World Maker Faire 2011

ID: 1

Org: NYSCI

ID: 7115

First Name: Psytek

Description: When you put money into the slot it triggers the laser beam and that goes to the arduino then it signals an FRS radio call which is amplified with a built-in speaker.

Org: Alpha One Labs

ID: 7116

First Name: Psytek

Description: In its third stage of prototyping at Alpha One Labs, the flying saucer is nearing independent liftoff with an eight-winged pinwheel design, light polypropelene and 3000 rpms/volt electric motor.

Org: Alpha One Labs

ID: 7041

First Name: 0h10m1ke

Description: 100K Matchbooks is a mobile street art portrait project in which strangers become subjects and turn into collectors within 1 minute of engagement. Each portrait, penned on the inside of a matchbook, is serially numbered, signed and dated and given away.

ID: 7045

First Name: 0h10m1ke

Description: Comandante Zero is a Brooklyn-based drum/bass/laptop duo consisting of bassist/producer C0m1x (Dan Freeman) and hip hop drummer/producer Ken White who mix heavy live groove with a modern electro sound featuring a visual collaboration with artist 0h10M1ke

ID: 7078

First Name: Kaho

Last Name: Abe

Description: Hit Me! is a two player hyper-interactive, physical game that tests speed, agility and the ability to take good snapshots. Hit Me! untilizes technology to encourage face-to-face real-world interaction between players and also spectators.

Org: Eyebeam

ID: 6495

First Name: John

Last Name: Abella

Description: The 3D Printer Village is a group of DIY 3D Printer Enthusiasts from around the world that come together for Maker Faire to demonstrate what they're working on and to help expand public awareness.

ID: 6496

First Name: John

Last Name: Abella

Description: The MakerBot Cupcake CNC is the most commercially successful hobbyist 3D Printer. I'll be demonstrating a highly modified Cupcake built to address reliability and print-quality deficiencies.

ID: 6935

First Name: John

Last Name: Abella Sr.

Description: 3d Printing Village to demonstrate and explain the world of 3D Printing.

Org: Botbuilder.net

ID: 6858

First Name: Doctor

Last Name: Adventure!

Description: The NFW makes wearable gadgetry, Custom Prosthetics, designer Biotech devices and Party Armor; composite armor and armor systems for people engaged in extreme lifestyles. Welcome to the Future!

Org: The New Flesh Workshop

ID: 6802

First Name: Wiley

Last Name: Aker

Description: Eyebeam Art + Technology Center presents works by our current Fellows and Residents. Featured projects include: Kaho Abe's ""Hit Me"", Nova Jiang's ""Create-o-Matic"", Amelia Marzec's ""Signal Strength"" and Maria Michails' ""The Handcar Project"

Org: Eyebeam Art + Technology Center

ID: 6937

First Name: Alasdair

Last Name: Allan

Description: Demonstration of how to connect your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to the real world. Makes use of the Redpark Serial Cable for iOS and the Arduino, allowing you to make your iOS Device part of the Internet of Things.

Org: Babilim Light industries

ID: 6766

First Name: Laura

Last Name: Allen

Description: RoboFun offers exciting programming for children to build and learn about robotics using LEGO® MINDSTORMS®, design video games and gain hands-on technology experiences as they celebrate their creativity with leading-edge digital tools.

Org: RoboFun

ID: 6868

First Name: Laura

Last Name: Allen

Description: GreenFab is a program for youth that aims to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math skills through project-based classes on basic electronics, design and green technologies. Greenfab is a project of Vision Education and Media.

Org: Vision Education and Media

ID: 6874

First Name: Rick

Last Name: Anderson

Description: IEEE Rutgers motor shields, and prototyping boards combined to form a robot test platform. ChipKit UNO32, Chipkit max32 boards to power these robots that can be serial controlled, XBEE controlled, and autonomous line followers.

Org: Fair Use Building and Research Labs

ID: 6826

First Name: Kimberly

Last Name: Andrus

Description: We make and sell Open-Source RepRap 3D Printer Kits for the Home, Business or just DIY Enthusiasts. We offer laser-cut high density birch plywood designs as well printed parts style kits. We also offer parts and supplies to service and operate them

Org: TechZoneCommunications, LLC

ID: 7033

First Name: Tim Lillis &

Last Name: Andy Turley

Description: Discussion of making multi-player games that encourage players to collaborate. Audience members will also be given a chance to play games that illustrate the topics we will cover. Come for the learning, stay for the games!

Org: Narwhal Creative

ID: 6749

First Name: Matthew

Last Name: Arceri

Description: A mixture of salvaged and internet parts, the robot is a treaded vehicle capable of moderate speeds, high maneuverability and transmitting video at distances up to 2 kilometers.

ID: 6843

First Name: Alice

Last Name: Armstrong

Description: The Shippensburg University Women in Computer Science club bring you the WONDERFALL! Water drops through 16 programmable solenoid values in such a way that images form in the falling water. Bonus! It glows under black light.

Org: Shippensburg University Women in Computer Science club

ID: 6982

First Name: Shelby

Last Name: Arnold

Description: Pop-Up card Making Workshop in the Library on Sunday at 3:00 or 4:00 pm with Shelby Arnold.

ID: 6994

First Name: David

Last Name: Aronson

Description: ScreenThings is DIY AI. It inverts people’s realationship to the computer screen. Instead of you watching the screen, the screens are watching you! Thanks to Liana Rosario, Rachel Aronson, Hailey Aronson, and The Jacobs.

ID: 6829

First Name: Onyx

Last Name: Ashanti

Description: Onyx Ashanti is the creator of Beatjazz and the Beatjazz control system. an open source musical performance system that combines motion, Improvisation, beats and light into a never before realized form of artistic expression.

ID: 6813

First Name: Carlos

Last Name: Asmat

Description: Nao 1337 is one of the most advanced humanoid robots and is capable of accomplishing many tasks. Accompanied by Carlos Asmat, his programmer, the little humanoid will be making and selling hot dogs for all humans to enjoy. Come grab a robot-made hot dog!

Org: Carlitos' Contraptions

ID: 7049

First Name: Ed

Last Name: Baafi

Description: Modkit's mission is to democratize programming by creating tools that are visual, browser-based, fun, and social. Modkit works with popular Arduino boards and uses graphical command blocks designed in the style of the Scratch programming environment.

Org: Modkit

ID: 6972

First Name: Paul

Last Name: Badger

Description: Modern Device Microcontrollers and more

Org: Rhode Island School of Design

ID: 6849

First Name: Minu

Last Name: Bae

Description: The focus of this project looks into the versatile applications of today's gaming controller. The evolution of the controller has been undergoing many improvements for the gamer. The controller is no longer a simple device with limited functions.

Org: ITP, New York University

ID: 6815

First Name: Mustafa

Last Name: Bagdatli

Description: Tangible Lights encapsulates the idea of ""contact"" in the form of small, modular light objects. Made of plastic and LED's the small lights will act as modules which can be connected together.

Org: StudioView

ID: 6541

First Name: Breck

Last Name: Baldwin

Description: Come fly with the Brooklyn Aerodrome! We will be letting people fly remote control planes and will demonstrate how to build your own planes from scratch using foam board, clothes hangers and recycled signs.

Org: Brooklyn Aerodrome

ID: 7160

First Name: Massimo

Last Name: Banzi

Org: The Arduino Team

ID: 7153

First Name: Brett

Last Name: Bara

Description: Learn to sew a simple skirt, using straight seams only! In this demo you'll learn how to make a custom skirt to fit your own body measurements, and further customize it with fabric choices. From the new book Sewing in a Straight Line, by Brett Bara.

ID: 6902

First Name: Ronald

Last Name: Barnes

Description: The New England Society Of Information and Technology – collaborative learning in science and technology.

Org: The New England Society Of Information And Technology (NESIT)

ID: 7220

First Name: Jeff

Last Name: Barrus

Description: Tina Seamonster makes bags, t-shirts & magnets about how zombies are the worst knitters.

ID: 6913

First Name: Danielle

Last Name: Baskin

Description: These hand-painted helmets, either created custom to order or from Danielle's gallery, give bikers the option to transform their helmet into a mobile space to share images, turning function and fashion into possibility.

Org: Belle Helmets

ID: 7038

First Name: Ayah

Last Name: Bdeir

Description: littleBits is a growing library of circuit boards that snap together with tiny magnets! Crave creativity? Light it, push it, turn it, twist it, bend it, buzz it, blink it, shake it... Buy now at www.littleBits.cc

Org: littleBits

ID: 7043

First Name: Ayah

Last Name: Bdeir

Description: Open Source Hardware is hardware that is shared, copied and reproduced. In this talk, the founders of the Open Hardware Summit give a recap of a movement that will change the way the electronics industry functions forever.

Org: littleBits, Creative Commons, Eyebeam, Open Hardware Summit

ID: 7065

First Name: Ed

Last Name: Bear

Description: Save a FM radio transmitter! Unlock an obsolete iPod accessory and take home your own radio station.

Org: Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci

ID: 6966

First Name: Matthew

Last Name: Beckler

Description: Wayne and Layne, LLC makes open source hardware. Our kits come with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions and explanations of how the kit works. All the schematics, PCB artwork, and source code are provided under open licenses.

