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when i was a young lad i was fortunate enough to grow up with a grandfather who was a tinkerer and i have many fond memories of strolling past his workbench with various things mechanical and electronic in various states of repair. he taught me the simple lesson that it was possible to take things apart and fix them and occasionally make them better, faster and stronger. this led to my notorious tendency to Take Things Apart and, later, wandering the aisles of radioshack contemplating what i could use to mod my "101 electronics" kit and what i could do if i got my hands on a heathkit HERO.
nowadays there's a whole maker subculture and make magazine for the young and young at heart who enjoy Making Things which, i imagine, would make my grandfather smile and i've been slowly introducing odin to the idea that he can Do. Make. Create.
in that spirit we gave odin a few syma s107 rc helicopters which can be had for cheap on amazon. their cheapness combined with the availability of replacement parts and the ability to easily take them apart has created the conditions necessary for a variety of s107 helicopter mods which i thought would be fun to explore.
but before we could get to modding them, sure enough, we broke the rotors and balance bars on two of them after heavy use and many crashes while learning fly them around the house.
so i ordered some parts and we set about figuring how take them apart and put them together again.
i have to say, it was great fun working together with odin to figure out how to take them apart and hear him say, "dude, no, i think we just need to take out these these screws to fix it."
of course, he was right, and in short order we were back to flying.
Maker Faire 2017 was bigger, louder and hotter than previous years. Many of the attractions were still the same, but they felt more grown up. I particularly enjoyed the illuminated art in the Dark Room, such as Peter Hudson’s 3D Stroboscopic Zoetrope. I also enjoyed all the ingenious robot exhbits and the Traveling Spectacular’s vaudeville performance
I gave a talk about our Maker Art classes on Sunday morning. We teach children to create magical worlds together, combining art, tech and storytelling. Our students get really engaged in the process, which helps them develop their creative, problem-solving and social skills.
The presentation was well received by a great group of teachers, parents and kids. I connected with several librarians and teachers interested in teaching Maker Art in their communities. And one mom reached out to me afterwards to say this was the best talk she heard this year.
Maker Faire remains the Mecca for Bay Area DIY hobbyists and it was well worth the trip for me. I made some good connections after my talk and learned more about robots for our next classes. Onwards!
See more photos in my Maker Faire album:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/sets/72157633515937533
Here’s more info about my Maker Art talk:
makerfaire.com/maker/entry/60448/
Here are the slides I showed in the talk:
bit.ly/maker-art-talk-may-2017
Learn more about our Maker Art classes:
fabriceflorin.com//teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about Tam Makers:
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Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The original Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2013 celebrated its eighth annual Bay Area event with some 900 makers and 120,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in four years to 600+ makers and 75,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Rome, Oslo, Tokyo, Newcastle (UK), and Shenzhen are the home of "featured" 2014 Maker Faires (200+ makers), and almost 100 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world, including right here in Portland.
Photo by Gia Goodrich
Family tree maker can help in keeping a track of genetic conditions running in families. goo.gl/xthhMZ
Detail of the maker's badge on the front of one of the vehicles. The provenance is a bit complicated, but Monotral was the trade name of the Italian company Viberti, whose monocoque bodywork was licence built in Spain using Pegaso running units.
Pegaso's history appears to be a patchwork of licensing arrangements with various other manufacturers in many countries, including Leyland. Pegaso built the Comet truck under licence. The engine in these buses is a Pegaso item, apparently, but the sound is not a million miles away from an 0.600.
Maker Faire UK, Life Science Centre, 25 - 26 April 2015 www.makerfaireuk.com
Photography by Richard Kenworthy
Electric Espresso Coffee Maker is the beautiful 6 Cup Electric Espresso Coffee Maker by Bene Casa now available for 40% off list price!
Make delicious espresso and coffee for half the price! Electric espresso makers are on the rise.
This finely crafted museum quality chair makers.
At Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers we make fine custom and reproduction furniture to order focusing on combining a meticulous attention to detail with the finest hardwoods available today. Visit our website for more information.
www.doucetteandwolfefurniture.com
www.doucetteandwolfefurniture.com/Chairs.html
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Maker’s Mark is the most well-known of the “wheater” bourbons — the others being the Old Fitzgerald, Weller, and Van Winkle lines. Wheated bourbons, where the 2nd grain (also called the “flavor grain”) is wheat instead of rye, are generally smoother and sweeter than their traditional rye-based brethren
Here is Claire's table set up for the 2013 Maker Faire www.clairesanders.net/2013/05/bazaar-bizarre-at-maker-fai...
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The original Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2013 celebrated its eighth annual Bay Area event with some 900 makers and 120,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in four years to 600+ makers and 75,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Rome, Oslo, Tokyo, Newcastle (UK), and Shenzhen are the home of "featured" 2014 Maker Faires (200+ makers), and almost 100 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world, including right here in Portland.
Photo by Gia Goodrich
Maker Faire Detroit 2013 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Sunday, July 28, 2013. Gary Malerba for The Henry Ford
This year's Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners from across the US attended the first-ever Maker Prom at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC on June 5th, 2014. Hive NYC organizations facilitated maker activities, including LED corsages, sonic portraits, and more. The event was also a lead-in to Mozilla's global Maker Party campaign.
Fat lady (phat mandee) singing from the bathtub of a life-sized mousetrap game. Anywhere but Maker Faire it would have seemed unusual.
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth—a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.
Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.
The original Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, CA and in 2013 celebrated its eighth annual Bay Area event with some 900 makers and 120,000 people in attendance. World Maker Faire New York, the other flagship event, has grown in four years to 600+ makers and 75,000 attendees. Detroit, Kansas City, Rome, Oslo, Tokyo, Newcastle (UK), and Shenzhen are the home of "featured" 2014 Maker Faires (200+ makers), and almost 100 community-driven, independently organized Mini Maker Faires are now being produced around the United States and the world, including right here in Portland.
Photo by Gia Goodrich
This year's Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners from across the US attended the first-ever Maker Prom at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC on June 5th, 2014. Hive NYC organizations facilitated maker activities, including LED corsages, sonic portraits, and more. The event was also a lead-in to Mozilla's global Maker Party campaign.