Chicago Southside Mini Maker Faire is this Saturday, September 15th, from 11a-5p at Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S Halsted
Register for your FREE tickets!
Follow @chimakerfaire for updates and look for our Drew Fustini in purple!
Chicago Southside Mini Maker Faire is this Saturday, September 15th, from 11a-5p at Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S Halsted
Follow @chimakerfaire for updates and look for our Drew Fustini in purple!
The i3 Detroit Maker Faire After Party has as always been one of the best parts of Maker Faire Detroit weekend!
We are big fans of the OKAY 2 Monophonic Synth Kit and we were excited to see the creator, Tommy at Maker Faire Bay Area 2018. From the Oskitone newsletter:
I spent last weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area, an annual event put on by the people behind Make Magazine. My exhibit stall was in between the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the US Patent Office — pretty legit! I had synths out for people to play, gave demos and motivational speeches to kids, traded stickers for email addresses, and had some really great conversations with people.
Over three days, I talked to maybe 500 folks (+/- 100), which is a lot for an introvert! It was exhausting but incredible. I think I’m still processing it.
I met so many cool people… Makers, musicians, kids, parents, students, teachers, industrial designers, engineers, manufacturers, writers, editors, etc etc!
- I was happy to find a lesson outside electronics for the younger visitors: the piano keys on the OKAY 2 are actually levers — a mechanical “simple machine” already familiar to a lot of students. It was fun watching it “click” in their minds that the further back they tried to press the key, the more energy it required. (I also noticed a greater appreciation in parents for a more palatable educational takeaway, so I think they liked it too.)
Evil Mad Scientist stopped by with a 555 recreated with discrete components and swapped it out for the 555 timer in the OKAY 2. It was such a great, uneventful demo. “What will it do?” “Exactly the same thing.” Awesome!
I got closer to perfecting my marketing. What started as a 5min dissertation talk on Friday became a 30sec elevator pitch by Sunday, saving my throat while seemingly having no negative sales effect. I may write a blog post on this.
There is no greater stress test for a physical product than 100 kids with candy smeared on their faces banging on it. I was relieved that the synths mostly stood up to the fatigue, but, of course, there’s room for improvement, which I now have a good idea on how to design. Thanks, kids! 🙂
The tagline of Bay Area Maker Faire is “Inspire the Future” and there was plenty of inspiration for our future generation. We have exhibits encouraging children to get hands-on making projects to call their own, and we have many schools exhibiting their student projects telling stories of what they’ve done. 357 more words
via Hacking for Learning and Laughs: The Makers of Oakwood School — Hackaday
#bringahack Bay Area is TONIGHT, May 20th! Please join us for this wonderful tradition that Jeri Ellsworth started:
2206 Bridgepoint Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94404
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Check out last year for some inspiration:
#bringahack Bay Area is this Sunday evening, May 20th! Please join us for this wonderful tradition that Jeri Ellsworth started:
2206 Bridgepoint Parkway
San Mateo, CA 94404
650-931-2990
Check out last year for some inspiration:
Maker Faire Bay Area is this weekend, and the Hackaday and Tindie crew are getting ready to jack some cupcake cars. The Bay Area Maker Faire is one of the greatest gatherings of…
via This Weekend: Hackaday x Tindie Meetup At Bay Area Maker Faire. — Hackaday
We are proud to be a sponsor of Chicago Northside Mini Maker Faire 2018 this Saturday, May 5th, at Carl Schurz High School:
the first and largest officially licensed Maker Faire in the Chicagoland area. We are a local, grassroots celebration of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) spirit in Chicago, focusing on education across all ages and social groups. Our makers represent a mix of beginners and experts, hobbyists and professionals, groups and individuals, and all ages, backgrounds, and interests. With a shoestring budget and only a dream, our inaugural Mini Maker Faire in April, 2012 was a smashing success thanks to the 50+ makers who shared their talents in 3D printing, robotics, jewelry making, and urban farming, just to name a few. Now with close to 100 makers, we’re still growing. Comeexperience it for yourself!
#bringahack Bay Area is next month on Maker Faire weekend! Please join us for this wonderful tradition that Jeri Ellsworth started:
Check out last year for some inspiration:
Tomorrow, Saturday March 31st, at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago:
On Saturday, March 31 we’re keeping our doors open from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. as we host the MSI Chicago Mini Maker Faire! Join some of the most fascinating, curious people—from engineers and artists, to scientists and crafters—in a celebration of local maker culture. Learn how to become an innovator yourself by speaking one-on-one with makers, and leave inspired and ready to invent.
Look for our Drew Fustini in purple!