Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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MCE Community Choice Energy

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: MCE Community Choice Energy

Home: California, United States

MCE’s top priorities are YOU — and the health of our planet. MCE is a not-for-profit public agency that has set the standard for clean energy in California since 2010. We offer renewable power at stable rates, reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, and reinvest millions of dollars in community benefit programs. MCE provides electricity service and cutting-edge energy programs to more than 1.5 million people in 38 member communities in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano Counties.

California State University Maritime Academy Student Projects Exhibit

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: California State University Maritime Academy

Home: California, United States

California State University Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) is one of the 23 CSU campuses. Located in Vallejo, CA, Cal Maritime is one of seven degree-granting maritime academies in the United States — and the only one on the West Coast. The university has undergraduate degree programs in Business Administration, Facilities Engineering Technology, International Strategy and Security, Marine Engineering Technology, Marine Transportation, Mechanical Engineering, and Oceanography. The exhibit includes Oceanography and Mechanical Engineering projects, such as a student-built wind turbine for the Collegiate Wind Competition, prosthetic arm prototype, and underwater remotely operated vehicle. Faculty and students will be onsite to answer your questions about the projects and Cal Maritime.

San Francisco Bazaar at Maker Faire Bay Area

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: San Francisco Bazaar

Home: California, United States

Each year San Francisco Bazaar features hundreds of juried artists and designers. Shoppers can expect to find the crème de la crème of indie goods: handbags, pottery, letterpress stationary, silk-screened t-shirts, baby clothes, zines, posters, body products and more!

Make Upcycled Ocean Microplastic Keychains and Necklaces

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Amped Atelier

Home: California, United States

Plastic Pollution harms ocean life. In addition to reducing the amount of plastic we use and throw away, we can upcycle the plastic that already exists into something useful and beautiful. In this workshop you will transform salvaged ocean microplastics to keychains and necklaces using UV resin.

Nat's creations

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Natalia Barajas

Home: California, United States

My up-and-coming business is referred to as Nat's Creations and I got this inspiration through my family and my passion for art and creating. I am a young aspiring entrepreneur and was inspired to start my business because I love art and creating. This led me to keep learning new things and new crafts. Next, my family suggested that I start selling my Creations and Nat's is close to my name so, it sums up my creations. I love putting my own spin on different crafts to stand out from every other vendor. My paintings, ceramics, Jewelry, candles, and yarn creations have a unique spin, creative ideas, or edge to them. Each one is handcrafted by Nat and is made through different tools but is all made naturally I hope you enjoy it! Thank you.

Swap-O-Rama-Rama

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Swap-o-Rama-Rama

Home: California, United States

One of the largest volunteer-run clothing swaps and DIY sewing hackathons on every continent (except Antarctica). 11.3 million tons of textile waste end up in U.S. landfills annually; 6,000 lbs of which has been diverted here for your creative soul. We have sewing machines, knowledgeable volunteers, and diverse activities designed to encourage participants to think locally and impact globally with their textile waste. We will be accepting donations of CLEAN clothes and sewing supplies at the event. Donations are not required to participate just a creative urge. As always PLEASE NO SHOES!

DIY Geoengineering

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Luke Iseman

Home: California, United States

We cool earth with balloons, and you can too! Come see us launch a big balloon that roughly offsets the warming caused by Maker Faire (for a year). And, get your own (tiny) ballon to become a geoengineer, too!

Mill Food Recycler

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Mill Industries

Home: California, United States

Food waste is terrible for the planet, and a hassle to deal with at home. Mill makes it easy for people to keep food out of landfills and take climate action at home. The Mill food recycler uses integrated sensors and advanced artificial intelligence methods to quickly and quietly dry and grind food scraps, transforming them into clean, dry grounds that can be used to feed farms or gardens.

Prototyping Climate Action

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Beth Ferguson

Home: California, United States

Discover engaging prototypes from the UC Davis Design Department Makerspace, including innovations in sustainable transportation, renewable energy solutions, sustainable materials fabrication, and nature-based solutions. This talk will provide valuable insights and practical tips on fostering innovation in climate adaptation strategies.

The Ghost EV

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: jeff kotowski

Home: California, United States

This is a very high efficiency electric vehicle built from the ground up. It seats two people in tandem for a very low CD (coefficient of drag) and a small cross section. The Ghost uses only 18KWh of batteries but gets 100 miles per charge in real world driving and even more on pure highway driving. This has an AC motor, regenerative braking and lithium batteries. It is street legal, registered and insured. The body is made of an aluminum nose in the front and a wood strip for the rest. The goal was to make a modern retro design reminiscent of the 1920's Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. Most people like fast sports cars, but I prefer highly efficient, practical designs that can be made at a low cost.

Pedal Powered Stage

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Rock The Bike

Home: California, United States

Work as a team with other faire goers to power up local bands on bike generators. See how much peak power you can produce with your friends! Local acts from the Bay Area music scene share their gifts with us as we support them with good clean pedal power, making for a connected and fun performer-audience connection. Musical tastes range from rock, jazz, world, and funk, often danceable. Thanks to our hyperefficient sound system with its class D amplifiers there is a surprising amount of bass and spacious audio clarity when all 12 bikes are full and pedaling. So come enjoy your lunch and delight in local grooves, then take a turn on the bikes and power up the band! Wander over to our circuit table and see how we do it with a unique mix of ultracapacitors and lithium batteries.

