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Meet Your Favorite Youtube Makers At Maker Faire

Maker Faire has always been a place where you could rub shoulders with the brightest and most creative people in the community. Sometimes we also got a chance to hang out with those personalities that we watch daily on youtube or instagram. Over the past couple years, we’ve been helping […]

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Maker Spotlight: Future Food With Chiara Cecchini

Name: Chiara Cecchini What is your background? How did you end up focusing on food? I studied international management at ICN Business School in France and than Management at MGIMO University in Moscow. I was really fascinated by the process of taking an idea to a prototype and then a […]

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STEAM Fems Shine at Cranberry Mini Maker Faire

Saturday May 11th will be the day we all get to witness the first Cranberry Township Mini Maker Faire.  In one of the fastest growing regions with in Pennsylvania, with a booming STEAM culture, women are taking center stage this coming weekend. Here are our top 6 you won’t want […]

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Submarines For the Rest of Us: Personal Submersibles Coming to Maker Faire Bay Area

The Community Submersibles Project is a 300-member strong collective of submersible enthusiasts in Berkeley, CA. Led by Shanee Stopnitzky, a marine scientist, and Alessandra Nölting, a self-taught maker and hardware enthusiast, and a crew of makers, mechanics, fabricators, and dreamers dedicated to making ocean exploration accessible. We are modernizing two […]

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The Amazing Seebeck Generator

With no moving parts, this simple energy-recycling generator scavenges waste heat from a candle and turns it into usable electricity.

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May the Fourth Be with You!

Lightsaber battles, R2 replicas, Jedi training, and Mandalorian Mercs!

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Maker Spotlight: Peter Rifken

Name: Peter Rifken Location: Boston, MA Day Job: Software Solutions Engineer at Quick Base Makerspace: While not currently affiliated, I have been a member of, taken, and taught a few courses at the Artisan’s Asylum in Somerville, MA. Editor note: this Maker Spotlight is part of a Quick Base and […]

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Explore The Circular Economy With The Torino Mini Maker Faire

  Torino Mini Maker Faire is coming this weekend with its 6th edition. This year’s Mini Maker Faire is going to celebrate the makers’ DIY culture as always, but also reflect on ethical and environmental issues, with a focus on circular economy. On Saturday, May 4th it will host the […]

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Build an Easy ISS Notifier

Fly an astronaut flag every time the space station passes over your home.

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Be a Part of this Massive Interactive Diorama Celebrating Elon Musk

Elon Musk is the world’s top maker — no contest — and his goal is to save the Earth from global warming. To celebrate that, I’m building a giant diorama of Elon Musk’s spaceships, Tesla cars, Hyperloop transportation, Solar City energy, Paypal, Boring company, a colony on Mars, electric aircraft […]

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