Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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Mine S: The Ultimate Modular Control Surface

Faire: Rome

Maker: SPECIALWAVES s.r.l.

Mine S: Limitless Control. Infinite Possibilities. Explore the boundless versatility of Mine S across domains such as home and building automation, broadcasting, music, lighting control, robotic process automation, and control rooms. Effortlessly craft your perfect interface by adding or removing modules. Seamlessly integrating with various protocols, it adapts to your unique needs, offering limitless potential.

Revive and Thrive: Learn to Upcycle Old Clothes with Embroidery

Faire: Delft

Maker: Marta Gavioli

Home: Zuid Holland, Netherlands

Revamp your wardrobe and express your unique style with our Embroidery Workshop! Marta and Veronica will teach you simple embroidery stitches that you can use to personalise your old or new second-hand clothes. Cover stains and holes, and transform them into one-of-a-kind pieces that reflect your personality. Take home a booklet of Maker Faire-inspired designs and embroidery instructions to continue your embroidery journey. No experience needed, join us anytime during our 4-hour session and unleash your creativity!

Make: Magazine

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Make:

Home: California, United States

Meet the Makers behind Make: and get a subscription to Make: magazine at a special event price! Sign up at the Make: Booth, in the Maker Shed or the Maker Faire Merch Tent. Join the Maker Movement and dive into the first magazine devoted to DIY technology projects.

How do loudspeakers work?

Faire: Rocklin

Maker: NULL

Home: California, United States

Learn how loudspeakers work! Have you ever wondered how all those moving parts in a speaker system reproduce audio/music so well? What does a woofer, midrange, or tweeter do? How do all these strangely named, oddly shaped parts take electricity and turn it into sound? How do today's smaller, consumer loudspeakers sound so good and how do large, commercial PA systems cover every seat in the house? Come out and see how loudspeakers are built and then hear what happens when everything’s just right!

Cutting Records with Equipment of the Past and Todays Technology

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Razzy Records

Home: California, United States

We've refurbished 1950's era record lathes, originally used to record audio on acetate blanks by radio stations and courts in the era before magnetic tape and digital recording. By adding a modern sapphire stylus, modern amplifiers and computerized signal processing we can cut great sounding audio on polycarbonate discs (or squares) that play on any record player. Experience the fusion of technology and nostalgia as we guide you through process that creates each intricate groove, transforming raw sound into a tangible masterpiece. Time permitting, we will cut 7 inch 'single' records live for Faire attendees (for free, but only original, non-copyrighted sources).

Hack Manhattan

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Hack Manhattan

Home: New York, United States

Hack Manhattan is a collective that will be showcasing a variety of projects from our makers, game developers, tinkerers, fixers, artists, & more. We are excited to be back for the NYC Maker Faire in Coney Island.

Machine knitting – punchcards and Arduino hacks

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Machine Knitters Guild of the San Francisco Bay Area

Home: California, United States

Learn how knitting machines work, and how they can be programmed – either electronically, or mechanically using punchcards – to make colorful patterns and elaborate lace and other textures. See an open source hack for vintage 1980s knitting machines, giving them new Arduino-powered electronic patterning.

Former Milwaukee Makerspace Racing Team

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Andy Amrhein

Home: North Carolina, United States

Powerwheels racing team

Programmeerbare LEGO hubs

Faire: Delft

Maker: Anton Vanhoucke

Home: ZH, Nederland

Fan van LEGO®? Kom kijken hoe je de mooiste creaties maakt door je LEGO MINDSTORMS, SPIKE en Technic te programmeren met Python en uit te breiden met extra elektronica. Van op afstand bestuurbare auto's met verlichting tot balancerende robots en tekenrobots, de mogelijkheden zijn eindeloos.

Mosquito swatter for gamer, low-tech irrigation with auto-filled ollas or porous capsules

Faire: Rome

Maker: Laurent Muzellec

low-tech automated irrigation : learn how to have a smart and sustainable watering system for your plant using ollas (clay pot) or porous capsule Mosquito swatter for gamer : with a few components, some mathematics, some 3D printing, learn how you could make your own mosquito hunting device. After this, you may even wish there are more mosquitos....

Radiona.org – Zagreb Makerspace

Faire: Zagreb

Maker: Radiona.org

Home: Zagreb, Croatia

Radiona.org is a non-profit organisation and citizen lab consisting of makerspace/hackerspace, media art lab, Repair Café, inclusion lab and residence program founded in 2011.

$GALDEANO$

GALDEANO, DIY Calculator with simbolic math

Faire: Rome

Maker: Angel Cabello

The heart of the machine is an esp32 with 4 Mb of SPI RAM. The PCB is a custom one, as it is the keyboard. The display (320x240) is an ili9341 with a touch sensor (resistance). It runs a custom micropython distribution with LVGL graphics with the math engine (Eigenmath) as a module. The program runs in the data partitions and it is easily customizable and extensible.

