Maker Faire Yearbook 2025

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David Delectable Daleks

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Dalek Asylum Milwaukee

Home: Wisconsin, United States of America

This year I will be with Dalek Asylum Milwaukee and be showing some really incredible examples of human ingenuity. Scary giant creatures that can turn grown men into mere snowflakes. My philosophy is let the Wookie win. If tested, Dalek technology would prevail over Wookies every time...you'll see. Stop by our booth and ask me about gen Z's culinary shortcomings, or the maybe the advantages of bread pudding over kidney pie. I'm always up to a good discussion on most obscure topics.

Rift Zone: Contact

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Boosted Reality, inc.

Home: California, United States

Ever wondered what happens when a board game collides with an app and explodes into an AR battlefield? That's what we're cooking at Boosted Reality. Our first game, Rift Zone: Contact, lets you drop troops onto Proxima Centauri b and fight it out without a rulebook in sight. Minis scan into your phone, the battle comes alive in seconds, and at Maker Faire you'll unlock something wild: a create-your-own-character mode we built just for this event. Build your fighter, throw them straight into the chaos, and see if they survive. If you're into games, gadgets, or just like blowing stuff up in style, come test it, break it, and help us make the future of play.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Faire: Downtown Columbia

Maker: Central Spark of JHUAPL

Home: Maryland, United States of America

Custom Button Making along the path. Draw, color and create your own custom button to wear with pride! Smashteroids: an Interactive Xr game utilize the Quest headsets where you attempt to protect the Earth from asteroids by crashing the D.A.R.T spacecraft into their path. Glowforge Laser fabrication: see a small form CO2 in action as it rapidly fabricates parts from cast acrylic. Additive Manufacturing through Prusa Printers 3D "holographic" Display technologies

ArtTech

Faire: Tashkent

Maker: Malika Agzamova

Home: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

“Cardboard” is a playful collection of handmade projects where cardboard turns into toys, houses, animals, and fun machines. Every project is built with imagination, scissors, and glue — no special tools needed! Kids and parents can explore how simple cardboard can become castles, cars, robots, or puzzles. These projects show that creativity, fun, and learning can start with something as simple as a cardboard box.

Maker Faire Temporal Anomaly

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Crexendo Inc.

Home: California

A temporal anomaly has fractured time at Maker Faire, and we need your help to solve the mystery! Your mission is to uncover the full story. As you explore the Faire, you will discover special Voice Over IP (VoIP) phones connected to the event's WiFi network. To unlock chapters of the story, you must interact with other exhibits to find hidden clues. These clues will reveal the secret codes and numbers to dial into the phones. Each correct entry brings you one step closer to the truth. Can you piece together the narrative and solve the mystery of the Maker Faire temporal anomaly?

Battlebound Cards: AR Tanks – Augmented Reality Trading Card Game

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Andrew Hyun

Home: Washington

BattleBound: Tank Wars is an innovative augmented reality card game that combines the tactile experience of a collectible card game with cutting-edge AR technology. This game transforms your tabletop into an exciting battlefield where the cards come to life. Players use their smartphones to scan unique playing cards, which animate tanks, upgrades, and tactical assets on the screen, setting the stage for dynamic and immersive tank battles right before your eyes.

LeARnLab

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Shawn Wasim

Home: Texas, United States

Welcome to LearnLab, the place where learning comes to life and minds are blown! Step in and get ready to explore roaring dinosaurs, spinning planets, and amazing science that jumps off the page. Pick up a tablet or headset and try out our AR and VR books for yourself. Whether you are a curious kid, a parent, or a teacher, you will find hands on adventures that surprise and inspire. Come see what happens when learning comes to life.

Lose Yourself

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Rahim Adatia

Home: California

This installation aims to immerse users into a meditational experience through the use of Arabic Sufi music and Islamic geometry, which reflects a faith-based art practice. By taking the user into an immersive experience of sound and light, the user's current state of mind is encouraged to enter a trance-like state. The change in mind states is captured through the biometric signals from the EEG device, and can in turn alter the colors and geometric art displayed.

UCLA Radiology Advanced 3D Image Processing

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: UCLA Radiological Sciences Advanced 3D Image Processing

Home: California, United States

Our booth will be highlighting the work of the UCLA Radiological Sciences Advanced 3D Image Processing Group. We will be displaying a variety of clinical and research 3D Medical Imaging related projects.

Giant Magellan Telescope

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Giant Magellan Telescope

Home: California, United States

Discover the future of astronomy with hands-on activities and interactive experiences from the team behind one of the world's most advanced telescopes- the Giant Magellan Telescope.

