Maker Faire

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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From Robots to Fire-Breathing Dragons: Maker Faire Long Island Lights Up Stonybrook on September 14th!

FACEBOOK I INSTAGRAM I MASTODON I WEBSITE On September 14, 2025, more than 100 makers will gather at Stony Brook University to inspire families, students, and innovators with hands-on exhibits, performances, and cutting-edge tech. This year’s event is bigger than ever, coinciding with the Explorium’s 20th anniversary and promising a day filled with invention, creativity, and family fun. Thousands of visitors from across the tri-state areawill gather to explore more than 100 exhibits, performances, and...

August 29, 2025Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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Penrose Tile Wall Really Tiles the Room Together

This article appeared in Make: Vol 92. Subscribe for more great projects. If you’ve ever watched the Times Square Ball drop on New Year’s Eve with its many LED lights and patterns, you’ve seen the work of Chuck Sommerville, a longtime game designer and LED artist based in Folsom, California. His Penrose Tile Wall is accessible throughout the year, and has exhibited at Burning Man and last year at Maker Faire Bay Area. Measuring 18×9 feet,...

August 28, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Ideas Dance At Maker Faire Hannover 2025

INSTAGRAM I YOUTUBE I FACEBOOK I WEBSITE Over 1,000 makers will showcase their creative projects across more than 230 booths, transforming the Hannover Congress Centrum into a playground for tech, tinkering, and imagination. From 3D printing and robotics to laser cutting, microcontrollers, AI, and sustainable tech—every corner of the maker movement is represented. Many exhibitors are driven by pure passion, while others use the Faire as a launchpad for startups. Open-source thinking and collaborative learning...

July 30, 2025Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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Sound Foraging with Dogbotic

Sound design is a wizardry that goes unnoticed even though it surrounds us. It’s also more bonkers than I imagined. This talk by Kirk Pearson starts with “How to make a T. Rex sound in three relatively achievable steps,” and goes wilder from there. It finally answers the mysteries of where the goriest sound effects come from. Dogbotic is one of North America’s premiere audio studios — composing for animation, film, installation, theater, podcast, games, web, radio, and every other...

July 15, 2025Uncategorized, , , 0 Comments
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French Makers Are Celebrating This Weekend!

Today and through the weekend makers, innovators, and creatives of all ages will have the opportunity to show off their skills and learn new ones–not only at Maker Faire Lille, the country’s flagship event, and Maker Faire Lens (also in Northern France), but at over 100 “mini” events across France and as far away as Corsica. Since 2016, Maker Faires in France have been co-developed with Leroy Merlin. Each edition highlights innovative projects by craftspeople and connects communities to encourage...

June 13, 2025Uncategorized, , , , 0 Comments
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Maker Faire Cairo at 10: How Egypt’s Maker Movement is Connecting the Dots—and the Future

INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I WEBSITE I YOUTUBE Ten years ago, Maker Faire Cairo lit a spark in the heart of downtown—a bold introduction to a region ready to build, hack, craft, and dream. In 2025, that spark became something more: a platform. A two-day celebration that rewired how a maker event could feel, flow, and connect. With a reimagined format, deeply local roots, and global voices on the ground, Maker Faire Cairo’s 10th edition wasn’t...

June 10, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Celebrating Eight Years Of Making in Prague!

When Maker Faire Prague started in 2018, it was clear that both its producers from Prusa Lab and the people of the Czech Republic had a strong sense of what “being a maker” was all about. From craft to tech and back again the events across the Czechia have something by and for everyone — seamlessly balancing a notable technical acumen with a history of craft, delivering a good time through a cultivated sense of stagecraft and street theater,...

May 10, 2025Uncategorized, , 0 Comments
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