Maker Faire Yearbook 2023

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Chuck’s Woodshop

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Chuck Boucek

Home: Illinois, United States

This exhibit will demonstrate a number of woodworking projects that demonstrate different wood types and construction/joinery techniques (dovetails, keyed dovetails, template routing, pegged tenons, etc.)

NIU Robotics Club

Faire: Lake County

Maker: NIU Robotics

Home: Illinois, United States

The purpose of NIU Robotics is to promote education in subjects relating to robotics, to engage in competitions to inspire collaboration in problem-solving, and to create a community of technically-inclined students with similar interests.

Robot Expo

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Come and play with a variety of custom robots. Create unique artwork with Art Bot. Take Red Bot for a spin. Stop by to see the others in action.

Golden Ratio Robotics, First Tech Challenge demonstrations

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Golden Ratio Robotics

Home: Illinois, United States

Golden Ratio Robotics is a First Tech Challenge (FTC) competitive robotics team for 7th through 12 graders. Student-made robots will be available for hands-on interaction and demonstrations.

Scents & Such Candle Company

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Ashley Bester-Barnett

Home: Illinois, United States

Scents & Such is a hand crafted scented soy wax candle company. Each fragrance is blended in-house and is inspired by our Maker's life, loves, and experiences.

Make a Paper Circuit

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Learn how to create a simple circuit to light up an LED. Take your creation home with you.

The Mystique of Shortwave Radio

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Ralph Iden

Home: Illinois, United States

We are surrounded by radio waves from many sources. The shortwave bands have many interesting signals that can be picked up with simple equipment. Stop by and see our shortwave receiver kit, try your hand at Morse Code, and get on the air yourself.

Ela Area Public Library Forge Makerspace

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Ela Public Library

Home: Illinois, United States

Stop by Ela Public Library's booth to learn about our Forge makerspace, a place for you to create freely, explore new technologies and discover do-it-yourself solutions.

Old Plank Woodworking

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Monica Fischer

Home: Illinois, United States

Old Plank Woodworking. Making Exotic Hardwood Cutting boards. Repurposed wood crafts. Some show and tell for assembly.

jack of all trades

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Xavior‘Ray Liles

Home: Illinois, United States

i'm a high school student with a bit of talent with using my hands and have tried and done a lot at my exhibit is displayed my better painting wood projects a wearable gauntlet and jewelry with a hands on demo and teaching of basic knowledge

Hatt Bott

Faire: Lake County

Maker: CLC Baxter Innovation Lab & Engineering Transfer

Home: Illinois, United States

Stop by and stroll with Hatt Bott or maybe take a selfie. This semi-autonomous robot was designed to interact with people. He is built using Tetrix robotic components and programmed using the Arduino IDE.

Park Campus Makers

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Park Campus School

Home: Illinois, United States

Park Campus Makers is an after-school club that is excited to share some interactive toys and games that they have created.

Build-a-Blinkie

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Build-a-Blinkie

Home: Illinois, United States

Where you get to build one of those LED flashing things! The Build-a-Blinkie techs welcome you to their traveling soldering workshop. You start with the kit, and use the tools provided. If you have always wanted to learn to solder, today is the day.

Jake’s Robotics

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Jake Ebert

Home: Illinois, United States

This showcase of what is possible with a 3d printer and some arduinos. Everything from life-size Robots to handheld props.

J Squared Design Studio

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Josh McCann

Home: Illinois, United States

How to design and 3D print - The basics and beyond with J Squared Design Studio

Musical Tesla Coils

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Samuel Catania

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Have you ever seen lightning up close? And better yet... lightning that plays music? Come check out our Musical Tesla Coils and experience this rare phenomena!

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Home: Illinois, United States

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges.

Divinely crafted

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Jamila Jernigan

Home: Illinois, United States

I make custom and branded items like tshirts, memorial items including buttons and slate pictures, tumblers and acrylic stands.

Spare Parts Robotics

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Spare Parts Robotics

Home: Illinois, United States

Spare Parts Robotics First Tech Challenge robotics team #11848

NIU Mars Rover

Faire: Lake County

Maker: NIU Mars Rover Team

Home: Illinois, United States

NIU Mars Rover is a competition team focusing on building a rover that can complete four different tasks, life detection, autonomous traversal, equipment servicing, and, an obstacle course. We are excited as this summer we will compete at CIRC.

A Smalltown Baroness

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Hilary Crandall

Home: Illinois, United States

Looking for a colorful addition to your wall or floor? Something sturdy and hand-created? A Smalltown Baroness creates rugs and wall-hangings braided from thrifted fabric or other useful materials.

Henry Martin Marvelous Machines

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Donald Martin

Home: Wisconsin, United States

Web sites, games, costumes and other projects created by a 7th grade maker with a passion for development and engineering

Projet_fabrice

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Fabrice Kitungano

Home: Illinois, United States

The Robo Bot is a tech-igniting [idea] and an electronic robot that is controllable. Learn easy coding skills and know your distance. Old times brought to the present; kites are most fun when you build them and fly not when you buy and fly them.

DIY Cyberdecks, Magnetic Board Game, and 3D Printer

Faire: Lake County

Maker: Daniel Power

Home: Illinois, United States

3D printed 3D Printer, Cyberdecks (DIY computers), magnetic board game, and other fun projects. Stop on by and try some games, computers, and chat about projects!

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