Org: Wayne and Layne, LLC

ID: 6482

First Name: John

Last Name: Belardo

Description: I have created sculptures that were designed on an auto-cad system and produced on a CNC laser cutter. The work is inspired by Bucky Fuller’s Geodesic Spheres. I alter the spheres to create unique designs.

ID: 6445

First Name: Tami Jo

Last Name: Benson

Description: Come see what you can create with just scissors, paper and glue! In just ten minutes, you will have a beautiful origami-style photo album. Pull up a chair and make something fun with us.

Org: Tami Jo Studios

ID: 6806

First Name: Matt

Last Name: Bergstrom

Description: Wurlington Press is the publisher of the popular Build Your Own New York papercraft miniatures of famous local landmarks. Each scale model comes complete on a postcard, which can be cut, folded, and glued into a tiny souvenir of a real place.

Org: Wurlington Press

ID: 7071

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Biondi

Org: School of Rock

ID: 6988

First Name: Sam

Last Name: Blanchard

Description: a matrix of ""vintage"" instant cameras simulataniously capture 20 separate images of a singular entity. The prints are stacked and riveted together to create a flipbook, a portable, analog, 3d animation, rendering a moment in time.

ID: 7061

First Name: Todd

Last Name: Blatt

Description: Come see the infamous 3D printed 'vibrating fractal cube' along with many other digitally fabricated items.

Org: Baltimore Node

ID: 7029

First Name: Matthieu

Last Name: Boardman

Description: In search of inspiration the Oracle has come back to relive and retell tales of our future past. Come join us as she reads science fiction stories starring and written by children for the enjoyment of all...and the salvation of humankind.

Org: Oconbi

ID: 6904

First Name: Matthew

Last Name: Borgatti

Description: The Anywhere Organ is an interactive musical sculpture in which each note is computer controlled. Its elements can be distributed across any space to capture its unique sound; anywhere from a park to a secret cave.

ID: 6448

First Name: Alec

Last Name: Bourque

Description: The Uzebox is an open source, retro-minimalist 8-bit game console made out of only two chips. Based on an AVR micro-controller, it's easy to build and already boasts over 60 games and demos made by an enthusiastic community!

Org: Uzebox

ID: 7096

First Name: Kipp

Last Name: Bradford

Description: ...

Org: Kippkitts & Make Magazine

ID: 7019

First Name: Graham

Last Name: Bredemeyer

Description: PYPline is a place for your Maker Community to connect with other maker communities to collaborate on ideas, projects, and events from anywhere in the world.

Org: PYPline

ID: 6712

First Name: Jenine

Last Name: Bressner

Description: Flameworking, lampworking, or torchworking glass is an affordable and portable practice for anyone who wants to try hot glass sculpture on a small scale. It's like drawing mid-air with molten glass!

Org: Jenine Bressner Fireworks!

ID: 6845

First Name: Jonah

Last Name: Brucker-Cohen

Description: The Scrapyard Challenge Workshops are intensive workshops held in over 14 countries, on 5 continents where participants build simple electronic projects with both digital and analog inputs out of found or discarded junk.

ID: 7095

First Name: Willow

Last Name: Brugh

Description: same

Org: School Factory

ID: 7097

First Name: Willow

Last Name: Brugh

Org: School Factory

ID: 6870

First Name: Brian

Last Name: Bryce

Description: Home automation using inexpensive embedded systems and an Android phone. Examples of controlling appliances as well as sensing.

Org: teho Labs

ID: 6430

First Name: Vladimir

Last Name: Bulatov

Description: All models were created through authentic computational design based on algorithms aims to generate objects according to the mathematical laws. 3D printing machine composes the piece from steel powder and infiltrated it with molten bronze.

Org: Metal Sculpture

ID: 6478

First Name: David

Last Name: Bustos

Description: Graves is a mexican quadruped robot totally designed by our robotics club, from the brackets which make up the body to the PCB where the circuits are that control the robot. To program the microcontroller we used the arduino software.

Org: ITESM SLP Robotics Club

ID: 6967

First Name: William

Last Name: Byrd

Description: Will has been using open source 3D printing to introduce Computer Science undergraduates to the joy of hardware hacking.

Org: Indiana University

ID: 6920

First Name: Karla

Last Name: Calderon

Description: This is a taste of NYSCI's current and forthcoming exhibitions, educational programming and our very own individual makers.

ID: 6929

First Name: Karla

Last Name: Calderon

Description: Want to wreck some stuff? Use different tools to crack open, take apart, and see the insides of computers, VCRs, radios and all kinds of electronics. For ages 6 and up.

ID: 6957

First Name: Karla

Last Name: Calderon

Description: Human+ Bill Shannon: http://www.whatiswhat.com/

ID: 6959

First Name: Karla

Last Name: Calderon

Description: Cognizant Maker Space coming this Winter 2011.

ID: 7075

First Name: Karla

Last Name: Calderon

Description: NYSCI Celebrates Hispanic Heritage. Preview traditional dances featured in NYSCI's upcoming celebration of Latin American cultural traditions and contributions to science.

ID: 7006

First Name: Michell

Last Name: Cardona

Description: In the wind is an exploration of the wind belt electric generator concept. It's an installation that generates its own power, flickering lights as wind blows through, it explores sustainable energy in a DIY manner.

ID: 7095

First Name: James

Last Name: Carlson

Description: same

Org: School Factory

ID: 6464

First Name: Richard

Last Name: Carter

Description: This award winning art car from Houston has 250 electromechanical singing fish and lobsters, 300 pounds of batteries, a Linux netbook to coordinate all the singers, and more than 5 miles of wire in the control system. ""Quiet please, this is serious."

Org: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir

ID: 7073

First Name: Sean

Last Name: Casey

Org: Giant Screen Films

ID: 6905

First Name: Marco Antonio

Last Name: Castro Cosio

Description: WHAT IS BUS ROOTS? Reconnecting urban communities with nature in a practical and playful way. Bus roots is a public and playful project that uses plants as a creative medium.

Org: Bus Roots

ID: 6808

First Name: Darlene

Last Name: Cavalier

Description: Discover Magazine and ScienceForCitizens.net invite you to: -Analyze a NY mastodon’s fossil matrix. -Measure how much of the sun’s energy reflects off Earth. (And, meet the Science Cheerleaders, procheerleading scientists.)

Org: Discover magazine and Science For Citizens

ID: 7037

First Name: Sam

Last Name: Cervantes

Description: I'd like to demonstrate a custom repstrap 3D printer that I've made.

Org: self

ID: 7139

First Name: Alvin

Last Name: Chang

Description: Swim Rehab is a program designed for rehabilitating stroke patients. Using the Microsoft Kinect, it asks users to use their hands to pop on-screen bubbles, which are arranged so that the patients perform correct movements.

Org: NYU ITP

ID: 7015

First Name: Ryo

Last Name: Chijiiwa

Description: The BootstrapSolar.com Solar Power Pack Kit features a 5W solar panel, 6Ah battery, and up to 1.5A USB output for powering phones, iPads, and other small devices. The kit was developed on a shoestring budget using tools and services familiar to Makers.

Org: BootstrapSolar.com

ID: 7135

First Name: All

Last Name: Chochinov

Description: Designers have been described as aestheticians, innovators, strategists, and design thinkers, increasingly moving them further away from their hands. How can design regain its handhold and how can new approaches to design education can help?

Org: SVA | Core77

ID: 6386

First Name: Lisa

Last Name: Chouinard

Description: Create a custom bar of glycerin soap in under an hour! Select the color, fragrance & toy that will go in your soap with our help! Great for kids!

Org: Feto Soap

ID: 7207

First Name: Courtney

Last Name: Church

Description: Baby Clothing, T-Shirts & Coffee Mugs themed on the Periodic Table of Elements

ID: 7121

First Name: Ariel

Last Name: Churi

Org: Sparkle Labs

ID: 6736

First Name: Karen

Last Name: Cintron

Description: Nazca Disco is an interactive, kinetic, light installation that immerses you in an energetic visual experience while providing a symbolic history of Peru. Nazca Disco invites you to stand at the podium, turn the crank, and witness history come alive.

Org: Nazca Disco

ID: 6698

First Name: Austin

Last Name: Cliffe

Description: Circuit bent rockers with a rigorous schedule of teaching learn to solder workshops and performing. They've rocked 25+ Hackerspaces & are makers of Creme DeMentia Bottle-Cap Contact Microphones and Bending Buddies available at getlofi.com/shop

Org: CMKT 4

ID: 6933

First Name: Gil

Last Name: Cnaan

Description: Dorian's Parlor Showcase

Org: Dorian's Parlor

ID: 7026

First Name: DEMONS

Last Name: Co-Heads

Description: Luke’s “Skywalker” is a therapeutic walker built by the Concord Academy inventing club, DEMONs, to help a two year-old with cerebral palsy learn to walk

Org: Concord Academy

ID: 6939

First Name: Peter

Last Name: Coe

Description: Lifted & Otherwise Modified Makerbot Cupcake

Org: Zydac

ID: 6691

First Name: Jocelyn

Last Name: Cohen

Description: The Sustainable Flatbush SunBike is a 100-watt solar-electric system with battery backup in a retrofitted cargo bike designed to meet street power needs. The SunBike also logs power, energy and weather data so we can study the solar resource.

