Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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FTC Mecha Minds Robotics

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Mecha Minds

Home: Virginia, United States

Visit First Tech Challenge Robotics Team 26394 Mecha Minds booth! We will consist of hands-on engineering activities, with common items and candies, lego robot programming stations, and a large field to drive our FTC robot.

Kinetic Harmony: Transformative Art for Meditation, Distraction, and Anxiety Reduction

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Marc Rosenkranz

Home: Virginia, United States

I'll be presenting a series of operational kinetic art rotating sculptures. Observers will be captivated and mesmerized by the rotation, maintaining their attention and experiencing the advantages of reduced anxiety, stress reduction, and pain relief

Mobile Art Lab!

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Alexandria Mobile Art Lab

Home: Virginia, United States

Take part in a hands on art project with the City of Alexandria's very own Mobile Art Lab!

Interactive art

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Paul Carlson

Home: Virginia, United States

We have all heard, "Don't touch the art", but that is exactly what I want you to do! Come explore interactive art where you are encouraged to touch and explore.

Have We Got A Mystery for You!

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Dia Michels

Home: District of Columbia, United States

Science Naturally is a local, small press committed to creating engaging STEM books. We offer titles for kids 0-14, fiction and nonfiction, and have books in a number of languages, including Spanish, Haitian Creole, Bengali, and more. Check us out!

Woodson High School Robotics Team

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Cavbotics, the Woodson High School Robotics Team

Home: Virginia, United States

Cavbotics is a student-led FRC team that teaches students STEM principles. In six weeks, students build a robot from an empty frame to a fully-functional robot. For this year's game, the robot is able to shoot rings into a goal and climb on a chain.

Theresa Sondra Jacobs Foundation

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Felix Tao

Home: Virginia, United States

At the Theresa Sondra Jacobs Foundation, we aim to inspire minds, uplift spirits, and create lasting memories with our unique approach of promoting the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM).

Because Science

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Amanda Preske

Home: District of Columbia, United States

Join us for a nerd-tastic fusion of science and art! Because Science, Adams Morgan's very own science-themed gift shop, will have funny + cute STEM gifts to choose from and a free make-and-take science ornament project for kids.

Serenity the Skoolie

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Karen Long

Home: Michigan, United States

Seremity is a School Bus converted into a tiny home on wheels! I use many of the resources at Nova Labs in Fairfax for the mini projects - Metal work, wood work, fabric art . . . there is a little bit of everything!

Fairfax County Master Gardeners

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Fairfax County Master Gardeners

Home: Virginia, United States

Master Gardener volunteers work in the community to promote research-based horticulture. Master gardeners provide public education related to creating and managing home landscapes, vegetable gardens, turf, and more!

Craig Trader's Chaos Machine

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Craig Trader

Home: Virginia, United States

The Chaos Machine is a large automated marble machine. What makes it chaotic is that everyone is invited to modify the machine, limited only by imagination and the laws of motion.

Alexandria Library: Lego Mindstorms and More!

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Alexandria Library

Home: Virginia, United States

Did you know the library has sewing & embroidery machines, LEGO mindstorms, and more? Learn about maker opportunities at the library and take our LEGO Mindstorm robots for a test drive.

FutureMakers

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Matt Barinholtz

Home: Maryland, United States

Create an Art Machine! Stop by FutureMakers and build a kinetic cardboard creature using linkages, levers and fulcra! FutureMakers is a resource for invention kits for innovative classrooms and learning groups.

Radio Controlled Model Warship Combat

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Kevin Plumer

Home: Virginia, United States

World of Warships meets Battle Bots in R/C warship combat, where participants design, build, and battle scale warships armed with BB cannons which damage enemy vessels, causing them to sink. The boats are quickly salvaged, repaired, and fight again!

Conte's Bike Shop

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Conte's Bike shop

Home: Virginia, United States

Join us on how to maintain your bicycle. We will be doing flat repair clinic, and general maintenance clinic

Lego Bricks in Motion

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Ian Ratiu

Home: Virginia, United States

Have you played with Lego bricks as a child or seen sets that made you smile? Come visit my booth to see the Old Town Alexandria Fair as a moving custom Lego creation. You can watch a Ferris wheel turn and let your imagination soar.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Kendra Wadsworth

Home: Virginia, United States

Artist Kendra Wadsworth provides a fiber art project called "Duchamp’ / fiber / neo classical to contemporary wheel / woven fiber ‘wheel"

Easy & Fun Game Development with AI

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Michael Barbine

Home: Virginia, United States

Showcasing PH3AR, a collaborative space where AI meets game development. Explore live demos, AI-driven game prototypes, and hands-on workshops. Discover how AI is transforming gaming and making development accessible to all.

Learn to Solder by Nova Labs

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Nova Labs

Home: Virginia, United States

Learn to Solder! Make your own electronics project to take home.

Nova Labs

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Nova Labs

Home: Virginia, United States

Nova Labs is a vibrant makerspace where members learn, create, and collaborate. With access to tools, advanced machining, and technology, it's the perfect workspace for hobbyists, engineers, artisans, and entrepreneurs to craft, make, and prototype.

The Violin Boy's Cardboard Boat

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Cyrus Grundy

Home: Virginia, United States

My violin boat is not *just* a cardboard boat. It is a sculpture, a work of art, that survived the 2024 Lake Anne Cardboard Boat Regatta. Participants will walk away inspired to make their own functional art with cardboard.

Duct Tape in Emergencies

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Fairfax County CERT

Home: Virginia, United States

Learn how to use duct tape in emergency situations. Participate in hands-on activities and learn how to use duct tape to secure a pressure bandage to stop bleeding, and to make a splint. Learn other emergency uses for duct tape.

Communication Arts Design

Faire: NoVa

Maker: Carolyn Belefski

Home: Virginia, United States

Communication Arts Design is a multidisciplinary design studio with over 20 years of professional experience in branding, illustration, and visual storytelling. Our custom projects transform ways of life across a range of communities and businesses.

LEGO Fan Display

Faire: NoVa

Maker: BioniLUG

Home: Pennsylvania, United States

BioniLUG (the Bionicle LEGO User Group) and friends display a wide variety of original LEGO creations including lenticular mosaics and a horror garden. Beyond showcasing models built by our members from around the world, we also have a play area.

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