker: Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Geek out at our Learning Lab! Browse some tech toys, such as Arduino microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi computers, breadboards, and retro video games. It is a great place to get tech help, research resources, learn about gaming, music, the Web, and more!

Nancy’s Fancies Fashion

Faire: Providence

Maker: Nancy Sisti

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Handmade aprons, hats, bibs and blankets, ponchos, totes and microwave cozies.

UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts

Faire: Providence

Maker: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth CVPA

Home: Massachusetts, United States of America

CVPA, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is a comprehensive college for art, design, and music—with bachelor's and master's programs that prepare students for careers in the arts and beyond. We emphasize individual attention. We encourage our students to consult with their advisors, department chairpersons, and the dean about choosing programs, exploring options, and concerning overall progress at the university. The facilities are a source of pride for our students and faculty and are among the finest in New England. We encourage you to plan a visit. UMass Dartmouth is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the national accrediting body for the visual arts.

Meshtastic

Faire: Providence

Maker: Sylvia Stipich

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Meshtastic is a resilient open-source, encrypted, radio-based mesh networking protocol for text messaging. You can program them to work as bulletin board servers, connect them to sensors to create alert networks, or just use them for casual messaging. The beauty of Meshtastic is that it's based on radio waves, so it's useful in scenarios where cellular service is unavailable, such as while hiking, camping, at festivals or on remote cruise ships. Come learn what Meshastic is, see stand alone and app-based Meshtastic messaging at work, and see a few sample nodes. Available nodes to try will be $10 Seeed Xiao nodes that require the Meshtastic app, as well as stand alone Lily-Go T-decks, and custom made 3D printed solar powered nodes.

Providence Community Radio

Faire: Providence

Maker: Providence Community Radio

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Founded in 2000 as a non-profit organization dedicated to providing community radio to the people of the Greater Providence area, Providence Community Radio has been broadcasting and "making radio" since 2018 on 101.1 FM, Wednesdays 6-10 pm and Thursdays Noon-6 pm.

TRACIMOC

Faire: Providence

Maker: Elizabeth Lirakis

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

TRACIMOC is a Rhode Island based small business that specializes in handmade and small batch accessories and home goods featuring hand drawn kawaii and pop culture inspired art. TRACIMOC will also offer a DIY Pin Making Station at Maker Faire.

Brown Student and Community Radio

Faire: Providence

Maker: Brown Student and Community Radio

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Brown student and community radio is a student and community member run radio station from Brown University. It is one of the oldest college stations in the country! We have freeform programming streaming on 101.1fm most days of the week and 24/7 streaming on bsrlive.com. Come visit us at the Faire to learn more!

Show Some Spine – From medical imagery to physical objects

Faire: Providence

Maker: James Turner

Home: New Hampshire, United States of America

Ever wanted to let someone borrow your brain? Show them you've got spine? Thanks to modern open source tools and off the shelf hardware, you can do just that. Computer axial tomography (CAT) and MRI scans are routinely ordered for all sorts of medical issues, and while their primary purpose is to diagnose medical conditions, they can also serve as great subject matter for 3D printing projects. In almost all cases, you can request a copy of your imagery, and then use freely available tools to isolate parts of your body and export them as an STL, ready to feed to your favorite slicer and print. Learn how to ask for your data, which tools work best, and see a 3D printed spine.

On The Road Effects Pedals

Faire: Providence

Maker: On The Road Effects

On The Road Effect has been building effects pedals for guitar, bass, keyboards and more since 2009! In addition to fully-built pedals, we now offer custom made circuit boards for the DIY community. Some effects categories we create include Auto-wah, Buffer, Chorus, Delay, Compressor, Distortion, Fuzz, Overdrive, Phaser, Reverb, Theremin, Tremolo, Vibrato.

Take a Zine, Make a Zine!

Faire: Providence

Maker: Gene Locicero

Home: Massachusetts, United States of America

A zine is a little paper pamphlet with art, pictures, words, or whatever you want inside! Short for "fanzine" or "magazine" these little portable and easily distributable publications have been around for decades. We have zine templates and supplies so you can make your own as well as zines you can peruse and take home. If you have zines you would like to share please feel free to bring them to the table! We'll have displays and boxes setup so you can add them to be distributed during the fair. If we have any left over from the fair we will be distributing them to various zine boxes we can find.

Dollphinwing Handmade Plushies

Faire: Providence

Maker: Jacqueline Jolly

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

I love crafting critters and coming up with new designs and patterns. All the plushies are made by hand. Will you find a new friend?

Divination Room Tarot

Faire: Providence

Maker: Divination Room

Home: Rhode Island, United States of America

Tarot Readings with Divination Room! Laura has over 20 years of experience reading tarot. She channels healing messages for your highest good from your ancestors, guides and angels. Remember, we are never without options! We always have power to affect change in our lives. She founded Divination Room in Denver, Colorado to help people seeking spiritual guidance and insight into various life situations. Follow her on Instagram @Divinationroom and book her services at http://divinationroom.as.me.

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