Maker Faire Yearbook 2024

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Solar Observing and Radio Telescope

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Valley of the Moon Observatory Association (VMOA)

Home: California, United States

Valley of the Moon Observatory Association will offer solar observing for Faire attendees. Attendees can see sun spots and solar prominences through shielded telescopes. The Santa Rosa Junior College Physics club will also demonstrate the Completely Hackable Amateur Radio Telescope (CHART).

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.

UC Berkeley Disability Lab – CripCraft Workshops

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: UC Berkeley Disability Lab

Home: California, United States

The UC Berkeley Disability Lab and the MadRadLab are presenting CripCrafts! Disabled people are some of the most crafty people in the world, come learn how to adapt your world to better suit your body and your mind. Come and consult with our team or make your own adaptations right on the spot. We hope to have something for everyone disabled from young to old. The UC Berkeley Disability Lab is the nation's first and only disability centered makerspace designed by and for disabled people.

CHELU Car Club

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: PETE DUENAS

Home: California, United States

We are a local car club of Vallejo displaying custom cars of different makes and models.

Madeline Tasquin Hybrid Set on Rock the Bike's Pedal-Powered Stage

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Madeline Streicek

Home: California, United States

A musical chameleon guided by capricious Muses, Madeline's voice and accompanying sounds are as unpredictable as they are captivating. One moment she's strumming a ukulele and singing en français; the next, she's conjuring ethereal soundscapes with synthesizers and cables poking out in every direction. Her set on Rock the Bike's Pedal-Powered Stage will be a hybrid of those musical realms, from sublime vocal harmony to sequenced frogsounds; ever faithful to deep groove, regardless of the tempo. Can you dance while simultaneously helping the 12-bike array achieve peak power through your pedalpower? Come find out at 3:30pm on Sunday on the Pedal-Powered Stage brought to you by Oakland's Rock the Bike, the global leader in pedal-powered fun and long-time Maker Faire collaborator!

Get your coffee fixed—How Espresso Machines Work, Repairs, Modifications, and Demos

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Kanen Coffee: Espresso Machines

Home: California, United States

✨ Get your coffee fixed—literally! ✨ Kanen Coffee, Berkeley’s finest in espresso machine repairs, mods, and all things caffeinated, is bringing the buzz to Maker Faire! We’re your friendly neighborhood coffee tinkerers, here to show you the magic behind the machines that fuel your mornings. Espresso Machine 101: Learn how they work—from steam to crema! Repair & Mod Workshops: Troubleshoot, repair, and mod your own machine for next-level espresso. Live Demos: Pull a shot, get hands-on with espresso machines, and see the magic in action! Come by, meet fellow coffee lovers, and let’s make (and drink) something awesome together. ☕

Prusa Research by Josef Prusa

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Prusa Research by Josef Prusa

Home: Czechia

Prusa Research was founded as a one-man startup in 2012 by Josef Prusa, a Czech hobbyist, maker, and inventor, and has become one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the Czech Republic in recent years. Currently, more than 900 people work at Prusa Research, and every month over 10,000 printers are shipped worldwide directly from the Prague.

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!

Sass N Harmony

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sass N Harmony

Home: California, United States

Sass N Harmony is a multi-instrumental trio out of Oakland CA best known for their soul folk sound. The music of Sass N Harmony is imbued with mischief and magic to bring you lyrics immersed in archetypes and folk-tales. Their vocals fly together like a tight triangle of birds overhead, agilely changing directions when needed. The group met while touring as other bands in the Biketopia Music collective, a group of feminist environmental activists and musicians with bike generators who biked from Canada to San Francisco in 2016 and 2018 putting on free human powered concerts. This group's unique mix of whimsical vocals and tight groove invokes a presence that goes straight to the heart.

The Knight

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Matt Burney and Joe Mross

The Knight (unofficially the world’s largest chess knight) pays homage to some of humankind’s superpowers, the majesty of the horse, strategy, fire, iron, stone, bronze, and hydraulic power! This piece is for chess lovers, horse lovers, and lovers of the pinnacle of the metalcraft of the industrial era. Did you know that curved, riveted iron was born in America's shipyards? The piece was designed by Joe Mross (https://archivedesigns.com/) and Matt Burney (https://www.sometalfab.com/) and constructed in Matt’s workshop from 2022-2023 by Matt Burney, Todd Gardner, Joe Mross, and Barbara Counsil Burney. Joe handmade the molds for the portholes and they were cast by Reinmuth Foundry in Eugene, Oregon. One stone on the bench has an inlaid bronze placard with the artists’ names.

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.

Makers on Parade

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Jamie Agius

Home: New Jersey, United States

Join us for our daily parade down the Esplanade featuring mobile makers, cosplayers, creatures, assorted vehicles, robots of all kinds and more as we stroll along the waterfront of Mare Island at 4 pm each day. You can fall into the parade yourself and watch alongside of it and cheer on the makers on parade.

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.

Mare Island Art Studios at Maker Faire Bay Area

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Mare Island Art Studios

Home: California, United States

Our building includes two gallery spaces, a retail area and a gorgeous view of the Napa River. The artwork inside and outside is actively changing and evolving. Each time you come, it’s a whole new experience. We are open to the public every Sunday 12-4pm. Make sure to sign up for our Newsletter to be in the loop of our future events and shows. We host studios spaces for 18 artists. The eclectic group includes painters, woodworkers, metalworkers, printmakers, photographers, sculptors, fiber, ceramics artists and more.