Org: Sustainable Flatbush

ID: 6993

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Colombo

Description: How to turn HDPE recyclable plastic bags directly into solid plastic stock that can be used for maker projects. Demonstration of this process will result in a custom pickgurard for a Fender Stratocaster guitar.

Org: Push The Other Button

ID: 6869

First Name: Shane

Last Name: Colton

Description: tinyKart: An ultralight electric go-kart. Seg...stick: A minimalist self-balancing vehicle. Pneu Scooter: An electric kick-scooter with a custom-built hub motor. Twitch, Jr.: A linkage-drive omnidirectional robot. 4pcb: A circuit board-based quadrotor.

Org: MIT

ID: 7086

First Name: Mike

Last Name: Cook

Description: Arduino based Monomes and Games. 1) Hexome 2) Econo monome 3) Dice game 4) Sneak thief

Org: Grumpy Mike

ID: 6890

First Name: Keegan

Last Name: Cooke

Description: Microbes are everywhere. Harness their power with the MudWatt Microbial Fuel Cell Kit. Feed your MudWatt with mud and anything you find in your fridge. In time, an LED light will start flashing using the power generated by microbes in your soil!

Org: Keego Technologies

ID: 6924

First Name: Jennifer

Last Name: Correa

Description: Is it a solid, or is it a liquid? Sink your hands into oobleck as you learn about the practical applications of this non-Newtonian fluid or play a symphony of music on a keyboard to bring the oobleck monster to life!

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6925

First Name: Jennifer

Last Name: Correa

Description: Dive into this challenging hands-on activity, literally! Design submarines using ordinary materials. How can you change or improve the design to affect the way it performs in the water?

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6926

First Name: Jennifer

Last Name: Correa

Description: The Explainer TV video crew led by NYSCI Explainers will be covering Maker madness. Every hour they will download their footage and have it on display in its raw unedited form. Feel free to stop by and watch this footage so you wont miss a beat.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6941

First Name: Kristin

Last Name: Costa

Description: Unique costumes and accessories made from curious recycled artifacts that reform into fantastical and monstrous wearable art.

Org: Kristin Costa

ID: 6526

First Name: Forest

Last Name: Crossman

Description: "Cyrozap's Tech Projects"" is my blog in which I document my technological endeavors. A central part of my blog is my MakerBot CupCake CNC #117--it has provided me with tons of CNC and 3D rapid-prototyping experience.

Org: Cyrozap's Tech Projects

ID: 7002

First Name: Max

Last Name: D

Description: This audio visual performance device I developed thrives on simplicity, it is as simple as mechanically extended speakers and a laser. By modulating waveforms with PureData, organic shapes are produced.

Org: Les Laboratoires Foulab

ID: 7090

First Name: Francisco

Last Name: D'Souza

Description: This all-star panel will discuss the impact that Making can have on education and innovation in the US. Featuring Dale Dougherty (Make), Tom Kalil (Deputy Director, Whitehouse OSTP), Francisco D'Souza (Cognizant CEO), and Margaret Honey (NYSCI CEO)..

Org: Cognizant

ID: 6501

First Name: Don

Last Name: Dagen

Description: Know how to build with K'nex? Then you can create your own robots! The Arduino controller programming via ""Scratch 4 Arduino"" means that you don't need to know the cryptic programmers language.

ID: 7164

First Name: Judith

Last Name: Dahill

Description: High School of Fashion Industries demonstrates the aesthetics of Fractals in Fashion Construction, Art and Design. The presentation is about HSFI. High School of Fashion Industries majors: Fashion, Merchandising and Art.

Org: High School of Fashion Industries

ID: 6567

First Name: Terry

Last Name: Dame

Description: Electric Junkyard Gamelan plays the original groove-driven music of composer Terry Dame on musical instruments of her own invention.

Org: Electric Junkyard Gamelan

ID: 7092

First Name: Denny

Last Name: Daniel

Description: Welcome to The Museum of Interesting Things! We're a traveling museum that is more a show than a museum and yet still teaches people how life was before ipods and microwaves.

Org: The Museum of Interesting Things

ID: 7054

First Name: Rupa

Last Name: DasGupta

Description: Using magnetic paint, servo motors, Arduino, Processing, and Flash, this dress playfully subverts the male gaze by literally looking back at the viewer.

ID: 7164

First Name: Belinda

Last Name: David

Description: High School of Fashion Industries demonstrates the aesthetics of Fractals in Fashion Construction, Art and Design. The presentation is about HSFI. High School of Fashion Industries majors: Fashion, Merchandising and Art.

Org: High School of Fashion Industries

ID: 6964

First Name: Neil

Last Name: Davis

Description: The Jacob Riis Academy has made a series of video games, including networked multiplayer games. Games are in GML and run on PCs. Give them a spin, compete against one another, and give feedback to our student developers.

Org: Riis Academy Infotech

ID: 7032

First Name: Erik

Last Name: de Bruijn

Description: See the Ultimaker open source 3D printer and meet its Makers. Ultimaker is know for its speed, portability, ease of assembly, and 8.25 inch cube build volume, etc. (see http://Ultimaker.com) As seen on Makezine and Hackaday http://bitly.com/oHnlaB

Org: Ultimaker

ID: 6508

First Name: Roberto

Last Name: De Jesus

Description: The Green Guardian 2010 is composed of salvaged plastic detergent bottles. It conveys the message that we should be caretakers of our natural environment . My work is about about creative upcycling and recycling,

ID: 7161

First Name: Marc

Last Name: de Vinck

Org: MAKE Editor

ID: 6842

First Name: James

Last Name: Dec

Description: Choreographing a Well-Armed Militia Bearing Arms--Alter the performance of these reconfigured robotic toys performing arm and torso military maneuvers in rigid choreographed formations using sensor and wireless communication and Arduino programming.

ID: 6835

First Name: Michelle

Last Name: DeCurtis

Description: ReYoo celebrates the reuse of scavenged materials for new furniture, home décor, and clothing designs. While the project strongly promotes sustainability, it also praises the beauty and challenges of the self-made process.

ID: 6385

First Name: Frank

Last Name: DeFreitas

Description: Hologram of the Moon. Learn how a 3-dimensional laser hologram of the moon was created with inexpensive, readily available DIY materials.

Org: Frank DeFreitas Laser Arts Studio

ID: 7166

First Name: Michelle

Last Name: Del Guercio

Description: Skraptacular is a dynamic grassroots organization working to engage people in programs that promote eco-sustainability, reduced waste and smart consumerism.

Org: Skraptacular

ID: 6832

First Name: Jeff

Last Name: Del Papa

Description: Learn the ins and outs of mechanical artillery. See Zuke Voyage, a Trebuchet built in one day, by a bunch of teens.

Org: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS

ID: 6834

First Name: Jeff

Last Name: Del Papa

Description: A homebuilt recumbent bicycle, that breaks with tradition.

Org: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS

ID: 7000

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Demers

Description: We make great electronics kits. Such as, Arduino shields like the VoiceShield which lets you add audio to your Arduino. Or the Solder : Time watch kit, a big watch that you solder and build yourself!

Org: SpikenzieLabs

ID: 7104

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Demers

Description: Describe our experiences in the electronics kit business, from idea to finished kit product. Including hurtles to overcome and tips that we have learned long the way.

Org: SpikenzieLabs

ID: 7050

First Name: Micho

Last Name: Detronik

Description: Created by Detroit's District VII duo Kristine Diven and Micho Detronik. Mannequin Forest is an installation piece that symbolizes the merging of art and technology as an interactive synthetic environment.

Org: District VII

ID: 7025

First Name: Robert

Last Name: Diamond

Description: Nixie Tube clocks have been around a while, but no one has made a nixie tube calculator! I plan to address that lack. A kit will be coming soon!

Org: Alpha One Labs

ID: 6846

First Name: Ethan

Last Name: Dicks

Description: Ethan founded the Central Ohio RepRap and Makerbot Operators User Group, which has been meeting monthly in Columbus, Ohio, since 2009. He has assisted several local users with their CupCake CNCs and is in the process of putting together his first Mendel.

ID: 7030

First Name: Andrew

Last Name: Diehl

Description: This is a home made 3d printer which has it's roots in the RepRap project. The printer was designed and built from scratch, and uses aluminum T-slot, 12mm linear bearings, and active hot end cooling to achieve excellent print quality.

Org: KL Services Group Inc

ID: 7072

First Name: Joe

Last Name: DiPrima

Description: ArcAttack is a technology based performance art troupe from Austin, TX. They are best known as the pioneers of the ""Singing Tesla coil"", a solid state Tesla coil that produces stage worthy electrical arcs that produce musical tones.

Org: ArcAttack

ID: 6970

First Name: Nicholas

Last Name: Doiron

Description: Volunteers from OLPC-NYC and The Kasiisi Project present the connection between One Laptop per Child and a new, global generation of Makers. Try interactive games and homemade sensors used in schools around the world.

Org: OLPC-NYC

ID: 6470

First Name: Andy

Last Name: Doro

Description: Table for Electronic Dreams reveals the hidden electrical activity of nearby electronic objects, facilitating a greater awareness of the invisible workings of electronic devices and the limits of human perception.

