Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Jen Schachter Diorama Kits and Props

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jen Schachter

Home: California, United States

Step inside the spooky, whimsical world of artist and fabricator Jen Schachter: a tiny haunted house inside a carved pumpkin, enticing prop slices of fake cake, and the towering EVA foam wig that was featured on the cover of Make last year! Get an up-close look at Jen’s creative process - sketchbook pages which come to life as foamcore prototypes and eventually finished dioramas and props. Meet the artist, watch her demo some miniature finishing techniques, and pick up your own pumpkin diorama kit to build at home!

Green Speed! – An Electric Formula Style Race Car & Hands On Activity

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Formula Racing at UC Davis

Home: California, United States

Du Du Du! Do you like Formula Racing? Want to know they best way to get involved while in university? Visit our booth to see UC Davis' lastest competitive electric race car built entirely by undergraduate college students. This car was built in just one year and brought to an international competition to race against 70+ universities. Stop by to interact with the car and learn firsthand the engineering, dedication, and passion that went into building this competitive car.

Biomaterials 101 for Designers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sabrina Merlo

Home: California, United States

We are the Biogirls! Trying to create a Bioworld! Our project aims to create an exploration kit for novice designers looking to learn more about crafted biomaterials and biopolymers. We guide you through hands-on experiments that explore the novel properties and affordances of biomaterials with instructions, materials and simple tools. The kit not only teaches basic techniques but also inspires new possibilities by showing how biomaterials can be uniquely designed for functional purposes by leveraging its degradability, texture, and tunable properties.

InvenTABLE: A kid-safe power tool for cutting cardboard!

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: InvenTABLE, Inc.

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

InvenTABLE is your ticket to a world of cardboard crafting made simple. Engineered with kid safety in mind, this tool is here to revolutionize the way you work with cardboard. Say goodbye to tedious, time-consuming methods of the past (we love you scissors, but cardboard isn't your forte). InvenTABLE cuts through cardboard in a fraction of the time and effort that kids take with currently available tools. Come check out this product that was in the top 0.1% of all Kickstarter campaigns ever!

CRASH Space

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: CRASH Space

Home: California, United States

Come by our booth to check out projects made by our members. Experience the mesmerizing Pristmatica, and learn more about our Los Angeles-based hackerspace.

DIY Pinball with Maker tools (laser cutter, 3D printer, micro:bit)

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: K-12 Maker Lab at MIT Edgerton Center

Home: Massachusetts, United States

Originally conceived as a Maker skill-building activity for MIT students, this adaptable tabletop pinball game is blast to assemble, customize and play! Come try out our sample games, add your own features like bumpers, ramps, lights and sounds, or go head-to-head with a friend in 2-player mode. Take home plans to make your own pinball machine from common hardware. This is a great starter project for Makers in and out of the classroom: laser-cut the plywood playfield; use shop tools to cut lumber and assemble the base; 3D print your own set of flippers and buttons; design and fabricate any number of creative obstacles, features and decorations; express yourself through the theme for your machine; collaborate with others for 2-player mode.

Abu the Horsefly

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Abu the Horsefly

Home: California, United States

This art car is based on the Studio Ghibli characters, which are always profound in their meaning. Abu the Horsefly, is one of the magical insects from the iconic Studio Ghibli movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind." Abu offers us an opportunity to explore our internal fears of the new, our subconscious biases towards the foreign, and our flawed standards of the beauty. This art car a true collaborative endeavor, and it perfectly fits the message of many Ghibli movies – only together we can make a difference. Kids and adults can interact with the art car by changing eye colors by touch. Climb on it and take pictures!

The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: UC Berkeley's Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and Makerspace

Home: California, United States

Check out a variety of projects made by UC Berkeley undergraduates, Master of Design students, clubs and competitive teams—all built at the Jacobs Hall Makerspace! Also play Jacobs' Remote Rover Rally! Configure your RC car and take a shot of navigating through the cardboard obstacle challenge.

