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Videos from Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2012

Over 2,800 people participated in the workshops, interactive exhibits and presentations at Seattle Mini Maker Faire on June 2nd and 3rd at the Seattle Center.  We hope you were inspired to make stuff, to join a local maker space, or take apart your old printer and tinker with the components.  We gathered links to some videos to further inspire your creativity and kindle your desire to do something that requires safety goggles.

Here’s a little interview with me, Christin Boyd, at the faire and showing how we made Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2012.  Filmed and edited by Howard Gutknecht.

 

Technology with Intent crafted this short video showing artistic glimpses at some of the most visual and kinetic activities at Seattle Mini Maker Faire:

3D Video of Seattle Mini Maker Faire

Make Something

Oak Harbor High School RoboticsWe hope you enjoyed meeting the makers at the faire. You can take a class, rent awesome tools, attend a lecture, or join one of the maker groups who exhibited at Seattle Mini Maker Faire.  You can contact the makers through the their websites, which are listed on our Makers page.

Your kids can join a FIRST team, the Geek Scouts, or the Science Squad. We had two FIRST Robotics teams at Seattle Mini Maker Faire, Oak Harbor Robotics Club (pictured here) and Team XBot.

It’s hard to justify buying a laser cutter, or building your own metal foundry, so why not rent the workshop space and take a class from a pro at All Metal Arts, Metrix Create: Space, or Pratt Fine Arts Center?

Don’t you NEED a pair of metal wings like the ones from All Metal Arts (pictured below)?

Make something.  You’ll be glad you did.

-Christin Boyd, Producer, Seattle Mini Maker Faire

Cutting-edge 3D printing in Seattle

Meet the engineering students of WOOF at Seattle Mini Maker Faire!  The Washington Open Object Fabricators (WOOF) is a collaborative and cross-disciplinary group of the University of Washington’s finest engineering students who are dedicated to the advancement of 3D printing technology. Their primary focus is to educate the UW community on additive manufacturing and leverage the collective knowledge of the student body to develop and use 3D printing for the creative, economic, and social benefit of all.

3D printer at UW

Accessibility to 3D printing at the individual-level will lower barriers to innovation and ultimately change the way people live, work, and create. 3D printing means faster prototyping, unbounded creativity, reduced carbon footprint, and a world where people have greater accessibility to the products they need. At our booth, we will showcase hardware innovations that reflect this vision. Imagine a portable 3D printer that is the size of toaster. Or imagine a 3D printer that can fabricate edible and delectable frosted treats. You are likely to see these innovations and more at Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2012.    Continue reading

Presentation Schedule for Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2012

You can also find the list of Makers and Workshops on the Makers page.

Saturday June 2, 2012

Start End Title Speaker
10:10 10:30
Unwise Microwave Oven Experiments
Bill Beaty
10:40 11:05
Mind-Controlled Robots
Joshua Madara
11:10 11:40
Citizens in Space
Edward Wright
11:50 12:30
Electronic Cloud Chamber (Radioactivity!) and Arduino Laser Show
Rich Olson
12:40 12:50
Holofunk
Rob Jellinghaus
12:55 13:25
Hazard Factory
Rusty Oliver
1:35 1:50
Folk Art painting on recycled objects
Ruth Moen
1:55 2:25
Computer Security 101, with Alice & Bob
Jerry Whiting
2:35 3:35
Thought 2 Thing in an Hour or Less – 3d Design and Print Workshop
Larry James
3:45 4:15
The Tesla Gun
Rob Flickenger
4:20 5:00
Resurrecting old computers
Jerry Whiting

Sunday June 3, 2012

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