ID: 7152

First Name: Lish

Last Name: Dorset

Description: Intimidated by quilting? Are you pillows a bit frumpy? Not to worry, you can quilt in just a few short minutes. Lish Dorset, a former reluctant quilter, will show you a basic quilt block technique and pillowcase assembly in this presentation.

Org: Craft

ID: 7090

First Name: Dale

Last Name: Dougherty

Description: This all-star panel will discuss the impact that Making can have on education and innovation in the US. Featuring Dale Dougherty (Make), Tom Kalil (Deputy Director, Whitehouse OSTP), Francisco D'Souza (Cognizant CEO), and Margaret Honey (NYSCI CEO)..

Org: Make Magazine, O'Reilly Media

ID: 7201

First Name: Lee

Last Name: Downing

Description: Hand made clothing and fashion accessories

ID: 6971

First Name: Will

Last Name: Duffield

Description: Learn how to easily make costume pieces and armor out of foam flooring you can pick up at any home improvement store.

ID: 7102

First Name: Tatjanja

Last Name: Dzambazova

Org: Autodesk

ID: 7034

First Name: Lenore

Last Name: Edman

Description: A modern recreation of the Digi-Comp II, a classic mechanical educational computer kit from the 1960's. The Digi-Comp II used rolling marbles as its mechanism, interacting with flip-flop gates and switches that controlled its operation.

Org: Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

ID: 7031

First Name: Dina

Last Name: Elkan

Description: Exact details tbd- wee'll get them to you as soon as possible!

Org: Solar One, BuildItGreen! NYC & Western Queens Compost Initiative

ID: 6572

First Name: Tess

Last Name: Elliott

Description: Tess Elliott's NEMOniacal Steampunk Toy Theater is the model for a permanent performing toy theater with LED lighting & recycled materials. It delights young and old alike. BE Nemo's voice in the wilderness of the oceans!

Org: Tess Elliott Design

ID: 6906

First Name: Amanda

Last Name: Ervin

Description: I have a dress that plays music when I move around, and I'd like to show it off. I'd also like to show off some of the instruments I've been working on.

ID: 6956

First Name: Ben

Last Name: Esner

Description: Connect to science, math, and engineering concepts in an exciting way! Our exhibits demonstrate the principles of mechatronics and feature robotic devices and tools made by graduate students to teach STEM in K-12 schools.

Org: Polytechnic Institute of New York University

ID: 7008

First Name: G. D.

Last Name: Falksen

Description: G. D. Falksen, author of The Hellfire Chronicles: Blood In The Skies, will demonstrate ways to repurpose damaged or unwanted books that would otherwise be destroyed, allowing them to live on in new forms.

ID: 7132

First Name: Robert

Last Name: Faludi

Description: Shoes are making music, sculptors are creating interactive experiences and plants are tweeting about their needs. We'll review 30 creative projects enabled by XBee radios, then take a tour of the tools you can use to join the makers having fun with XBee!

Org: Digi International

ID: 6919

First Name: Bradley

Last Name: Feldman

Description: Ultimaker - The Ultimate Build-it-Yourself 3D Printer!

ID: 6922

First Name: Adiel

Last Name: Fernandez

Description: Come see what a playground might look like if it had a healthy dose of science and technology. By using a camera to track motion, turn an activity like pushing your friend on a cart into a fun, playful exploration of velocity and acceleration.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6923

First Name: Adiel

Last Name: Fernandez

Description: Made from aircraft-grade aluminum, these life-size wings were inspired by the Marvel X-men character archangel. These wings are connected to the wearer through a heart rate monitor that triggers the wings’ movement.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6819

First Name: Charith

Last Name: Fernando

Description: The machines have risen, and they are open source! Powered by an Arduino-compatible robot brain, held in a moddable laser cut chassis, and fueled by powerful open libraries. Low cost. High power. All customizable.

Org: InMojo

ID: 6622

First Name: Abe

Last Name: Fetterman

Description: DIY Sous Vide Kit that acts as a temperature hack-box for most cooking appliances. We synthesize Arduino and PID technology to give you the best in temperature sensing and cookery.

Org: Lower East Side Kitchen

ID: 7146

First Name: Jessica

Last Name: Fick

Description: Citizen Schools provides ""apprenticeships"" (10-week hands-on projects taught by volunteers like YOU for 90 minutes per week) to middle school students from low income communities. ""Maker"" projects: Solar Car Engineering, Robotics, Ice-Cream Science, etc.

Org: Citizen Schools

ID: 6807

First Name: Anne

Last Name: Filson

Description: AtFAB is Open Source furniture made from any sheet material by a CNC router, laser cutter or water jet. Download cut files, customize them & fabricate locally at DIY workshops or through independent fabbers. Assemble AtFAB without adhesives or hardware.

Org: Filson and Rohrbacher

ID: 7035

First Name: Anna

Last Name: Fischer

Description: Visit us anytime to have your portrait taken or come on the hour to see various commercial and DYI photo tools demonstrated. Make you own modifiers at work table or get ideas for larger projects to take home.

ID: 6873

First Name: Joseph

Last Name: Flaherty

Description: HoneyBuild Notebook is a tool for makers to document their creative projects and see days, weeks, or months of work come together in a seconds. If you build things, grow a garden, or spend time crafting you'll gain a new perspective on your work.

Org: Replicator, Inc.

ID: 6985

First Name: Gerardo

Last Name: Flores

Description: providing photo shots representing steam punk booth

ID: 7059

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Flynn

Description: Michael Flynn's Menagerie of cooperatively interactive science exhibits. EXPERIENCE: The Pedal Powered Bubble Dance Party, The Ferrofluid Magnetoscope, The Singing Bowl Cooperative Phonograph, and The Electrolysis Detonator!

Org: FunExhibits.com

ID: 6744

First Name: Corey

Last Name: Fogarty

Description: Join the fun with Boris. A 6’ tall animatronic skeleton. He will sing, dance and entertain with funny stories and Halloween songs. Controlled by custom animatronics software, microcontrollers and pneumatics, this display will entertain with technology!

Org: BMF Enterprises

ID: 6903

First Name: Benjamin

Last Name: Foster

Description: Participant in the 3D Printer Village, if they are running it this year.

Org: Reprap Maker Village

ID: 6962

First Name: Samwell

Last Name: Freeman

Description: Electrisize Machines are exercise machines with electric capabilities. We invite you to spin, twist, and wiggle with your devices. The machines help balance and flexibility while serving as keyboards, mice and controllers!

ID: 6950

First Name: Sam

Last Name: Frons

Description: In this prep/pep-talk/presentation geared towards inventors and designers, we will explore emerging technologies and rethink the creative process for the next generation of innovation.

ID: 6847

First Name: Alexis

Last Name: Gambis

Description: Scientific observation is inherently narrative. SCENES, curated by Imagine Science Films, is a type of film experiment, exploring the relationship between life at a microscopic and macroscopic level.

Org: Imagine Science Films

ID: 6816

First Name: Randy

Last Name: Geile

Description: The intent of this project is to invigorate interest in designing and promoting user-constructed, safe, functional and inexpensive vehicles to facilitate wheelchair user independence.

Org: AT

ID: 7125

First Name: David

Last Name: Giancaspro

Description: Raising Makers a Project Based Approach: How Geek Parenting and projects can be used to help kids be makers instead of consumers.

Org: GeekDad

ID: 7043

First Name: Alicia

Last Name: Gibb

Description: Open Source Hardware is hardware that is shared, copied and reproduced. In this talk, the founders of the Open Hardware Summit give a recap of a movement that will change the way the electronics industry functions forever.

Org: Bug Labs / NYCResistor

ID: 6591

First Name: Joseph

Last Name: Giliberti

Description: A small, but comprehensive (and fun!) sample of our learning center and museum located at the Jersey Shore

Org: InfoAge Science/History Learning Center

ID: 6822

First Name: Yury

Last Name: Gitman

Description: Banana Design Lab makes high-tech lifestyle designs to entertain the soul. Our items include accent lights made from exposed circuit boards, plushie night-lights, and a heart-shaped pillow is a physical heartbeat that helps you take delicious naps.

Org: Pulse Sensor

ID: 7088

First Name: Yury

Last Name: Gitman

Description: “Pulse Sensor” is a well-designed plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. The creators will introduce the Pulse Sensor, and demonstrate it's functions and applications.

Org: Pulse Sensor

ID: 7163

First Name: Emmanuel

Last Name: Goldstein

Description: The 2600 hacker van will be highlighting some hacker projects as well as a great deal of history with our brand new Hacker Calendar. Our phone van itself is a piece of history, dating back to pre-divestiture 1981.

Org: 2600 Magazine

ID: 6409

First Name: Dan

Last Name: Goldwater

Description: Revolutionary digital light art: (1) Create your own real 3D spherical light painting (2) Draw a picture and see it in lights on our full color bicycle wheel display (3) Check out our generative light art for bicycles - the Monkey Light

Org: MonkeyLectric

ID: 7109

First Name: Jose

Last Name: Gomez-Marquez

Description: DIY Medical Technologies can empower patients and their care providers to improve medicine. Using MEDIKits we can empower the ingenuity of every day inventors in hospital operating rooms, rural clinics, and disaster response settings.