Raptor House FX – Design and Engineering for Storytellers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Raptor House FX LLC

Home: Colorado, United States

Raptor House FX is a multidisciplinary practical effects studio serving clients in film, television, and other creative industries.

Scare Makers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Scare Makers

Home: California, United States

Our exhibit is a unique collection of home brewed radio controlled/roving/animatronic props, compressed air driven contraptions and 3D video displays all with a Halloween theme. We present these props and displays in an interactive fashion, with the goal of providing all Faire goers young and old with an entertaining, hands-on and educational experience. As in our prior Maker Faire showings, we hope to educate Faire attendees about our builds and how they might create their own versions. We allow them to use hand held R/C units to control the multiple props themselves, providing an immersive, enjoyable (and sometimes scary) experience.

Jeff, Dave, Michael's and Tomer Crazy Fabrications

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jeff, Dave, Michael's and Tomer Crazy Fabrications

Home: California, United States

We are group of professionals who put our skills together to make a fully functioning airplane. We then decided to build a simulator in the plane with a AI generated haptic feedback simulator. Our gold is to inspire young Pilots to build projects and enjoy airplanes as much as we do.

Compass Handheld CNC Router

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Compass CNC

Home: California, United States

Compass is a handheld CNC router for precise 2D cuts on the go. Users move the device roughly along a desired path, while Compass moves the cutting tool in real-time to compensate for user error. It does this using optical flow sensors inside the device – like those in computer mice – to determine where it is on the workpiece. This sensing technology allows for simplified and precise machining without prior setup. We've implemented advanced control systems to maintain stability and precision. We are currently polishing the technology and plan to launch Compass Handheld CNC Router kits in the next couple months!

Sebastopol Makers

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sebastopol Makers

Home: California, United States

More kinetic whatsits and 3D printable mechanisms from those characters in Sebastopol Makers. This year's exhibits will include: --Steamboat Ed's -Cap-tivator: the Socket Head Cap Screw holder -Emergency Lighting Improvements -Many 3D printable motorized mechanisms: -Improved 3D printable Drill Press -Benchtop DC motor and gearbox for experimenters -DC Wind Generator --Consulting Chemist Wayne's Aids to Microscopy

FOGTOWN: The Puppetry Reimagining of the World's Greatest Detectives

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Fogtown

Home: Oregon, United States

Fogtown is an in-development TV series (and videogame!) for the whole family, blending the old-school art of puppetry with the cutting-edge innovations of virtual production. Emulating a small-scale style of the Volume-staged filmmaking used in The Mandalorian, Fogtown uses tools like Blender and the Unreal Engine to mix 3D printed puppets & props with digitally handcrafted environments that evoke the spirit of 1800s London (but reimagined with a cardboard diorama look). At our booth, we'll demonstrate the process of filming scenes for Fogtown and let fairgoers try out our choice-based videogame A Rum Case in Fogtown, featuring branching interactive movie gameplay. If you love The Muppets, Wallace & Gromit, or Sherlock Holmes, we think you'll really enjoy what we're up to!

GIY Materials: Growing Fungi for BioFabrication

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Elizabeth Marley

Home: California, United States

This 'GIY Materials: Growing Fungi for BioFabrication presentation will introduce Grow-It-Yourself methods and projects that use the magic of mycelium, mushrooms, and other biological organisms to produce renewable materials that can be heat resistant, water resistant, and biodegradable…. and maybe even help clean the environment! Examples of projects involving fashion, electronics, and architecture will be shown along with some tips and resources on how you, too, can grow your own materials for future projects.

Enchanted Leaves | MicroDean Systems – Cu Electroforming Live Demo

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Enchanted Leaves & MicroDean Systems

Home: California, United States

Our project will showcase the copper electroformed nature jewelry that we create, along with an interactive live demo that highlights the fascinating process and techniques behind its creation. The demo will feature the functions of our smart MiniForm automatic current/voltage regulating power supply, which is designed specifically for electroforming. It is engineered and fabricated by us, everything from writing the code to hand soldering each one. With it, anyone can capture and preserve the elegance of the natural world in unique copper jewelry and artwork.