Obtainium Works

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Obtainium Works

Home: California, United States

Obtainium Works is a makerspace in Vallejo, California that specializes in producing small art cars for events such as Burning Man, Truckee Roundhouse Maker Space, Visions of the Wild Festival, and the Mad Hatter Holiday Festival and Parade. We've demonstrated our work at all the Maker Faire events from 2006-2019. In 2023, we introduced our newest exhibit, the Robot Rumble. Using trash can robots, participants will be able to use remote controllers to create a battle with the robots in 3 minute segments. We will be displaying a number of our art cars, some of them mobile, and will have a variety of steampunk and upcycled clothing crafters selling their wares.

How we started as makers and snuck into Hollywood props and special effects

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Mount Make More

Home: United States

How does one go from being a maker, to working on Hollywood productions? Here are a few people who have made it and we want to share our stories and give you advice on how you might break into the movie scene. We have worked on StarTrekBeyond, Predator, Maze runner, DeathNote, Ghostbusters, Fraggle Rock, and made one of the most viral advertising campaigns ever on Youtube for Wednesday Adams. We are very lucky. Everyone in this talk started out as makers just like you. Some of us lived in the middle of nowhere. 3D printing, Designing, Lasers, robotics and Radio Control. How did we get into movies with the odds stacked against us? We will share our stories of how we got into movies and show you how we snuck into the movie industry.

Browned Butter Babe

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Rachel Turkal

Home: California, United States

Browned Butter Babe Co is a queer, woman-owned boutique bakery based in West San Jose. We specialize in making all of our all our baked goods with browned butter. We were founded at the tail-end the end of the pandemic because I missed the joy of baking for others. At Browned Butter Babe we focus on flavor and bringing a complexity that make our treats not just sweet, but extremely delectable. We offer a variety of treats from classic chocolate chip and snickerdoodle cookies to more exotic flavors like ube and candy cap mushroom found in some or our blondies, cookies and rice crispy treats.

Leonardo InMoov: 3D Printed Interactive Humanoid Robot

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Turing Laboratory Galileo University

Home: Guatemala, Guatemala

Leonardo InMoov is an interactive humanoid robot that integrates advanced AI technologies with a physical 3D printed robotic body based on the open-source InMoov Project, creating an intelligent robot with a personality powered by ChatGPT. The robot uses OpenAI's latest technology, including Vision, Speech-to-Text, and Text-to-Speech, enabling it to understand and respond to voice commands, describe what it sees, and generate thoughtful answers. The InMoov design, originally created by French sculptor Gaël Langevin, incorporates Arduino and servos to enable the robot to execute specific gestures such as counting, saluting, and grabbing objects. This project showcases the potential of AI and robotics to create interactive and intuitive machines.

Playtime with Crappy Happy Robots

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Crappy Happy Robots

Home: California, United States

Come play with our robot friends as they try to flap and wave and spin around. Maybe they don’t always “work”, but they do always play. This year the (Very Small) Robot Choir is returning, along with new and old rolling friends in the robot playpen, in addition to some new jellyfish friends in their own eternal ocean. Program your own unique tiny robot musical performance by coloring in a paper grid, play with robots in the playpen by tilting their controllers, or gaze into a mysteriously deep aquarium with undulating robotic jellyfish. Our goal is to show kids that there is more to robotics than battle bots and race cars (as cool as they are), because we think that if more young artists grow up and build silly goofy robots in sweaters the world will be a better place.

Graphite (open source 2D art & design app)

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Keavon Chambers

Home: California, United States

Graphite is a new volunteer-run open source software project making a free art and design app for the creative community of makers ranging from students to hobbyists to professionals alike. The built-in visual scripting system (called the node graph) makes it easy to create interactive designs that build themselves while you draw, letting artist-engineers come up with clever procedurally generated artwork. Just like Blender has revolutionized the 3D creative process for millions of makers, Graphite is doing the same for 2D digital content creation. Meet the team of designers and developers behind the project and learn how to use it to Make your arts and crafts.

Sun and Moon Couture & California Steam – LED Wearables

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Sun and Moon Couture & California Steam - LED Wearables

Home: California, United States

Sun and Moon Couture: Bespoke Couture LED Wearables If you can dream it, we can make it! California STEAM: Engineer during the day, artist at night. Creator of supercapacitor powered LED wearables.

Pocketful of Sprockets

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Pocketful of Sprockets

Home: California, United States

Punny, relatable stickers inspired by start-up life as a mechanical engineer.

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.

ArtAtomic

Faire: Bay Area

Maker: Kristin Henry

Home: California, United States

Science, Nature, and Mathematics are at the core of Kristin Henry’s work. While working in Science and Data visualization, Henry also developed a practice creating artworks, and showing them under the name ArtAtomic. Alternating between developing code and working with more traditional tools like an embroidery needle or a glass dipping pen, Henry is always experimenting. In addition to works on paper, she also works with other media, like computer projections, textiles, wearable art. This exhibit will show many of these. For those familiar with the GalaxyGoo’s Cell Project workshops at past Maker Faires, she will also be bringing pre-made organelle models, so that you can make 3D models of cells at home.

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