Peninsula Precious Plastics

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Peninsula Precious Plastics

Home: California, United States

We are a non profit organization inspired by @realpreciousplastic that supports local ART and STEM projects focused on sustainability in San Carlos, California. We work with high school students and community members to up-cycle plastic waste in to long life product. We also work with artist and entrepreneurs to help them integrate upcycled plastic waste into their projects.

Living Solar Panels

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Living Solar Panels

Home: California, United States

Living Solar Panels is the new, truly green renewable energy source. Prickly pear cacti undergo a different kind of photosynthesis than most other plants, resulting in the creation and breakdown of an acid. Because cacti are opaque, photosynthesis happens independently on each side of the cactus, resulting in acid concentration differences. This difference forms an electro-chemical gradient that we measure as voltage. Stop by to learn more about this unique photosynthesis and how we are charging batteries by harvesting this electricity that naturally occurs in living prickly pear cacti! You'll also learn how changing light conditions and linking multiple cactus stems together can power small electronics. Move over potato clock, hello cactus energy!

VDBX.io – Open Source Off-Grid Automation Hardware

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: VDBX.io - Open Source Off-Grid Automation Hardware

Home: California, United States

Voidbox Industries (VDBX.io) designs and makes open hardware for interfacing off-grid and DC systems with Home Assistant. Our first flagship product the PwrTool 500 is a 500 amp DC power shunt meant to monitor batteries, inverters, and other high power 12-48v systems via ESPHome. It's based on our FLIP_C3 microcontroller platform which will be the basis of a whole host of automation and monitoring hardware. The PwrTool 500 has been accepted to do a crowdfunding campaign with Crowd Supply in 2024 with deliveries expected by early 2025. VDBX was created by Chloe Madison (@clomads) as the forward facing brand of her art & hardware. Having experienced housing instability for several years, she now lives in a converted school bus where she designs & tests her automation hardware.

DRAWING WITH A SEWING MACHINE

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: PAUL NOSA

Home: Arizona, United States

I’m an artist who draws with a sewing machine. With a solar powered sewing machine I make collaborative custom patches on the spot. I move the fabric around the needle with my hands, without automation or a template.

Wear It AI

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Wear It

Home: Germany

During Maker Faire, we will walk around and take photos of cool wearable tech and maker-made outfits. They will be featured on Wear It's website and everyone will be able to wear them digitally. You get a photo of yourself wearing them, enabled by computer vision and generative AI. The makers' work gets amplified when you post your outfit photos on social media. Ask the maker for their handle and use hashtag #WearItMakerfaire and tag both on social media. Together we promote makers and their amazing wearable tech!

DJ Evol-T

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: thiago andrade

Home: California, United States

DJ Evol-T spins the pulse of the party, delivering electrifying beats that ignite every event. With a dynamic presence behind the decks, DJ Evol-T brings energy and passion to every set, from underground scenes to packed festivals. Whether it's house, disco, or hip-hop, he creates unforgettable moments, turning any crowd into a sea of movement.

Commander Lamp Presents: Detect Your Chaos

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Commander Lamp

Home: California, United States

“Detect Your Chaos” is the first body-heat-powered wearable electronics project from Commander Lamp. This project takes users on a mission to build a wearable strobe light that uses their own body heat as a power source. The device is designed to show the wearer how much chaos (body heat) they give off to their environment by strobing faster when more chaos (body heat) is released. The project is sold as a kit with an online video tutorial designed to provide a video game-like experience.

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.

Co-create Solution for Hazard Response

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Seeed Studio

Home: Texas, United States

The Hazard Response Mission Pack is an on-going open-source AIoT solution designed to efficiently manage and mitigate different hazard scenarios. This compact system combines a range of technologies, including sensor networks and edge computing, to enable effective remote sensing, data transmission, processing, inference, and analysis. In this workshop, participants are invited to collaboratively create innovative, sustainable solutions for hazard response. They will explored various hazard scenarios and identified gaps in current security systems, learn to used AIoT hardware and Node-RED to develop and implement reproducible hazard response solutions. They will also engage in hands-on projects, such as building resilient local warning systems and deploying advanced hazard sensors.

Water and Fire and Steam in between

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Kinetic Steam Works

Home: California, United States

Kinetic Steam Works will be demonstrating the primitive yet powerful forces of steam power. Our 26,000 pound steam traction engine will be powering a large centrifugal pump that will drive a large water sculpture. We'll bring back the 1906 Chandler & Price letterpress, steam engine powered of course, and print commemorative works of art. Lastly, we'll be doing a reprise of live metalcasting in gray iron, aluminum, and bronze.

DIY Gel Nails with Lilaque Soy Gel

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Lilaque

Home: California, United States

Paint your nails with the power of plants! We are offering demos of our range plant-based nail products, featuring a soy-based DIY gel nail polish system, plant-based press-on nails, and a plant-based cuticle oil. Our patent-pending gel polish consists of ingredients derived from soybean, linseed, and castor oils. We offer a topper made with biodegradable glitter that can be used to add sparkle to any of our 15 vibrant polish colors. Our patent-pending plant-based press-on nails are 3D printed using plant-based resin and painted with Soy Gel polish. Nearly all of our packaging is recyclable or reusable.

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.

CatSkills Design

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Christie Langley

Home: California, United States

Christie Anne Langley is the artist behind CatSkills Design, and features her original paintings, illustrations, felt sculptures and various handmade goods. All of the artwork is inspired by the natural world and especially the ocean and endangered species.

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