Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Makers Faire 2011

hkparker - 27-12-2010 at 15:01

Hey everyone!

Im not sure who's familiar with Make Magazine, but its a quarterly magazine about building things at home, mostly in the fields of mechanics, physics, and electronics. Its pretty popular, and every year in California they hold a two day convention called Makers Faire. People go to watch Makers Faire or can sign up for free to get a table in the expo hall and exhibit something. Last year I went to watch and saw a lot of cool stuff, from rocketry to robotics and more.

Next year I will be doing an exhibit on home chemistry. I talked to Polverone and he said it would be ok for me to represent sciencemadness. So my question is is anyone else interested in going and exhibiting with me, or any older member interested in representing sciencemadness as well? Let me know and I can provide more information, this is mostly for people on the western united states though, not too many people come from very far away.

Hayden

crazyboy - 27-12-2010 at 16:01

Where in California is it? It's a big state.

hkparker - 27-12-2010 at 16:03

Fairgrounds, in the bay area

mr.crow - 27-12-2010 at 17:25

That would be cool, they had something like that in 2008 Youtube.

What are you going to be doing there?

hkparker - 27-12-2010 at 17:33

Ill probably make some fliers about home chemistry, talk about it, and every half an hour do some simple demo (silane, something colorful or bright). That's all I have planned for now

franklyn - 30-12-2010 at 23:37

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9527#p...

DougTheMapper - 31-12-2010 at 05:26

I went to that last time it came to Detroit in 2010. Too bad it's so far away!

hkparker - 28-2-2011 at 19:40

Update for those still interested:

Filled out the form, i'll find out if its approved on the 17th. Still looking for someone who can help out on May 21st, 22nd, or both (assuming its approved).

MrHomeScientist - 8-3-2011 at 12:44

Man I'd like to go, but I'm all the way over in FL (as you know) so I don't think I could make it work :( If there's anything I can help with from this end let me know!

aonomus - 8-3-2011 at 14:31

There is a mini makerfaire in Toronto, I'm going.

hkparker - 8-3-2011 at 15:47

@MrHomeScientist If you could afford to make it out here that would be awesome, though its kinda a long way...

@aonomus you should, if its like what we have in California its pretty cool!

hkparker - 12-4-2011 at 16:19

Ok, its officially happening. I need some help here!!

Magpie - 12-4-2011 at 18:35

Quote: Originally posted by hkparker  
Ok, its officially happening. I need some help here!!


I hope you are not being deluged by 14-year old kewls! :D

hkparker - 12-4-2011 at 18:39

Quote: Originally posted by Magpie  
I hope you are not being deluged by 14-year old kewls! :D


Ohh yea... me too!

I need at least two people there (myself being one) so one of us can man the booth while the other tours the fair.

Arthur Dent - 13-4-2011 at 09:24

Don't forget to take pictures of your booth and other interesting exhibitors!
- Robert

hkparker - 13-4-2011 at 09:52

Of course :D! Ill hopefully be taking a lot of footage on it and doing a video on it.

hkparker - 29-5-2011 at 17:15

SciMad won't let me embed it for some reason. Here is some footage from the trip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hp8yJTNcvQ

Magpie - 29-5-2011 at 21:29

Looks like a fun time. The participants and audience seemed sophisticated, ie, not the usual circus crowd. Hope I can make it sometime. Thanks for sharing your video.

Arthur Dent - 30-5-2011 at 09:07

Holy crap! Now THAT'S a makers faire!
Damn shame there isn't anything remotely as cool as this in my area!

Looks like you had a heck of a great time!

Robert

hkparker - 30-5-2011 at 10:36

@Magpie They really were, virtually no "ya gunna make some meth?!?!?" jokes! No but seriously, I met a lot of really cool and educated people there, I recommend going.

@Arthur Dent Yea, it was huge! and I had a great time.

Jor - 30-5-2011 at 14:33

Really cool! Great you did that. You have chosen some nice interesting experiments as well. These kind of actions make people understand the hobby! :)

aonomus - 30-5-2011 at 22:47

A video I put together of the mini maker faire in Toronto a few weeks ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A8aifJ_-9Y

Small by comparison, but still fun.

Arthur Dent - 31-5-2011 at 04:21

Wow. Another nice faire! Got a schedule of the next one?
- Robert

mr.crow - 31-5-2011 at 05:50

I did my own science demo in Toronto that day for the University but it was no where near as popular :( It was busy but no one went into my area. Ended up doing the bluebottle, haha. The kids liked shaking it.

hkparker - 31-5-2011 at 16:18

Thank you Jor, I think it generated a lot of interest as well.

@Anonomus I saw your video, looked like a lot of fun.

@Arthur Dent Im not sure when makerfaire 2012 will be but about the same time next year. Its annual in the bay area.

@mr. crow haha that is funny we end up doing the same one...