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May 31, 2009

View from above Maker Faire

Paul Eastham was awesome enough to fly his homebuilt RV-9A aircraft around the Maker Faire airspace and snap a few choice pics of the event! See more in his Flickr photoset.

Update:Another set of great aerial shots - Clif writes,

Hi Makers,
On our way home we took some shots from our rented Piper Arrow. Couldn't shoot from directly overhead either because of the low wings, passengers, etc... ;-)

Check out all the photos here.

Not so lazy Sunday... $14 Video Camera Stabilizer

There's still time to start making or just watch this week's Weekend Project: $14 Video Camera Stabilizer. You can view the video here, or subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.

Applied Kinetic Arts at Maker Faire

I was thrilled to host a panel discussion yesterday at Maker Faire with some of my favorite kinetic artists: Nemo Gould, Ben Cowden, Reuben Margolin, and Greg Brotherton. I was joined on the panel by Amy Brotherton, co-owner of Device Gallery in San Diego. The talk was entitled "Fantastic Contraption: The Device Artists," referencing the gallery and a show they mounted there last year, but also speaking to the incredible, out of this world techno-art these folks create. All of these artists are actually here as part of a larger group of Bay Area artists called Applied Kinetic Arts which also includes Jonathan Foote, Carl Pisaturo, Kal Spelletich, Alan Rorie, Mark Galt, Janine Miller-Fritz, and Christopher T Palmer. The work they're showing is amazing, so if you get a chance, stop by their exhibit area in Expo Hall.

Above is a video interview my son Blake shot of John Edgar Park of Make: television interviewing Greg Brotherton about his piece Pendulum.

Applied Kinetic Arts

From the Maker Shed:

Device Volume 1: Fantastic Contraption from the the Maker Shed celebrates the genius of invention and ingenuity with a showcase of works from an international roster of artists including -- H.R. Giger, Ashley Wood, Stéphane Halleux, Viktor Koen, Christopher Conte, Gregory Brotherton, Mike Libby, Nemo Gould, and many others. Foreword by our very own Senior Editor, Gareth Branwyn.

See it, touch it, hear it explained in the Maker Shed

At Maker Faire you can actually touch an amazing collection of books, kits, projects and more in the Maker Shed. Come on by for a demo of some of the kits, meet the designers and makers of the kits, learn to solder on your own gear. It is really nice to check out the things in the Maker Shed in person after seeing them on the site or in the Maker Shed Store. Meeting the makers of the kits and seeing the demos can help give some great ideas of what you can do for projects using the kits.

Make: Play Day

Kids of all stripes are having a really fun time learning and making their own creations at Make: Play Day. Michael Shiloh is sort of in charge, but the whole system is wonderfully self regulating. There are a couple of different areas, disassembling technojunk, building projects with the aid of a crew of dedicated and curious volunteers and building with a bit of benevolent supervision in the Hot Area with soldering irons and glue guns. The stuff from the disassembly area migrates between the other areas, and people combine parts from printers, computers and other devices to create the things of their imaginings. On Education Day, groups of school kids started a marble run, which has evolved throughout the weekend.

When Maker Faire is done, all of the material will go off for proper Ewaste recycling.

CNet coverage of Maker Faire robotics

Daniel Terdiman, of CNet, has put together a nice package of pieces on Maker Faire, centered on the DIY robotics movement that annually finds expression here.

Photos: DIY bringing robotics to the masses
In search of a do-it-yourself Wall-E
Photos: Getting ready at Maker Faire
Snapshots from the 2009 Maker Faire
Behind the scenes as Maker Faire gets ready

Dale Wheat and the tiny kits

Dale Wheat has been messing about with kits, making a tiny collection of AVR based blinky kits. They may be the most inexpensive kits in the Maker Shed, but these kits have lots of features programmed into them. Most of the ones he shows here use programmable chips, so if you don't like the programs that they come bundled with, you can rewrite them and make your own. Come on down to Maker Faire this Sunday and continue the fun.

May 30, 2009

Youth Radio at Maker Faire

Youth Radio, a group that MAKE editor David Pescovitz is involved with, did a cool sound project at the Faire. He writes on Boing Boing:

My friends from Youth Radio were at the Maker Faire Bay Area today, creating a live soundscape. Students roamed the fairgrounds collecting audio samples on flash recorders. As the roving reporters brought back their "tape" to the Youth Radio booth, others used Peak and Reason software to cut-up, loop, and collage the audio into a sick soundscape. The young people on the scene were Kenyon Colvin-Williams, Skyler Brynat, Luis Florez, Derrick Underwood, Khadejhia Kassenbrock, and Austin DeRubira. Production support came from Ben Frost, Charlie Foster, and Rachel Krantz.

Youth Radio remixes Maker Faire

Flying over Maker Faire? - gotta camera?

Calling all pilots and aerial photographers - If you're in the air above the San Mateo County Expo Center/Fairgrounds, the Maker Faire team would much appreciate a pic! One day of faire-ness remains (tomorrow 5-31-09) so if you're able to capture a sky shot, please post a link or send it in - thanky!

The Sun Curve teaches about natural systems

Sun Curve is a project for schools to help kids learn about solar energy, wind, biology and natural systems exhibiting at Maker Faire. The Sun Curve uses Open Educational Resources to support their curriculum.

Soccer ball music controller

Paul Rose of Institut Fatima demonstrates the versatility of the object-tracking software with his reacBall interface. I expect a jumpsuit covered with these will be showing up quite soon (I hope). [via Create Digital Music]

Dan and the puzzle houses

Dan Smithwick is working on developing a system so that people can design houses, buildings and other structures in Sketchup, then have the parts cut on a Shopbot, which can then be put together with a few more tools than a rubber mallet. Dan has been working with MIT Professor Larry Sass.

Take a look at his site, Physical Design make a design and put your puzzle house together!

At the Faire you'll be able to see first hand how easy and fun the Physical Design Co structures are to assemble and you'll be able to meet the co-founders who have developed this technology.

You can download the 3D model of the San Mateo Artist's Studio from the Physical Design Co website.

Threadbanger's Twitter-based scavenger hunt at Maker Faire

Threadbanger hosts Rob and Corinne will be at Maker Faire this weekend, and are hosting a Twitter-based scavenger hunt with an opportunity to get into the Faire for free and with a Threadbanger-branded Janome sewing machine as the grand prize. Fans of ThreadBanger's weekly DIY shows can join in and start finding scavenger hunt clues by following ThreadBanger on Twitter.

The first ten people to arrive on Sunday, May 31st at Maker Faire's Will Call table with the secret password, which will be revealed via ThreadBanger's twitter account, will receive a free ticket to the event and the next clue to continue the hunt. The first two people to arrive will also receive a brand new Kodak Camera. Prizes will be given at each checkpoint with the grand prize being a ThreadBanger-branded Janome sewing machine. Other partners in the contest include Coats and Clark thread company, Simplicity Patterns, Generation-T, Make Magazine, O'Reilly Media and Yudu Personal Screen Printing. The scavenger hunt will take tweeps through some of Maker Faire's best stops. Along the way, participants will pick up new clues by tweeting passwords to @Threadbanger while collecting craft-happy prizes from selected stops. Those who finish the hunt successfully will get to compete for the grand prize: a brand new Threadbanger-branded Janome sewing machine.

SoundArts at Maker Faire

SoundArts has an interactive "musical petting zoo" for people to experiment with and create some music. They were set up for Eduction Day, and will be at Maker Faire all weekend. Come check them out!

Sound Arts is a multi faceted sound studio, created to serve corporate, advertising, and educational clients as well as a diverse community of musicians, filmmakers, and theater artists. With our outstanding network of producers, teachers, and artists, Sound Arts does all aspects of audio production, educates and connects the creative community, and provides a variety of multimedia and sound solutions that achieve both technical and artistic excellence.

Android-based home energy monitor

MOTO Labs will be unveiling their "DIY Android Home Energy Monitor" today at Maker Faire. MOTO's Daniell Hebert will be giving a talk, "Android Beyond the Phone," at 3:30pm Sunday, on the main stage. The MOTO Labs booth is 113 in Expo Hall.

So what is the AHEM?

The MOTO DIY Android Home Energy Monitor (AHEM) utilizes an average wireless network. Wireless webcams take pictures of the ever-changing dials on the user's utility meters. A BeagleBoard running Android and the MOTO AHEM custom applications push the pictures up to a Flickr photo set.
MOTO AHEM application prompts and transcribes numbers into your Flickr image tag. Saving the image spurs the MOTO Labs' Google Gadget to automatically chart meter activity on the user's Google home page.

More information can be found here on their website.

Kids arriving to Maker Faire

Friday was Education Day at Maker Faire. While makers were busy setting up their booths, and the Maker Shed was being stocked, groups of students came through the Maker Faire site for workshops and to see the whole weekend preparation come together.

Teachers, parents, and students all came to see great projects, try their hand at building and crafting, and to meet the people whose passion is making things. At the beginning of the day, there were a lot of empty booth spaces. As the day went on, makers, exhibitors, and vendors filled their real estate with projects, set up demonstration spaces, and got their equipment out of the boxes and up and running.

If you came to Education Day, tell us about what you saw, what you did, and what most impressed you.

May 29, 2009

Bike to Maker Faire!

I always enjoy riding my bicycle in new places, so I was very excited to hear that a bunch of makers will be riding to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the morning.

Join the ride from Dolores Park with the Rock The Bike crew and other two-wheeled enthusiasts. I'll be riding into town to help guide the group down to the Faire on the coastal route.

You can alternately follow the Rock The Bike route.

There is a $10 discount for attendees arriving by bicycle, and there is a bicycle valet to lavish your bicycle with love while you enjoy the festivities.

Sun papercraft

Canon has a bunch of free papercraft models available, including this awesome sun papercraft. Via New World Geek.

Calling card collecting at Maker Faire

I wasn't at Maker Faire setup day for more than a few minutes before I ran into Limor Freid of Adafruit awesomeness and Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Scientist Labs, well, evilness. I'm honored to have received from each of them truly unique and wonderful calling cards.

These are quite a bit more functional than your average card. Limor's is a working Spirograph with bonus rulers at the edges. EMSL's is a Tiny 2313 prototyping board. I was hoping to declare a winner on Sunday of Bestest Maker Faire Calling Card, but may need to chicken out and have winners both in the Mechanical and Electronic divisions! Anyone else done up a super rad card?

Collin shows his projects

Before people came in for Education Day at Maker Faire, I had a chance to talk with Collin Cunningham about the projects he has built and is showing in the Maker Shed.

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