Love Tree: An Interactive Experience

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Erin St Blaine's Mermaids & Magicians

Home: California, United States

Love Tree is a captivating mirror illusion that fuses art, reflection, and human connection. Nestled within a beautifully sculpted fiberglass tree, this interactive piece invites you to align your eyes with a companion, blending your reflections into a shared face. As your features merge, the installation softly plays words of love, deepening the emotional experience and creating a mesmerizing moment of unity. Love Tree explores the beauty of human relationships, offering a playful yet profound reflection on love, identity, and togetherness. Inspired by TANZER. Created by Erin St Blaine with Shane Romick, Quirky Corky and Valentin Rotar. Fiberglass, LED lights, WLED, Adafruit QT Py Pico, Two-way mirror, Audio In memory of Tree Riley Rhodes. Miss you baby.

Epilog Laser

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Epilog Laser

Home: Colorado, United States

Epilog Laser manufactures the world's leading laser engraving and cutting systems, proudly made in the USA.

oculus

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: jack ruszel

Home: California, United States

kinetic artwork. 18' t x 11'w x 8' wood construction hand-crank operated.

The Cosmic Messenger

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Miki Masuhara-Page

Home: Oregon, United States

The Cosmic Messenger is an interactive sculpture designed to spark joy and creativity. This life-sized Pegasus unicorn, lovingly called Peggy, is crafted from sheet metal and steel rod, adorned with rainbow-colored glass chakras and a rainbow-painted mane and tail. Peggy's body is coated in black chalkboard paint, inviting you to get creative with chalk messages. At night, white LEDs illuminate the glass, while color-changing LEDs create a rippling rainbow effect on her wings, mane, and tail. This year, Peggy sports a new mermaid tail, giving you even more space to draw, and offers postcards for visitors to send messages through the cosmos. Blending artistic beauty with interactive fun, Ms. Peggy is a whimsical, one-of-a-kind magical beast sure to bring smiles to all who meet her.

The M.G. Locost

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Nick Jenkins

Home: California, United States

A built-from-scratch replica of a 1963 Lotus Seven roadster, based on the popular book 'Build Your Own Sports Car' by British engineer Ron Champion. The frame. body, suspension, exhaust, and interior were all made by hand, while the drivetrain and brakes were salvaged from a 1972 MGB convertible. We started the build in August of 2011 and completed it in February of 2014. Since then, the street-legal car has accumulated over 65,000 miles on the road.

SwiftShape LX30

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: SwiftShape

Home: New Jersey, United States

We are excited to introduce our new company, SwiftShape, and our groundbreaking first product, the SwiftShape LX30—a powerful 3-in-1 desktop machine combining laser cutting, CNC routing, and 3D printing in one compact design. As we prepare to launch, we would be thrilled to exhibit the LX30 at Maker Faire Bay Area. This event is the perfect platform to showcase the LX30’s capabilities to a community of creators and innovators who share our passion for cutting-edge technology. Exhibiting at Maker Faire will allow us to connect with potential users and demonstrate how the LX30 empowers people to bring their creative ideas to life.

Shawn Thorsson's Props and Costumes

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Shawn Thorsson

Home: California, United States

Shawn Thorsson (author of Make: Props and Costume Armor) and his crew build all manner of props, costumes, and set pieces from science fiction and fantasy for film, television, advertising, and the occasional collector. Stop by and see what's new.

Hyperbolic paraboloid wind-proof Rain and Shade cover

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: TomSawyerLabs

Home: California, United States

Do you need a shade structure for a BIG project, event, or Burningman camp? This is a do-it-yourself project that any group can make out of off-the-shelf components. The Hyperbolic paraboloid "saddle" shape is easy to achieve and has special properties. A 40’ square flat tarp could be a disaster in windy conditions. The uplift force is enough to lift the whole tarp and slam it back down. But the downward corners of the saddle prevent this from happening. If it rains, all of the water is directed to these same two low points.

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