World Maker Faire 2015 – Costumes and cardboard
Costumes Quite a few people had dressed up for the Maker Faire. There were of course a number of boiler suits but there were also some more elaborate costumes. The life sized Mouse Trap crew were dressed in full vaudeville
Posted in: Exhibition
Materials: Cardboard
Tags: cardboard, Costumes, WMF2015
World Maker Faire 2015 – Robots
“This way to robots”, “The robots are coming” said the signs. As well as the giant Robot Resurrection, there were lots of other robots at the faire. Some were the final project, some were to demonstrate some electronics and some
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Tags: robots, WMF2015
World Maker Faire 2015 – Magic, Music and Mechanisms
Magic Some might argue that all the exhibits at the Maker Faire were magical but there were some specific items that were brought in by professional magicians One of the people I was really looking forward to meet at the
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: animatronics, maker faire, WMF2015
World Maker Faire 2015 – Vehicles
The faire was on a big site so I could have done with some transport to get around. There were many people who obviously thought the same as they brought their vehicle projects with them. Jet Powered Go Kart Christopher
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: Bicycle, Electric Vehicles, maker faire, WMF2015
World Maker Faire 2015 – Metalwork
A lot of the things on show at the Maker Faire were what I’d call “Gadgets” they were mostly electronics with a simple mechanical aspect. However some of the things I was most interested in were those with more mechanical
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Tags: WMF2015
World Maker Faire 2015 – New York
Little did I expect when I submitted my proposal for a internet enabled weather house that 7 months later I’d be standing in line at the New York Science centre waiting to go into the World Maker Faire. I’d arrived
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: maker faire, New York, WMF2015
Workshopshed is going to New York Makers Faire
I’m happy to announce that my project was selected by the judges from Atmel and Element14 to be the winner of the Enchanted Objects Design Contest. The judges were impressed by the content you produced and how you blended mechanical
Posted in: Enchanted Cottage, Inspiration
Tags: WMF2015
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
