Maker Faire

Never been to Maker Faire but wondering what all the fuss is/was about?We challenged Phil Torrone, Senior Editor at Makezine.com, to sum up Maker Faire in 3 minutes and 51 seconds. Did he succeed!? Check the video.

Back in the early 1800’s an English chap by the name of Charles Babbage started toying with the idea of machines that could calculate complex mathematical tables to eliminate the possibility of human error when performing these calculations by hand.Babbage drew up plans for such a device –…

Got a great idea for a gadget but don't have access to a silicon fab plant in Taiwan?Bug Labs allows you to create your own gadgets with modular snap-in components like a digital camera, accelerometer and GPS receiver.We caught up with the guys from Bug Labs at Maker Faire…

Meet Tony from San Francisco state.  He built a drum machine that takes a midi signal from a midi device that goes to another device which processes the midi signal.  Got it?  Yea, better to just watch the video. It's short, but sweet.   

Back in my college days (last year) nothing inspired me more than a teacher who really got hands on, and especially if they let me electricute them! Well UC Santa Cruz is experimenting with particle physics and taking their findings on the orad to enlighten other schools and excite little pyro's…

Channel 10 and Bre Pettis (from Make Magazine and imakethings.com) have been dear old buddies from the very beginning. I found the talented boy down at Maker Faire and he shared with us his latest brain child. A robotic pen that does line drawing portraits, of course!

Walking robots! Fire breathing metallic monsters! Flame shooting motorbikes! And all this just in one mans front yard. Ladies and Gentlemen...I introduce you to Lance from GreatHouse Labs. This is an unbelievable example of what one man can do with some metal scraps, a blow torch, an MP3 player…

Have you ever wanted to go for a nice bike ride through the park but you stopped and thought to yourself -"Self, a bicycle ride sounds lovely but gosh darnit I wish there was something I could do to help protect our planets precious energy?" Well...now there is! Check out this video from…

Okay Maker Faire 2007 was quite an event this year.  I met Sam Thompson who built a HangGlider simulator with his Dad.  Hey, some people go fishing with their dad.  Others build simulators using Microsoft Flight Sim.  You hang underneath a quad pod...it's pretty cool.  They…

The Crucible is an arts education center that fosters the collaboration of art, industry and community. Through training in the fine and industrial arts, they promote creative expression, reuse of materials and innovative design while serving as an accessible arts venue for the public. But even…