Last weekend, Maker Faire, the world’s largest DIY festival, took place down in San Mateo. I only had an afternoon to wander around, and there was a lot to see! Here’s my personal and definitely non-exhaustive list of links to some of the exhibits there. Some may be familiar, others hopefully new and inspiring. Check it out if you’re into making and playing with things that have lots of blinking lights and such:
Buy + Make + Sell:
Tools and workshops:
- http://techshop.ws
- http://rentalic.com
- https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge
- http://hackerspaces.org
- http://metalab.at
- http://www.sawdustshop.com
Materials:
- http://www.onlinemetals.com
- http://www.sparkfun.com
- http://www.elementalled.com
- http://www.makershed.com
- http://www.arduino.cc
Kits:
- http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=mkca1
- http://www.makershed.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=gakken
- http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKQT1
Geek Toys:
Art / Design / Tech Projects:
- http://www.taomc.com/educational_uses/teaching_machines/eggbot.html
- http://wiki.orbswarm.com
- http://www.nemomatic.com/nemomatic/home.html
- http://appliedkineticarts.wordpress.com
- http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/drawdio
- http://squareconnect.com
- http://trackmate.sourceforge.net
- http://labs.moto.com
- http://www.gridbeamers.com
How-tos:
Inspiration:
