Here’s some new and extended project interviews from Bay Area Maker Faire 2012. These took place at the setup, faire, and after party. Generally a few people bring projects to show us, so we interviewed them right at our own table. msPROBOT– MSP based robot development board Wireless Friend Finder – Radio proximity alert MicroVNC […]
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Maker Faire 2012 epilogue: Holy sh*t!!
Maker Faire was more than amazing this year. Thank you for stopping to say hi, demoing your project, listening to our presentation, and being in our video. A huge thanks to Skot for showing the awesome Digit_Grid and talking to so many people about our projects. Thank you Instructables, Macetech, and Jeri Ellsworth for organizing […]
@DangerousProto was the top Tweeter at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
@DangerousProto was the #1 Tweeter at Bay Area Maker Faire. We tweeted over 50 pictures during the trip. Be sure to follow us for the latest geekery, we’ll be using it a lot more in the future. Congratulations to T-Mobile for making a cell service that doesn’t suck, we used a $3/day unlimited “4G” plan […]
HOW-TO VIDEO #23: Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
Experience the Bay Area Maker Faire from the perspective of a presenter. Veteran Makers talk about their projects, and give advice on preparing for your first Maker Faire. We also take you inside the ‘exclusive’ maker-only pre and post parties. You’ve never seen a Maker Faire video like this. Don’t miss last week’s video with […]
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 afterparty
Having a great time at the Bay Area Maker Faire afterparty
Bay Area Maker Fair 2012: Dangerous Prototypes is the recipient of an Editor’s Choice booth award!
The Dangerous Prototypes booth is a 2012 Editor’s Choice recipient! Congratulations to Skot who is almost certainly responsible for this with his blingy Digit Grid. After we show off the ribbon in a workshop video we’ll sent it to Skot. This is our third year sharing or winning the Editor’s Choice award. It’s not quite […]
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Weird Stuff
Some weird stuff we liked at this years Bay Area Maker Faire, like the life-size comic book pictured above. More weird stuff below the fold.
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Robots!
There were lots of awesome robot projects at this years Bay Area Maker Fair. Check out the pics below the fold.
Getting around at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
Here are a few pics of the Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 grounds. More pictures below the fold.
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Preview of booths and exhibits
Here is a short preview of some booths and exhibits we visited at the Bay Area Maker Faire. More below the fold.
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: ‘Get your stuff made’ presentation
Great turnout for the Get Your Stuff Made presentation! Ian talked about the ways open source is currently manufactured, and outlined the package we send to Seeed Studio to start a new project. Power Point Open Office PDF
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 preview
Starting to get busy at the Dangerous Prototypes booth! For live updates from the Bay Area Maker Faire check out our Twitter feed. More pictures below
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Setup
Here are some pics we took while setting up at the Bay Area Maker Faire. If you are visiting, be sure to say hi at our booth (#2). For live updates from the Maker Fair check out our Twitter feed. More photos below the fold.
Dangerous Taco Crawl pics
Thursday before Maker Faire is the Dangerous Taco Crawl through the Mission District, starting at the Noisebridge hackerspace. Many will start. Not all will finish. Huge thanks to Zach, Jaren, Vin, Fin, Kieth, Josh, John, Louis, Chris, and Jeff. Twelve hackers conquered the taco crawl in 2012. Saturday starts MF2012. These pictures came from the […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #22: How we prepare for the Bay Area Maker Faire
This week we are visiting the Bay Area Maker Faire, so here is a video to explain how we prepare for Maker Faires. You can also check out our Maker Faire tips post, or the wiki version. We’ll have regular updates form the Faire on our blog, and Twitter feed. Stuff to bring to a […]
HOW-TO: Visit Bay Area Maker Faire
We are off to the Bay Area Maker Faire, and we’d like to share some of the tips we picked up on our previous visit there. Below are our tips for both visitors, and participants. If you are in the area be sure to drop by.
Bay Area Maker Faire May 19th & 20th, taco crawl, free tickets
We’ll be at the Bay Area Maker Faire on the 19th, and 20th of May this year. This is the big one and it’s a ton of fun. If you’re there please drop by and say hi. On the blog we’ll have our usual Maker Faire coverage and a Maker Faire how-to video. Make gave […]