A panoramic view of Maker Faire Bay Area from within one of Rob Bell’s zomes. I have been to World Maker Faire and Maker Faire Bay Area several times as both an attendee and as a maker, but this is the first time I’ve been here to absorb the work of others as an online [...]

Adam Savage entered the San Mateo County Fairgrounds riding a steampunk submarine on Sunday. (Gregory Hayes/MAKE) MythBuster and über-maker Adam Savage entered the San Mateo County Fairgrounds riding a steampunk submarine for Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 this morning, and then from his perch in the conning tower imparted his message to thousands of DIY [...]

The second and final day of Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 has come and gone. It was a beautiful day. It was a beautiful weekend. Thanks to all the beautiful people who helped make it happen. Here are just a few of our favorite shots from the event: Doors about to open.   The gates [...]

Got a passion project and want to build a team around it? Start in your makerspace! Dr. David Crawley desperately wanted to hack robots and build a useful platform, not an inexpensive toy that couldn’t do anything or a useful robot that few could afford. He wanted his to be inexpensive and capable. To pull this [...]

Julie Steele, Alasdair Allan, Rob Faludi and Kipp Bradford. Last October, a few of us were at the O’Reilly Strata conference in New York building a distributed sensor network — 40 bundles of sensors scattered around the conference venue, measuring and quantifying the environment, all connected together by a Digi XBee-based mesh network. Coming out of a conversation [...]

Nothing fuels the projects of MAKE:SF better than LEDs. Among the makerspaces represented in Expo Hall at Maker Faire this weekend is one which offers regular meetings, cheap dues, great venues, and no lease commitments. That’s the formula for MAKE:SF which holds regular meetups at hosting business locations. The cost to join this makerspace is [...]

MakerBot and Autodesk, who are sharing a booth this weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013, just announced a partnership deal involving the Replicator 2 and Autodesk’s 123D suite. Folks who purchase subscriptions to Autodesk’s 123D tools get a discount towards the purchase of a Rep2, and Autodesk has become an authorized reseller of the [...]

Marek from BeatBots with a Keepon Pro Dr. Marek Michalowski co-founded BeatBots with Dr. Hideki Kozima in 2007. Their creation, the Keepon Pro, is used as a therapeutic tool for interaction with children with autism and other developmental disorders. A therapist remotely controls the cute and non-imposing robot and can view and record the child’s responses via the Keepon [...]

Marek from BeatBots with a Keepon Pro Dr. Marek Michalowski co-founded BeatBots with Dr. Hideki Kozima in 2007. Their creation, the Keepon Pro, is used as a therapeutic tool for interaction with children with autism and other developmental disorders. A therapist remotely controls the cute and non-imposing robot and can view and record the child’s responses via the Keepon [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNK8FCGnc3sfeature=youtu.be Today at Maker Faire, ArcAttack’s Steve Ward showed me why he comes to Maker Faire: to make lightning! Article source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/makezineonline/~3/e-PkcT-4OoY/

A bike with a back wheel that steers. A bike with a milk-crate sidecar. A bike with a second seat on the handlebars. An impossible-to-ride bike that turns in the opposite direction it’s steered. These are just a few of the custom made bikes that our friends at Cyclecide Bike Rodeo have been bringing to [...]

The first day of Maker Faire opened Saturday with an exuberant crowd of tinkerers, experimentalists, artists, hobbyists, and of course, makers. Here’s a look: Musical Tire Swing This interactive swing plays soundtracks and musical beats. depending on the rider’s acceleration and rotation. (Gunther Kirsch/MAKE) Motorized Recliner Cruising in comfort. (Gunther Kirsch/MAKE) Glow Cathedral The Glow [...]