Maker Faire Rome

Meet Larry Bank: the performance whisperer making code faster and open source better

When we met Larry Bank at Maker Faire Rome 2025, we knew immediately that he was someone our community needed to hear from. Bank is what you might call a “perpetual optimist and inventor” – someone who not only sees problems but convinces people he can solve them, then does exactly that. His specialty? Code optimization. But Bank’s contributions to the open-source community go far beyond making software run faster. He’s spent years creating libraries, tools, and solutions that...

January 15, 2026Uncategorized, , , , 0 Comments
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Packing My Bags (and My Curiosity) for Maker Faire Rome

The day is finally here! I’m hitting the road with Editor-in-Chief Keith Hammond for Maker Faire Rome—an event I’ve wanted to attend for years. Why am I so excited? As content lead for Maker Faire Bay Area, I am always on the lookout for new makers and community connections. It’s Maker Faire’s landmark European event, and I can’t wait to see how they do it. Frankly, everyone loves it! I’ve done my homework with the map and exhibitor...

October 15, 2025Uncategorized, 0 Comments
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Meet Arduino – and UNO Q! – at Maker Faire Rome

From October 17th to 19th, the Gazometro Ostiense in Rome will once again become a playground for innovation as Maker Faire Rome returns to celebrate the brilliant minds turning ideas into reality. As a Gold Partner, we’ll be there with our biggest booth ever in Hall 41, bringing together people, projects, and a whole lot of creative energy. Maker Faire Rome has always been close to our hearts – it’s where ideas meet hands-on experimentation, and where we...

October 14, 2025Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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Maker Faire Rome 2025 Turns Innovation Into a Contact Sport

The global stage for human-centered innovation returns 17–19 October

Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition, promoted and organized by the Rome Chamber of Commerce (a public body in Italy), returns 17–19 October with a human-centered, hands-on program that turns the city into a living lab where technology is built, tested and rebuilt in public. The 2025 edition features more than 380 projects from over 30 countries across robotics, IoT, digital fabrication, accessibility, sustainability and next-gen computing. Attendance...

October 3, 2025Uncategorized, , 0 Comments
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The Technological Humanism of Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition

Maker Faire Rome takes place October 17-19 this year and we’re stoked! The biggest Maker Faire in Europe, it’s a mind-blowing extravaganza of creativity and technology, featuring hundreds of amazing indie makers, smart startup ideas, favorite vendors like Arduino and Raspberry Pi, young engineers from universities all over Italy and Europe, and a heightened sense of art, style, and storytelling. I was lucky to attend for the first time last year with my co-editor David Groom, and it took...

September 4, 2025Uncategorized, 0 Comments
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makeITcircular 2025 Is Open: Calling All Real-World Circular Economy Projects!

Are you looking to find green solutions to age old or modern problems? Are you invested in designing for the circular economy? If so, Maker Faire Rome has a contest for you! The #MFR makeITcircular contest is dedicated to tangible solutions for the circular economy. Now in its sixth edition, the initiative supports projects that embrace reuse, recycling, eco-design, and environmental sustainability — in full alignment with the Circular Consumption Charter. MakeITcircular is grounded in the Circular Consumption...

June 17, 2025Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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Calling All Makers to Maker Faire Rome 2025

Do you have a prototype, project or workshop? Come share it at one of the largest making, creativity, technology and innovation events in Europe hosted by Innova Camera and taking place in Rome’s historical Gozometro district on October 17-19th. Maker Faire Rome 2025 seeks original, sustainable and concrete projects. Who can join in ? Makers, innovators, startups, schools, universities and public research institutes are all welcome. Projects can be big or small or anywhere in between. Academic projects and applied...

May 19, 2025Uncategorized, 0 Comments
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