A lot of prominent hackerspaces were represented at this year’s Maker’s Faire, including Noisebridge from San Francisco and CrashSpace from LA. Day 2 also included an inspirational panel discussion on the importance and future of hackerspaces, featuring Jimmy Rogers of Artisan’s Asylum (Boston), Jordan Bunker of Pumping Station 1 (Chicago), and Mitch Altman of Noisebridge, […]
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Maker Faire Day 2: Getting around
The first day of walking around at the Maker Faire left us with pretty tired feet. See how some other Makers tried to solve the problem. More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire Day 2: Celebrity sightings
A few of the celebrity attendees at the Maker’s Faire, including Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs getting struck by lightining, Mythbuster Adam Savage, and The Woz. More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire Day 2: Exhibits and booths
Here are some of the most popular and/or memorable booths and exhibits of the day, featuring some LED fashion, a Foodies Corner, and some of the most well-known participants. More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire Day 2: Seeed booth
Here are some highlights of Day 2 at the Seeed Booth, closeups of our demos, and the crazy, free-for-all raffle at the end of the day. More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire Day 1: Booths, Panels and Exhibits
The first day of Maker Faire had some great exhibits that really embodied the educational and creative spirit of the event. And some were just plain fun. Here are some of the highlights, including the Coke Zero & Mentos fountain, the Life Size Mousetrap, a cooperative Pac Man game, a MacGuyver class, and a really […]
Maker Faire Day 1: Robots and Art
The first day of Maker Faire was teeming with all kinds of robotic creatures and amazing interactive art installations. Here are some of our favorites, including the famous Cupcake Cars, the Electric Giraffe, a giant TapLight message board, and a head in a jar (a la Futurama) More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire Day 1: The Seeed Booth
We had a great first day at the Maker Faire! Thanks again to Seeed for inviting us to join their expo booth. More photos below the fold.
Maker Faire 2011: Dangerous DSO
Dangerous DSO is a new logic analyzer/oscilloscope prototype we’ve been using in the lab. It combines a 16 channel logic analyzer with one 50MHz oscilloscope channel with +/-10volt DC range. The combined tool shows what your signal does between 0 and 1, which helps pinpoint noise and other electrical glitches.
Maker Faire 2011: USB Infrared Toy v2
This is an easy one. One click start’s Jawi’s impressive OLS client and anyone can point, shoot, and visualize a remote control signal. A more indepth demo could clone a signal and play it back to a second IR Toy.
Maker Faire 2011: Bus Pirate demo board
We have a demo board for the Bus Pirate, a bunch of different parts that are easy to explore. It’s simple to demo an EEPROM write/read, etc, but it might be too involved for a hands-on display. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Maker Faire 2011: Logic Sniffer
Connect an OLS to a device and record the output. Jawi’s OLS client is intuitive and easy to use.
Maker Faire Setup
San Mateo Fairgrounds are buzzing tonight with the preparations for the Bay Area Maker Faire. Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek at the setup and festivities, including booths from some of our favorite sites, interesting vehicles and creatures on display, and one exceptionally large batch of paella. More photos below the fold.
Pre-Faire SanFran Taco Crawl
We have a real passion for good Mexican food. Before the beginning of Maker Faire we took it upon ourselves to sample as many different tacos as possible from SF’s famous Mission District taquerias. We started at 16th and Mission, walked to 24th and all the way down. We also had our first celebrity citing […]
Week in (p)review: May 20, 2011
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: Updated downloads for the Logic Shrimp, LCD Backpack FT232 Universal and LCD Backpack Nokia color USB IR Toy v2 free PCB build Bus Pirate […]
Maker Faire 2011: Hands-on DIY festival
The internet situation pre-Maker Faire Bay Area has been pretty bad. Worse than bad. Today we’re in the conference hotel though, and there’s wired and wireless internet aplenty. If you’re going to Maker Faire please stop by the Seeed Studio booth and say hi, we’re right next to the central Maker stage in the main […]
Maker Faire 2011: Your help needed
Maker Faire is the World’s largest hands-on DIY festival. We’ll be at the Bay Area fair later this month, along with the Gadget Factory and other makers, in the Seeed Studio booth. Flights are booked, hotels reserved, and new business cards just arrived. Stop by to mess with a Bus Pirate, IR Toy, or Logic […]