Org: MIT

ID: 7140

First Name: Jose

Last Name: Gomez-Marquez

Description: Building tools for disease detection

Org: MIT

ID: 6432

First Name: Diana

Last Name: Gonzalez

Description: Join the gang of fellow beginners and skilled artists for some art and creativity! Who couldn't use some art and fun in their life? We have crafty creative fun all the time! Come join us for Art workshops, creativity and inspiration!

Org: The Craftaholic's School of Art & Creativity

ID: 6880

First Name: Max

Last Name: Goodman

Description: Penny for your Necklace? In our simple workshop we'll take you through some of the basics of metalsmithing. Using a simple penny we'll teach you to drill, form and color your way to finished pendant!

Org: Uproar Art, 3rd Ward

ID: 6841

First Name: Our

Last Name: Goods

Description: Make fliers of your HAVEs and NEEDs for barter and we’ll connect people to you at Creative Time's ""Living as Form"" show in the old Essex Market (September 23 through October 16).

Org: ourgoods.org

ID: 6940

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Grant

Description: Projects by NoMi Design

Org: NoMi Design

ID: 6891

First Name: Daniel

Last Name: Green

Description: IFAM Monsterrobot Moho and Beebo. View their completion. On Sunday afternoon, Moho, Beebo and their Comanderkon (a person) will tour the Maker Faire. The Comanderkon will make UltraMan movements, and Moho and Beebo will respond.

Org: Institute for Aesthetic Modulation

ID: 6809

First Name: Robby

Last Name: Grodin

Description: Create and Control Music with Motion. Toscanini, an open-source gestural MIDI interface, allows you to manipulate sound with a flick of your wrist. The concept is simple: Accelerometer data in, MIDI out. www.conductiveio.com

Org: Conductive IO

ID: 6877

First Name: Lawrence

Last Name: Gullo

Description: Lewd Alfred will be doing live art at the scene, inspired by the environment and creative energies around him. He will be joined in the curation of spontaneous art by Doctor Flux, Fox Trotsky, and the paper menagerie of Cheekie Lane.

Org: The Royal Baritarian Players

ID: 7123

First Name: Gabriela

Last Name: Gutierrez

Description: Gearing up for the Circus is a study in movement and a story told through motion. As audience members advance along the moving track, they trigger different circus acts in the circus ring.

Org: NYU ITP

ID: 7089

Last Name: Hackett

Description: I am on the teevee, and so can you: Basic cable stardom as a Maker means to an end

Org: Madagascar Institute

ID: 7044

First Name: Sue

Last Name: Hansen

Description: The art of paper folding taken to new heights with beautiful mobiles, earrings, and more!

Org: Hansen Family Origami

ID: 6693

First Name: Amy

Last Name: Harlib

Description: Amazing Amy performs Yoga Contortion Dance Jam to any live music provided by the audience and other performers at the Faire, making a dance happen on the spot, spontaneous movement medley in the moment! Entertaining and inspiring!

Org: Amazing Amy's Yoga Contortion Dance Jam

ID: 6684

First Name: George

Last Name: Hart

Description: The Museum of Mathematics' laser-cut metal parts can be assembled into a colorful mathematical sculpture, “Amazing Acrobats.” Participate in the construction, solving the geometric puzzle of how the components interweave.

Org: Museum of Mathematics

ID: 6857

First Name: Mikal

Last Name: Hart

Description: A lover gives you a mysterious gift: a sealed, wooden box. Its secret is slowly revealed by its pretty blue display, which gently guides you to the only place it opens. Will you ever discover what treasure she hid inside?

Org: The Sundial Group

ID: 7053

First Name: Frank

Last Name: Hebbert

Description: Gather around the Super Table. Ask and answer questions, draw, sketch, write and collage on an endless sheet of paper. The Super Table is a portable, flexible community activation tool that anyone can build.

Org: Holobiont

ID: 7220

First Name: Tina

Last Name: Henry

Description: Tina Seamonster makes bags, t-shirts & magnets about how zombies are the worst knitters.

ID: 6717

First Name: Robert

Last Name: Hermes

Description: Hidden Messages Pass the magnetic viewing film over the white plastic signs to reveal the letters made of magnets beneath. Look though the polarized viewers, or your own sunglasses (if polarized) at the lighted sign to see the Polarized Hidden Message.

ID: 6735

First Name: Dion

Last Name: Hill

Description: My name is Dion Hill, the mastermind behind Maverick Industries, LLC. We create specialized antiqued appearance novelties. Walking sticks, brass mechina, device replicas, survival tools, display stands and more. Your engineering dreams can be realized.

Org: Maverick Industries, LLC

ID: 6871

First Name: Maxwell

Last Name: Hill

Description: TOBL is a compact iPhone-controlled robot. Its six wheels are driven by two servos and configured for locomotion in any orientation. Wireless control uses wi-fi and XBee radios. The name is derived from its resemblance, in shape, to Toblerone chocolate.

ID: 6898

First Name: Helen

Last Name: Ho

Description: ioby is a non-profit created to fundraise for environmental projects. We're looking for ways to help parks, kayaks, gardens, bikes, compost piles, chicken coops and more to make a more environmentally friendly urban environment, block by block.

Org: ioby

ID: 7173

First Name: Bethany

Last Name: Hockenberry

Description: Cleo Dee's main work is still her hand-sewn squid with various hobbies. Her newest creation is a joint project with her animator husband: Tadly the Exploring Mimic Octopus. You can observe him online and bring him home in one of his various felt forms such as a screaming volcano or dancing bear.

ID: 7100

First Name: John

Last Name: Hodgman

ID: 7228

First Name: Taylor

Last Name: Hokanson

Description: The DIYLILCNC is a robotic cutting machine that you can build yourself. It works kind of like a desktop printer: send it a file, and the device uses this information to carve your design out of a range of materials.

Org: DIYLILCNC

ID: 7090

First Name: Margaret

Last Name: Honey

Description: This all-star panel will discuss the impact that Making can have on education and innovation in the US. Featuring Dale Dougherty (Make), Tom Kalil (Deputy Director, Whitehouse OSTP), Francisco D'Souza (Cognizant CEO), and Margaret Honey (NYSCI CEO)..

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6997

First Name: shane

Last Name: hope

Description: playborground ball pits of pure operationality placed atoms poised to become the new pen & ink drafting dot-to-dot dimensional descriptions like command-lines of runaway run-on sentences that will write the rest.

ID: 6937

First Name: Bryan

Last Name: Hord

Description: Demonstration of how to connect your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to the real world. Makes use of the Redpark Serial Cable for iOS and the Arduino, allowing you to make your iOS Device part of the Internet of Things.

Org: Redpark Product Development

ID: 6828

First Name: Rachel

Last Name: Hospodar

Description: Pants Interface is a family of open source wearable projects. Rachel will show a four-button device designed to send custom MIDI triggers to computers, mixers, and other equipment, and discuss her learning process in developing a kit form of the device.

Org: Medium Reality

ID: 6980

First Name: Anna

Last Name: Hrachovec

Description: Brooklyn-based knitter Anna Hrachovec divides her time between designing patterns for unusual knitted toys and creating more complex one-off knitted pieces for exhibition.

ID: 7131

First Name: Anna

Last Name: Hrachovec

Description: Anna Hrachovec of Mochimochi Land will demonstrate her techniques for knitting toys with double-pointed needles, plus a few extra tips to make your toy as cute as can be.

Org: Mochimochi Land

ID: 6948

First Name: Bunnie

Last Name: Huang

Description: Add twitter feeds to your TV! Introducing an open hardware platform consisting of an 800 MHz wifi linux computer running Webkit, with an FPGA that composites web content over most HD video sources, such as game consoles, DVD players, PVRs...

ID: 6667

First Name: Joe

Last Name: Hudy

Description: My cannon uses compressed air. Air is pumped into the PVC by a bike pump. A electronic sprinkler valve releases the air. It shoots a marshmallow 176 feet.

Org: Extreme Marshmallow Canon

ID: 7143

First Name: Nikki

Last Name: Hung

Org: BUST Magazine

ID: 6438

First Name: Bill

Last Name: Hunt

Description: Blu is a robot that teaches. Developed by robotics enthusiast Bill Hunt (age 17), Blu combines a simple design with an easy to program Arduino microcontroller, giving new and advanced users a perfect balance between simplicity and versatility.

Org: Photon Robotics, LLC

ID: 6610

First Name: Ben

Last Name: Hylak

Description: Telepresence Robots allow you to be somewhere you can't physically be. While it's great technology, most telepresence robots are thousands of dollars. MAYA, Me And You Anywhere, changes that. It was created for $500.

ID: 6893

First Name: Daniel

Last Name: Iglesia

Description: Datalore is a duo consisting of hacked Game Boy synthesis, guitar, electronic drum pad, toy keyboard, vocoder, and live-controlled lo-fi video. Its robo-circuits are determined by Daniel Iglesia and Ursula Kwong-Brown.

ID: 7066

First Name: Tom

Last Name: Igoe

Description: NYU's ITP gives students hands-on experience of digital production and fabrication; in the Cafe, we'll share that with Makers. How-to sessions from ITP faculty, students and alums will introduce you to a wide range of topics.