8bit

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: SIProp

Home: Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

8 bit is an application work uses the operating principle of a superconducting quantum computer gate control microwaves with Chladni figure. Currently, there are a many applications works&interaction based classical computers architecture, but by using the quantum computers is few yet. In the future, many quantum computers applications will be created to emerge. Then I focus on superconducting quantum computers in qbit gate control microwaves, propose the interaction between qbit and human and everyone could touch and try this application.

Area 515 Des Moines Makers Space

Faire: Des Moines

Maker: Area 515 Des Moines Maker Space

Home: Iowa, United States

A non-profit community of makers, artists, and hobbyists. Give your ideas some room!

Light Wheel by Oz Officine Zero

Faire: Rome

Maker: Oz Officine Zero S.c.a.r.l.

We have created Light Wheel, an open-source board that repurposes components from discarded scooters, reducing environmental impact. Our project is a prototype application of Light Wheel on a manual wheelchair for individuals with disabilities, suitable for tight spaces like corridors and elevators. Motorization is achieved using a Light Wheel platform, 36V brushless motors, and repurposed scooter battery packs. The wheelchair, controlled by a joystick, offers optimal functionality and safety, including speed control, anti-tipping measures, audible and visual alerts, and provision for anti-collision sensors. This prototype focuses on autonomous mobility for people with disabilities, providing a low-cost and environmentally friendly solution. Light Wheel exhibits great versatility for various applications.

Excelsior

Faire: Coney Island

Maker: Excelsior

Home: New York, United States

Excelsior is a technology and educational consultant group seeking to introduce to educators and students alike how STEM can apply to every day education in our modern world.

RIBICI: RIpara la tua BICIcletta assieme a noi!

Faire: Trieste

Maker: The bici's masters: Ermanno e Max

Home: fvg, Italy

Nulla si butta, tutto si recupera! Hai una bici che non funziona più come dovrebbe? Vuoi imparare a cavartela da solo/a quando si buca una ruota? Portala alla Maker Faire Trieste nell'angolo del RIBICI, dove Max ed Ermanno, esperti ciclomaker, ti aiuteranno ad aggiustare guasti e malfunzionamenti e ti insegneranno tecniche e trucchi delle riparazioni.

Tufting Wall and Yarn Crafts

Faire: Lynchburg

Maker: Christina Davis

Home: Virginia, United States

Express your imagination! We'll take you through the basics of operating the gun. Within minutes, you'll be able to create rows of stitches on the one end to see fluffy tufts of yarn blossom on the flipside! Pick up the ABCs of using the tufting gun;

Scorch Works – Homemade Tools and Toys

Faire: Des Moines

Maker: Scorch Works

Home: Minnesota, United States

Homemade injection molding machine producing small plastic trinkets during the fair. Pick up an injection molded object made from plastic that was recently something else (i.e. recycled). Various other homemade tools and toys will also be on display.

uAir – A personal CO2 Monitor

Faire: Rome

Maker: Xuelai Wei

uAir is a portable CO2 monitor for health-conscious individuals. It’s designed and engineered to be an on-bag product. It accurately senses carbon dioxide level and give information on temperature and humidity on an e-paper screen, for users to take action

FabLab Belluno: RecycleTrike

Faire: Trieste

Maker: FABLAB BELLUNO

Home: Veneto, Italy

Il progetto RecycleTrike, consiste nel recupero di una vecchia bicicletta che è stata dotata di un motore elettrico e un panello solare per creare un laboratorio mobile per portare le moderne tecnologie in qualunque luogo dove manca l'eletricità e sensibilizzare la questione del riciclo.

The Carolina Reapers Racing Team

Faire: Milwaukee

Maker: Andy Amrhein

Home: North Carolina, United States

A racing team built upon a solid bedrock of silly antics and the holy grail of shenanigans.

Pensacola Cyber Army

Faire: Pensacola

Maker: Pensacola Cyber Army

Home: Florida, United States

A group of people whose only crime was curiosity. Have you wondered if you have been hacked? Do you lay awake at night wondering why DNS exfiltration is so easy to perform? Have you watched Sneakers and thought, those guys are amateurs? What is a white hat/black hat/gray hat hacker? Has your business been getting strange emails? Did you ever want to learn how to lock pick? What is a bug bounty? Are you Red Team or Blue Team? Whether you are new or old, young or ancient, script kiddy or L33T H@XX05. See the internet through the eyes of curiosity. Armed with the knowledge to untangle any knot.

Reparatón: supraciclaje de plástico y ropa

Faire: CDMX (Mexico City)

Maker: Andrea Ramírez

Home: CDMX, Mexico

Vamos a conocer cómo reciclar plástico en creaciones atractivas y a reutilizar textiles con tinturas naturales.

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