The 2nd Annual World Maker Faire at The New York Hall of Science, Sept 17 & 18, 2011.
It's all starting to take shape for tomorrow's East Bay Faire. Exciting! Webpage. Facebook page.
My closing moment of World Maker Faire 2011 took place inside of Braindrop, a reflective sculpture by Kate Raudenbush. I took this photo looking up at its chandelier. A perfect moment to remember a great event, and BrainDrop is the perfect word to recall it.
Thanks to all the makers who created this Maker Faire with us. Thanks to the awesome Maker Faire crew who work behind the scenes to create a smooth, supportive and safe event. Thanks to all who came to enjoy Maker Faire this weekend. It was so great to see Maker Faire draw from all New York. I had to keep myself from asking people how they heard about Maker Faire. Everyone seemed so happy and so many makers were talking about all the interactions that they had with kids.
I hope everyone is inspired to keep learning to do and make new things until we do Maker Faire again next year.
Protei is a small drone sailboat designed to drag long, flexible oil-absorbent booms (e.g. VandoClean 6018-b polypropylene) downwind from marine oil spills in order to mop them up. Dragging a long tail renders boat rudders less effective, so Protei's entire flexible foam hull curves left and right as the boat tacks back and forth upwind, enabling it to snake across the spill area and capture the spill.
So far, all Protei prototypes (shown here is the 2nd of 6) are controlled remotely, but future versions of the Arduino microcontroller-controlled boat will sense when they are on a slick vs when they are in clear water, and be able navigate the cleanup autonomously. Protei.org
Bill Shannon grew up relying on crutches to help him get around. A born mover, Bill figured new gaits and fabricated custom crutches to go faster and with more style. Human+
Massimo Banzi and Tom Igoe filled the Make: Live tent with their invitation to ask any question under the sun about Arduino.
Randy Geile has developed several open designs for wheelchairs that can be made inexpensively using standard bike parts, lumber, and other materials that are common wherever people live.
The indoor recliner shown here has surprisingly comfortable cushions made from plastic water bottles and sewn t-shirt material. Other models are designed to run on dirt, grass, and even sand.
TinkerCAD is a free and easy-to-use modeling app that runs in your browser and lets you draw 3D forms using blocks, cylinders, and other simple solids (they work either additively or subtractively). With a single click, you can then export your design as an STL file for rendering by a 3D printer, or else send it to a commercial 3D printing service (Shapeways or i.materialize) for them to print and ship to you.
Next on the feature development queue are the ability to import designs, a sphere-shaped drawing tool, and the ability to create text.