Org: ITP/NYU

ID: 7162

First Name: Tom

Last Name: Igoe

Org: ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

ID: 6866

First Name: Michael

Last Name: James

Description: Interact with video chat friends by taking over their smart phone as it sits in a wheeled carriage. Wheel Phone seeks to achieve this - project yourself physically into different environments for richer remote interactions.

Org: Open Source Hardware Junkies

ID: 7150

First Name: Brian

Last Name: Jepson

Org: O'Reilly Media

ID: 7112

First Name: Nova

Last Name: Jiang

Description: The Creatomatic is a methodology designed to accelerate the imagination and prompt new inventions. Prototypes of Creatomatic inventions will be on display, as well as kits allowing the audience to practice the Creatomatic method.

Org: Eyebeam

ID: 6421

First Name: Joshua

Last Name: Johnson

Description: The PROTOBOT is a robot capable of routing, milling, laser/probe scanning, foam and stencil cutting, plotting and FDM printing. Non-Demonstrator version will be available early 2012. Inquire at ObjectsUnlimited@gmail.com

Org: Protobot Industries

ID: 7133

First Name: Vic

Last Name: Johnson

Description: PVC Mister Tunnel. The tunnel is PVC that is bent using PVC Bendit. Walk into the tunnel and cool off! We made this tunnel to show an example of what can be made with PVC bent by PVC Bendit. ""What will you make?"

Org: PVC Bendit

ID: 6827

First Name: Fabien

Last Name: Jonckheere

Description: Recycle design: During this DIY workshop, these products (mostly toys) are made from household waste (bottles, skewers, cardboard packaging ...) with simple tools.

ID: 7005

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Jones

Description: Come test your knowledge of who is the most ""social"" in a shockingly new format. See what is possible when you combine an iPad with an Arduino and stir in some APIs.

Org: Dachis Group

ID: 6803

First Name: Ellen

Last Name: Jorgensen

Description: Extract DNA and barcode life with PCR, or explore your genome. Genetically-engineered organisms on display. Design potential new life forms in silico. Build a gel electrophoresis box to separate dyes and sort DNA into different length pieces.

Org: Genspace NYC

ID: 6708

First Name: Ben

Last Name: Jorritsma

Description: Homebrew Biodiesel How to convert used cooking oil into fuel for use in unmodified diesel engines, modified heating oil burners, and tuned turbine engines. As well as how to make your own processor using commonly available hardware.

ID: 6942

First Name: Frederic

Last Name: JOURDAN

Description: Snootlab design and develop electronic products with an Open Hardware and Open Source approach. We are specialized in design of shields for Arduino.

Org: Snootlab

ID: 6837

First Name: Tristan and Joaquin

Last Name: Juan

Description: Skeletals Modular joints for crafting DIY toys that can bend !

ID: 6394

First Name: masahiro

Last Name: kahata

Description: we provide space and system for individual public to have experience of human brain wave computer interface, that use IBVA interactive brain wave visual analyzer

ID: 6888

First Name: John

Last Name: Kaiser

Description: Make art from stuff you have at home! Join Materials for the Arts in creating a skyscraper city using only CD cases. Participants are also invited to create weavings using CD case looms.

Org: Materials for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

ID: 7090

First Name: Tom

Last Name: Kalil

Description: This all-star panel will discuss the impact that Making can have on education and innovation in the US. Featuring Dale Dougherty (Make), Tom Kalil (Deputy Director, Whitehouse OSTP), Francisco D'Souza (Cognizant CEO), and Margaret Honey (NYSCI CEO)..

Org: US Whitehouse

ID: 6945

First Name: Jack

Last Name: Kalish

Description: ByteLight is an interactive light sculpture that represents a giant LCD pixel and the binary data that informs its color value.

ID: 6992

First Name: John

Last Name: Kaluta

Description: x

Org: Montgomery Blair High School Science, Mathematics, Computer Science Magnet Program

ID: 6936

First Name: Anya

Last Name: Kamenetz

Description: How do we teach, learn, and credential each other outside the logic of traditional educational institutions?

Org: Author, DIY U & The Edupunks' Guide

ID: 7024

First Name: Angie

Last Name: Kang

Description: SWIMMING CITIES is a diverse and evolving collaboration of artists, builders, and visionaries who come together each year to embark on a challenging large-scale project.

Org: Swimming Cities

ID: 7013

First Name: Betty T.

Last Name: Kao

Description: An installation of an aquatic stage of paper pop up props set with ancient sea monsters for a short experimental animation. A tale to hopefully prevent fracking and water pollution that may release carcinogens into our drinking water.

ID: 6852

First Name: Andrew

Last Name: Katz

Description: Open source sensor system used with Arduino Mega and Ubuntu Linux laptop with processing to notify computer user covertly about the current status (tripped or un-tripped) of the sensors.

ID: 6881

First Name: Adam

Last Name: Katzman

Description: Mr. Grumpy's Curious Poop-Eating-Boat-Machine is a homemade boat project that utilizes plumbing, wetland plants, raw sewage and an act of ecologically engineered wizardry to bring you the first ever toilet-boat.

Org: Expedition Gowanus

ID: 6955

First Name: Karen

Last Name: Kaun

Description: Knowledge iTrust, Fordham University and Educate LLC support NYC youth as CHANGE MAKERS through hands-on design of their own solutions for green, healthy living. Meet an elementary school design team. Help us build a better hydroponic garden.

Org: Knowledge iTrust

ID: 6990

First Name: Erin

Last Name: Kennedy

Description: What does a hockey playing humanoid with bad knee servos, a robot with a beak that eats virtual fruit, and a mini dogcow on wheels have in common? The robot mesh network! See what these robots are saying to each other! :)

Org: RobotGrrl.com

ID: 6818

First Name: Kristi

Last Name: Kent

Description: Rooftop Robot creates toys, games and art objects that capture the charm of the urban environment. Original pillow designs depict the adventures of animated drain pipes, exhaust vents and water towers in the rooftop world high above the city streets.

Org: Rooftop Robot

ID: 6908

First Name: Shannon

Last Name: Kerner

Description: Participants play as their own pawn in this fun and original rubber game. This one-of-a-kind game, puts players on one of two different paths for a race to the end that doesn't last long enough for anyone to get bored. Hooray!!

ID: 6833

First Name: Meg

Last Name: Keys

Description: Sometimes the best part about making things is destroying them. Come learn this little known secret with Llaves Designs, where you will learn the art of pinata making. Demonstrations and hands on opportunities to create hollowed paper mache magic.

Org: Llaves Designs

ID: 6859

First Name: Jeff

Last Name: Keyzer

Description: Explore radioactivity in the world around you with this open source kit.

Org: MightyOhm Engineering

ID: 7094

First Name: Mandy

Last Name: Kivowitz-Delfaver

Description: Voted #2 Best Local Jazz Act in Pittsburgh City Paper Readers' Poll of 2010, Phat Man Dee has sung with Neverwas Haul, Boiler Bar, Madagascar Institute & Lifesize Mousetrap at the San Matteo & World Maker Faires. Come check out this dynamic artist!

Org: Phat Man Dee

ID: 7052

First Name: Bernard

Last Name: Klevickas

Description: Upcycle plastic bottles, bags, styrofoam containers, etc. into Art. Please bring plastic items - water bottles, soda bottles, colorful plastic bags, and colorful detergent containers.

Org: Upcycling

ID: 7108

First Name: Heather

Last Name: Knight

Description: From novel robotic interaction algorithms to Robot Film Festival storytelling, Knight shares her work on creative machines at MIT, Syynlabs, CMU & Marilyn Monrobot. Warning: She will unabashedly showcase a live comedy performance from Data the Robot.

Org: Marilyn Monrobot

ID: 7117

First Name: Shigeru

Last Name: Kobayashi

Description: When the nuclear accident occurred in Japan, there was the lack of information. So many radiation monitoring and visualization projects have been proposed. I'll introduce Open Hardware related activities and propose possibilities of 'citizen science'.

Org: IAMAS

ID: 6711

First Name: Stephanie

Last Name: Koenig

Description: The makers of NextFab will show off their cool projects, one of which will be a Logical Engine.

Org: NextFab Studio

ID: 6879

First Name: Denis

Last Name: Kogan

Description: SWIM Tank is a DIY program where students create 3D aquarium backgrounds from Styrofoam and concrete to create realistic habitats for fish and other marine life.

Org: The Brooklyn Transition Center 753K

ID: 6850

First Name: Sei

Last Name: Koike

Description: Our signature workshop and product is the Japanese flip-flops called ""Zoori"" which we make from recycled materials. The mission is to make a direct contribution to the awareness of poverty and environmental challenges simply through the creation of Zoori.

Org: Art Magnet, Inc.

ID: 7138

First Name: Wlodek

Last Name: Koss

Description: RAMPS is a wheelchair DJ interface - the left wheel fades between tracks while the right wheel scratches the music.

Org: NYU ITP

ID: 6687

First Name: Natalia

Last Name: Krasnodebska

Description: ByNatalia 3-D Printed Architectural Jewelry www.bynatalia.com

Org: ByNatalia

ID: 7014

First Name: Evelyn

Last Name: Kriete

Description: Learn how to turn a $5 thrift store suit coat into a custom made tail coat in six easy steps. The tail coat can be used for anything from steampunk to Burning Man to simply looking spiffy.