Spacebar: Pinball Strikes Back

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Yarn Corporation

Home: California

The Spacebar G.A.M.E. (Giant Arcade Machine Experience) returns to the Bay Area Maker Faire this fall. Having last been seen a year ago, the World's Largest Arcade Machine is returning with a new devastating weapon: VR Pinball Battle Masters. This 2-player asymmetric game pits a player on the outside of the virtual pinball table against a player who teleports inside the machine to operate a rocket launching cannon. The outer player now has to physically dodge rockets flying at their head while attempting to disable the deadly cannon inside. All while using our unique 3D-printed Pinball Simulation Hardware: the PinMaster 3000. This is pinball unlike any other in known galaxy.

Cryptidzoo Interactive

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Julian Meyer

Home: California

Cryprozoology inspired art that comes alive through Augmented Reality. Hand drawn, screenprinted in small batches and powered by Augmneted Reality

Expo Teens

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Expo Teens

Home: California, United States

Our booth will showcase teen-led STEM projects, including **Meta AR**, **Drone Technology**, and **LEGO Mindstorms Robotics**. These hands-on displays highlight their innovation in coding, engineering, and problem-solving, inspiring others to explore

Rio STEAM Tech Team

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Rio STEAM Tech Team

Home: California, United States

Explore innovation with the Rio STEAM Tech Team! Students guide you in content creation, design, and manufacturing in STEAM projects—Drones, Astronomy Observatory, Rockets, VR, AR, 3D design/printing, as well as in video, music, and audio production.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Faire: Downtown Columbia

Maker: NASA Hubble Space Telescope

Home: Maryland, United States of America

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Hubble Space Telescope is operated out of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Since its launch in April 1990, Hubble--orbiting about 320 miles above Earth--has played a crucial role in unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos and expanding our understanding of the universe. This year, we celebrate 35 years and nearly 1.7 million observations of space as Hubble remains at the forefront of astronomical and scientific discovery. Come by our booth to see Hubble pictures come to life with our Augmented Reality (AR) experience, use your hands to manipulate a 3D hologram of the telescope, and help yourself to free stickers, bookmarks, and pictures to take home with you.

Cal State Northridge University Library: Creative Maker Studio

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Creative Maker Studio Staff

Home: California, United States

Your Space to Create! The Creative Maker Studio at the Cal State Northridge University Library is an exploratory makerspace for CSUN students. Experience a few of our popular services including 3D printing, button making and virtual reality yourself!

The Immersive Fluid Flow Experience

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Tom Hansen

Home: Wisconsin

An interactive display showing the fascinating nature of air and water flow. The Immersive Fluid Flow Experience projects a fluid flow model that is interrupted by people or objects, creating spinning vortexes.

Computer Simulation & Gaming (CSG) at TU

Faire: Tulsa

Maker: Computer Simulation & Gaming (CSG)

Home: Oklahoma, United States of America

Explore the future of interactive media with the Computer Simulation & Gaming (CSG) program at the Tandy School of Computer Science, University of Tulsa. Our program brings together computer science, art, music, storytelling, film, and Extended Reality (XR) to create immersive, hands-on learning experiences. At our booth, you'll experience a showcase of innovative student projects—from video games and virtual reality worlds to experimental interactive art. See how our students are combining technology and creativity to design unique, meaningful, and entertaining digital experiences.

The Worlds : Surrealistic Fantasy

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Shiqi Zeng

Home: New Jersey, United States of America

The Worlds: Surrealism Fantasy is an immersive AR experience designed as a getaway experience for those seeking a break from the fast-paced city life. Inspired by the growing trend of “city detox,” the project invites visitors to explore three unique micro-worlds of abstraction, wired-cored aesthetic playground, and mysterious forest. Each offering a distinct environment to escape routine and dive into imagination. By simply scanning a QR code with phone, visitors step seamlessly between physical and digital realities. Each “world” transforms static space into dynamic. The project creates inclusive story-driven experiences that reimagines how we engage with space and imagination in a hybrid world.

Exponential Destiny

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Exponential Destiny

Home: California, United States

Exponential Destiny, in partnership with the Getty Conservation Institute presents the "Human Atlas Metaverse." This is an immersive experience that showcases change makers from Los Angeles County making an impact in their communities.

Napkinmatic 3D – from sketch to AI3D printable model in seconds!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Yosun Chang

Home: California

Napkinmatic 3D - from sketch to AI3D printable model in seconds!

Cal State Northridge University Library: Creative Maker Studio

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: Creative Maker Studio Staff

Home: California, United States

3-D SPACE

Faire: Los Angeles

Maker: 3-D SPACE

Home: California, United States

Learn about the art, science, and history of stereoscopic 3-D, and take your own 3-D pictures with any camera or cell phone. 3-D SPACE, The Center For Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema, and Education, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit museum in LA.

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