Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Learn about CNC milling with the Union College Maker Web!

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

A computer numerical control (CNC) router is a computer-controlled cutting machine related to the hand-held router used for cutting various hard materials, such as wood, composites, aluminum, steel, plastics, glass, and foams. A CNC router is very similar in concept to a CNC milling machine. Instead of routing by hand, tool paths are controlled via computer numerical control. The CNC router is one of many kinds of tools that have CNC variants. A CNC router typically produces consistent and high-quality work and improves productivity. Unlike a jig router, the CNC router can produce a one-off as effectively as repeated identical production. Automation and precision are the key benefits of CNC router tables. It's an exciting new kind of tool that you can come experiment with!

Digital Fabrication Sculpture Exhibit

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Visual Arts Digital Fabrication Sculpture Course

Home: New York, United States

In this Visual Arts course, students learned to use sophisticated CAD, 3D modeling and other design software and developed complex physical objects of art or sculptures. The students explored the ways in which digital design and fabrication tools have expanded the possible search space for their work and have allowed for novel approaches to art and design. Come see the work and learn about the processes!

The Templeton Institute (TI)

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Templeton Institute

Home: New York, United States

The Templeton Institute (TI) promotes and strengthens transformative activities in engineering and computer science within a liberal arts educational environment. The TI is a hub for innovation, a place for teachers, scholars, learners, and practitioners to come together to work collaboratively and find support through resources and expertise necessary to take risks, foster integrative thinking, encourage problem-solving, and promote discovery.

Robots with Union College Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP)

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Science & Technology Entry Program (STEP)

Home: New York, United States

Join us to create a small robot of your own! Bristlebots are are small robots made up of a motor and the head of a toothbrush. Bristlebots are a fun way to learn about basic engineering, motors, circuits, and principals of balance. Experiment to find the best way for them to move! STEP has also competed in a VEX Robotics competition this year, winning the 3rd place prize! Come talk with the students who created it, learn about their process, and observe how it functions!

Biomedical Engineering Society

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Biomedical Engineering Society

Home: Connecticut, United States

We will be displaying past Orthopedic Biomechanics joint projects as well as having an activity to make a "robotic hand".

Modufly

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Mert Tureli

Home: New York, United States

Modufly is a company focused on creating innovative, easy-to-assemble hobby rockets. Our goal is to make rocketry accessible and fun for people of all ages by offering rockets that are customizable and reusable. We prioritize durability and education, providing kits that allow users to explore the world of flight.

Tech Valley Center of Gravity (TVCOG)

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Tech Valley Center of Gravity

Home: New York, United States

Come learn about the Tech Valley Center of Gravity, the Capital Region's Makerspace!

Historic Cannon Gantry – Cole Randall

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Cole Randall

Home: New York, United States

Come learn about traditional craft and advanced fabrication with Cole Randall’s cannon gantry project. As part of his scholars research program, Cole constructed a ⅓ scale cannon gantry based on the field cannons of the Civil War. The goal of the project was to explore history through hands-on machine shop time by creating something that is historical but also takes advantage of modern machining technology. The design for the cannon gantry employed segmented wheels assembled in the keystone fashion, the conventional fourteen spokes, and used a typical hardwood (oak). The Gantry project is at the intersection of traditional craft skills like wood and metal working and more contemporary tools like CNC milling. It is historic and at the same time cutting edge!

3D Drawing with the Union College Maker Web

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Come use 3D pens to literally draw in thin air! A 3d pen is a handheld unique kind of drawing tool that works like a pen but spits out plastic. A 3d pen produces refined three-dimensional shapes which can draw on the surfaces or in the air and requires no computers or software. It uses ABS or PLA plastic, unlike a normal pen that uses lead or ink. The pen has a powered electric heater that has an extruder and a heating element that melts the plastic filaments. The ABS or PLA plastic filaments are fed in one end. Once the filaments melt, they are forced out through the extruder tip as warm thermoplastic that hardens within seconds. It's an exciting new kind of tool that you can come experiment with!

Alex Recycles and Creates

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Alex Graziano

Home: New York, United States

I collect used, single-use HDPE (i.e bottle caps, milk and shampoo containers) plastics and recycle them into shapes suitable for creating more long-lived products, such as planters, coasters, and keychains.

VR ZONE-Virtual Reality Painting with Tilt Brush

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Union College Maker Web

Home: New York, United States

Use Virtual Reality to experience painting as you have never before. Tilt Brush is an application for our VR headsets that lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. The room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless. From ink and smoke to snow and fire “brushes”, explore the wonders of a virtual palette. With an intuitive interface, you can be a doodler or expert – and 3D virtual painting allows you to unleash your creativity in no time! Come digitally paint with us and explore the possibilities of Virtual Reality and Visual Art!

Soft Robotics Union College Computer Science

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Computer Science

Home: New York, United States

Come learn about the soft robotics with the Computer Science Program at Union College! Computer science at Union takes place within an interdisciplinary environment that mixes theory and practice and encourages creative problem solving. Computer science is the study of computers and computational systems, encompassing both the theoretical foundations of computation and the practical techniques for implementing and applying these principles. Computer scientists solve complex problems by creating efficient systems, enabling innovation across various industries such as technology, healthcare, finance, and more. This field drives advances in computing technology and shapes the digital world we interact with daily.

National Grid

Faire: Electric City

Maker: National Grid

Home: New York, United States

At National Grid, we are committed to building a qualified and successful engineering workforce. Through our corporate giving programs, employee volunteerism and internal leadership and development activities, we have created a comprehensive program dedicated to advancing this cause. National Grid has already invested more than $3 million in this program to target students of all ages and backgrounds to encourage them to study science, technology, engineering and math.

Learn to Solder with Schenectady High School

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Schenectady High School

Home: New York, United States

Come learn to solder by making your own night light! Schenectady High School STEAM teachers have all the tools, electronics and know how to get you soldering right away! Soldering is a fundamental skill that helps with electronics and crafts and will make you a more capable maker!

DJ RVMBA

Faire: Electric City

Maker: Sonia Sandoval

Home: New York, United States

multimedia artist born in the vibrant country of Colombia, Sonia has traveled the world exploring music and culture. She has performed in NYC, Australia, across the Capital Region in upstate New York, western Massachusetts, and Vermont. An artist who has been nominated for the last 3 years in a row for an Eddie Award, Sonia is obsessed with building community and promoting global art through her work to foster new connections. Most recently, she has focused on introducing Latin artists to our community through her musical curation as DJ RVMBA. “I love Love. There are no rules, anything is possible through love. Just dream wildly and work hard.”

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