Org: Jaborwhalky Productions

ID: 7081

First Name: Sara

Last Name: Krugman

Description: Explores how the physicality of health care technology affect the emotional and psychological connection to intimate machines, and how that connection effects our abilities to use the technology of these machines to practice self care.

ID: 7067

First Name: Alpha One

Last Name: Labs

Description: Alpha One Labs is a community hackerspace founded in 2009. Boasting radical inclusivity, Alpha One Labs superb design aims to provide a safe, clean space for users of all ages and interests to work on projects together.

Org: Alpha One Labs

ID: 6839

First Name: Ari

Last Name: Lacenski

Description: NYC Resistor, a Brooklyn hackerspace, presents free workshops to teach you our favorite hacks with high-voltage electronics, glowing fashion, crazy musical instruments, food, and papercraft. Come by and learn to make (or break) something with us.

Org: NYC Resistor

ID: 6751

First Name: Wayne

Last Name: LaForme Jr.

Description: Sesame Reads is a volunteer literacy program designed to excite and engage children and families around all aspects of literacy, including reading, writing, listening and speaking. We aim to create a meaningful, hands-on learning experience.

Org: Sesame Reads

ID: 6669

First Name: Vincent

Last Name: Lai

Description: The Fixers Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and aggressive asset recovery.. Our goal is to increase material literacy in our community by fostering an ethic of creative caring toward the objects in our lives.

Org: Fixers Collective

ID: 6900

First Name: David

Last Name: Lang

Description: OpenROV is an open-source underwater ROV. The first design of OpenROV (“ROV1″) is a shoebox-sized Arduino-controlled submarine device. The New Design of OpenROV will be revealed at World Maker Faire.

Org: OpenROV

ID: 7023

First Name: Jacques

Last Name: Laroche

Description: The VASS is a real-time Arduino powered visualization system which converts analog audio into data a computer monitor can display. The capabilities of the VASS will be demonstrated with the War Machine - a circuit bent Kawai R-50.

Org: Current Perspectives

ID: 7206

First Name: Jason

Last Name: Laurits

Description: Hand-silkscreened T-Shirts

ID: 6824

First Name: Tim

Last Name: Laursen

Description: Robots have excellent rhythm! I have been building robot drummers in a small shop in Brooklyn. I am excited about the possibilities of recording and producing these organic robot sounds.

ID: 6674

First Name: Tom

Last Name: Lauwers

Description: Winner of a 2011 Education award at the bay area maker faire, Brainlink is about teaching your old robot some new tricks. We've created a system that allows you to reprogram, control with your phone, and add sensors to just about any toy or chore robot.

Org: BIRDBRAIN TECHNOLOGIES LLC

ID: 6943

First Name: Chris

Last Name: Lawrence

Description: The Hive Learning Network is an open, connected community dedicated to transforming the learning landscape, creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces.

Org: Hive Learning network NYC

ID: 6604

First Name: Jon

Last Name: Lazar

Description: The New York based LEGO User Group, who will be displaying sculptures, robotics and other creations build from LEGO.

Org: I LUG NY

ID: 6914

First Name: Yung

Last Name: Le Page

Description: Make your own record player by using a wire coat hanger, a pencil, construction paper, a rubber band, some tape, and a pin. And of course, a vinyl record!

ID: 6860

First Name: Ian

Last Name: Lesnet

Description: Tweets that mention Maker Fair on Twitter are printed on a cash register receipt printer. Write a tweet and include #MakerFair or #MakerFairNY. Every 30 seconds, the Thermal Tweeter downloads your tweets and prints them.

Org: Dangerous Prototypes

ID: 6945

First Name: Gabriella

Last Name: Levine

Description: ByteLight is an interactive light sculpture that represents a giant LCD pixel and the binary data that informs its color value.

Org: ITP

ID: 6947

First Name: Gabriella

Last Name: Levine

Description: Protei is a fleet of low-cost, open-source, shape-shifting, semi-autonomous oil-collecting sailboats, that each sail upwind and collect oil sheens off the top of the water near the sites of spills. It is self-righting, durable, and easily reproducible.

Org: protei

ID: 6872

First Name: Ashley

Last Name: Lewis

Description: The Obama Board is a new twist on a traditional musical keyboard. Instead of a musical note, each key, when pressed emits the sound of a word from Barack Obama's inauguration speech. Press the keys in the sequence of your choice to create you own speech!

ID: 7098

First Name: Zach

Last Name: Lieberman

ID: 7033

First Name: Tim

Last Name: Lillis

Description: Discussion of making multi-player games that encourage players to collaborate. Audience members will also be given a chance to play games that illustrate the topics we will cover. Come for the learning, stay for the games!

Org: Narwhal Creative

ID: 7119

First Name: Philip

Last Name: Lindsay

Description: Learn how to make Android accessories with your Arduino & the Handbag project.

Org: Rancidbacon.com / HandbagDevices.com

ID: 6695

First Name: Eric

Last Name: Lipson

Description: The 2011 DIY DecaDome project offers an innovative structure that uses readily available materials and simple construction for Makers with an interest in shelter for disaster relief and scalable housing for the poor.

Org: Newhouse R&D

ID: 6603

First Name: Hod

Last Name: Lipson

Description: The Fab@Home has been at the fore-front of personal manufacturing. The project is now preparing to rapidly expand the scope of what can be manufactured at home with the Model 3 fabber and the Fab@School efforts.

Org: Cornell University

ID: 6473

First Name: Jeffrey

Last Name: Lipton

Description: Fab@Home is a platform of printers and programs which can produce functional 3D objects. It is designed to fit on your desktop and within your budget. Fab@Home is innovating tomorrow, today. Join us, and Make Anything

Org: Fab@Home/ Fab@School

ID: 6603

First Name: Jeffrey

Last Name: Lipton

Description: The Fab@Home has been at the fore-front of personal manufacturing. The project is now preparing to rapidly expand the scope of what can be manufactured at home with the Model 3 fabber and the Fab@School efforts.

Org: Fab@Home/ Fab@School

ID: 6570

First Name: Christopher

Last Name: LoBello

Description: Imagine a 10ft by 10ft by 10ft claw game designed to grab ballons. All of it controlled by a giant Joystick and all wirelessly controlled. People will be able to control the MegaClaw to grab ballons and win prizes.

Org: Cunning Turtle

ID: 7158

First Name: Patriica

Last Name: Lockhart

Description: PS 57R Staten Island NY fourth and fifth grade robotics students worked with their partner school Eltingville Lutheran to build an actual solar powered electric adult tricycle.

Org: PS 57 R Robotics Teams

ID: 7156

First Name: Finlay

Last Name: Logan

Description: Learn to make a simple knitting project from Finlay Logan of Purl Soho.

Org: Purl Soho

ID: 6965

First Name: Emily

Last Name: Long

Description: Join the critical mass and make your own broken commercial exposing the techniques and strategies used in media messages we see every day.

Org: The LAMP (Learning About Multimedia Project)

ID: 7001

First Name: Chris

Last Name: Losee

Description: The Slugophone is a versatile electronic instrument that converts resistance into tones via a 555 timer chip. Packaged in a snazzy case, it’s fun to build and use: you can “play” a light beam, a plant, a friend - even a slug!

ID: 6461

First Name: Monica

Last Name: Louie

Description: Site visuals are crucial for successful infrastructure development projects. The KAP provides a cost effective solution and an appropriate technology for a successful engineering project in under-resourced communities.

Org: Engineers Without Borders

ID: 7052

First Name: Barbara

Last Name: Lubliner

Description: Upcycle plastic bottles, bags, styrofoam containers, etc. into Art. Please bring plastic items - water bottles, soda bottles, colorful plastic bags, and colorful detergent containers.

Org: Upcycling

ID: 6408

First Name: John

Last Name: Luciani

Description: Educational electronic kits and rapid prototyping tools. A variety of building blocks that Makers can use to rapidly create projects. Schematics, software examples and application hints are on the wiblocks website.

Org: wiblocks

ID: 6573

First Name: Karen

Last Name: MacKay

Description: Providing an alternative food source for urban dwellers, this vertical farming system utilizes hydroponic technologies and felt. The current design requites minimal space, resources and maintenance to grow fresh food indoors.

Org: Vertical Theory

ID: 7154

First Name: Maura

Last Name: Madden

Description: Learn how to make stenciled cork coasters, adorable garlands, party favor containers, cupcake decor and more with Crafternoon author Maura Madden.

Org: Crafternoon

ID: 7055

First Name: Jacqueline

Last Name: Maldonado

Description: the Urban Composter dares you to get super excited about dirt... and even , about growing your own food. Where does our food come from, and what do we do with its waste? Let's compost it.

Org: Studio Kanyike Architects

ID: 6938

First Name: James

Last Name: Mallos

Description: Make a basket that tells the story of an electron by reading a word in the undip language. Learn undip and you can make a basket you've never seen before—even with your hands hidden in a black t-shirt. Surprise yourself!

ID: 6892

First Name: Madeleine

Last Name: Maloy

Description: Makers of Wearable Street Art & Handmade Holster Purses. Our clothes & accessories stand for the freedom to wear what you want, love what you want & to support the people who deserve your respect.

Org: Absolute Blackout

ID: 6831

First Name: Kerron

Last Name: Manwaring

Description: Robotic Rover that can operate fully autonomous, semi autonomous and by remote control from a custom made controller.

Org: Silent Knight Systems LLC

ID: 7124

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Margolis

Description: A brief overview of the changes in the Arduino 1.0 release with a walk-through showing how to use the new capabilities to get your projects working well with 1.0.

Org: Michael Margolis

ID: 7157

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Margolis

Description: Arduino lets you build things that interact with the physical world. With this book, you can dive right in. Join the author in the Maker Shed to see some projects from the book, and chat with him and other Arduino experts.

Org: O'Reilly Media

ID: 6885

First Name: Rocco

Last Name: Marras

Description: I have recycled obsolete office equipment into cutting edge entertainment units while retaining outward appearances. Stealth Office Entertainment Modules (OEMs) are all business on the outside and all party on the inside!

Org: I3detroit

ID: 7064

First Name: Amelia

Last Name: Marzec

Description: Signal Strength is a project to advance mobile democracy. It consists of modules for ad-hoc social networking that let people in an urban area interact offline, leveraging their mobile phones for untraceable communications.

Org: Eyebeam Art and Technology Center

ID: 6597

First Name: Michael

Last Name: Massimino

Description: Engaging kids to use their creativity to make connections and innovate on how things work. the KSC presentation will include live science demonstrations, an astronaut and a few animals. Fun family presentation!

Org: NASA

ID: 6844

First Name: Adam

Last Name: Matta

Description: Borrowing from Marcel Duchamp, sculpture is a modern remix, using audio tape and a walkman to play sound when the wheel is turned.

ID: 6727

First Name: Sean

Last Name: McIntyre

Description: A hacked EEG toy game played with your mind. The gameplay is an endless oscillation driven by human and computer feedback, mimicking our relationship with new immersive technologies.

ID: 7083

First Name: Phil

Last Name: McKinney

Org: Hewlett-Packard

ID: 7208

First Name: Erika

Last Name: Meschkat

Description: Clutch/Purse upcycled from scarf

ID: 6597

First Name: Jim

Last Name: Metzner

Description: Engaging kids to use their creativity to make connections and innovate on how things work. the KSC presentation will include live science demonstrations, an astronaut and a few animals. Fun family presentation!

Org: Kids' Science Challenge

ID: 7063

First Name: Maria

Last Name: Michails

Description: The Handcar Projects are a series of human-powered interactive installations centered around the railway handcar. The projects focus on energy, industrial processes, agriculture, mining, and their impact on topsoil and water.

Org: Eyebeam

ID: 7027

First Name: Marek

Last Name: Michalowski

Description: BeatBots designs social and rhythmic robotic characters for entertainment, research, toys, therapy, and art.

Org: BeatBots

ID: 6921

First Name: Peggy

Last Name: Monahan

Description: Opening in 2014, the Design Lab @ NYSCI seeks to transform STEM learning for youth through engaging and meaningful design activities. A dynamic set of online resources will be developed to reach K-12 teachers nationally.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6845

First Name: Katherine

Last Name: Moriwaki

Description: The Scrapyard Challenge Workshops are intensive workshops held in over 14 countries, on 5 continents where participants build simple electronic projects with both digital and analog inputs out of found or discarded junk.

Org: Parsons School of Design

ID: 7150

First Name: Tyler

Last Name: Moskowite

ID: 7130

First Name: Eli

Last Name: Moss

Description: Through synthetic biology, we aim to provide two tools that will enable human colonization of Mars and beyond. Regobricks are a building material created from regolith. PowerCell is a microbe capable of producing nutrients from CO2 and sunlight.

Org: Brown-Stanford iGEM

ID: 6606

First Name: Catarina

Last Name: Mota

Description: Supporting open source digital fabrication and maker culture.

Org: openMaterials & AZ Labs Network

ID: 6867

First Name: Joel

Last Name: Murphy

Description: Rachel's Electronics sells hardware products for hackers and engineers. We specialize in electronics kits, breakout boards and sensors. All of our hardware is Open Source. This year we released Pulse Sensor, a joint project with Banana Design Lab.

Org: Rachel's Electronics

ID: 7088

First Name: Joel

Last Name: Murphy

Description: “Pulse Sensor” is a well-designed plug-and-play heart-rate sensor for Arduino. The creators will introduce the Pulse Sensor, and demonstrate it's functions and applications.

Org: Pulse Sensor

ID: 6615

First Name: Paul

Last Name: Nagelkerke

Description: A six-wheel drive carrier for a user and their power wheelchair, manual wheelchair, or medical scooter. The roll-on roll-off design eliminates the need to transfer from an indoor wheelchair to an outdoor wheelchair.

ID: 6984

First Name: Jason

Last Name: Naumoff

Description: The Deconstruction is a creative sporting event based on taking things that already exist, combining them with current technology, and using teamwork and new ideas to create something completely different.

Org: The Deconstruction

ID: 6608

First Name: Nick

Last Name: Normal

Description: A sculpture, an enlarged facsimile of a 1970s pioneering electronic 'desktop gadget' called the Executive Stress Eliminator. Six embedded 8-bit audio sounds await! Go on, get that stress out of your system – push a button!

ID: 6533

First Name: Paul

Last Name: Nosa

Description: I draw with a portable sewing machine. powered by solar or a bicycle electric generator. I ask people to imagine a scenario; to say it in 5-words-or-less and I sew a patch for them on the spot.

Org: Artist

ID: 7018

First Name: Chris

Last Name: Novello

Description: illucia is a “codebending” system that collides gaming, realtime-routing inspired by modular synthesizers, and generative art. At heart, illucia is about seeing games and software as instruments and playgrounds.

Org: paper kettle

ID: 7146

First Name: Brian

Last Name: O'Neil

Description: Citizen Schools provides ""apprenticeships"" (10-week hands-on projects taught by volunteers like YOU for 90 minutes per week) to middle school students from low income communities. ""Maker"" projects: Solar Car Engineering, Robotics, Ice-Cream Science, etc.

Org: Citizen Schools

ID: 7181

First Name: Jason

Last Name: O'Neill

Description: These stunning vintage charms were once likely bright golden brass but age has left them with a beautiful naturally oxidized verdigris patina that adds to the gorgeous detail. To bring out the coloring I added vintage mottled verdigris green and gold lucite beads from the 1960s. Gorgeous vintage style with a modern edge.

ID: 7181

First Name: Lisa

Last Name: O'Neill

Description: These stunning vintage charms were once likely bright golden brass but age has left them with a beautiful naturally oxidized verdigris patina that adds to the gorgeous detail. To bring out the coloring I added vintage mottled verdigris green and gold lucite beads from the 1960s. Gorgeous vintage style with a modern edge.

ID: 7110

First Name: Michael

Last Name: O'Toole

Description: Towering steel swing set holding arrays of mechanical solenoids that create a water plane falling in the path of its riders. Riders pass through openings in a waterfall created by monitoring their path via axel-housed encoders.

Org: Dash 7 Design

ID: 7145

First Name: Marty

Last Name: Odlin

Description: Bamboo Bike Studio is the leading DIY bikemaking company. We offer tools, instructions, workshops, and kits to makers and community bike shops. Our mission is to spread the benefits of making, bikemaking, and bikes as far and wide as possible.

Org: Bamboo Bike Studio

ID: 7079

First Name: Emeka

Last Name: Okafor

Description: Locations for inter disciplinary cross-pollination of expertise, experience and knowledge are emerging as logical evolution of the Maker movement in the continent.

Org: Maker Faire Africa

ID: 6981

First Name: Christopher

Last Name: Olah

Description: From RepRaps and math-based CAD software to 3D printed vacuum cleans and fractals, a menagerie of interesting projects!

Org: hacklab.to

ID: 7009

First Name: Christopher

Last Name: Olah

Description: From openscad to implicit cad, a discussion of programmatic CAD and its future, with insight from mathematics.

Org: hacklab.to

ID: 6983

First Name: Rich

Last Name: Olson

Description: Cloud chambers let you see paths left by radioactive particles as they pass through alcohol vapor. Most designs require dry ice - but this one uses electric ""Peltier"" coolers. You can build your own for under $100!

Org: Nothing Labs

ID: 7005

First Name: Jen

Last Name: Oslislo

Description: Come test your knowledge of who is the most ""social"" in a shockingly new format. See what is possible when you combine an iPad with an Arduino and stir in some APIs.

Org: Dachis Group

ID: 6960

First Name: Nancy

Last Name: Ouyang

Description: MITERS is a student club at MIT. It is a member-run creative haven and build-anything-you-want, if-you-break-it,-fix-it space.

Org: MIT Electronics Research society

ID: 7189

First Name: Yvonne

Last Name: Oxley

Description: Natural Soaps, Body Butters, Solid Perfumes & Candles

ID: 6729

First Name: Keith

Last Name: Ozar

Description: MakerBot is an affordable, open source 3D printer you build yourself. It makes almost anything up to 5”x5”x5” and prints with ABS and PLA (biodegradable) plastic Build your own MakerBot now. Buy at MakerBot.com

Org: MakerBot Industries

ID: 7137

First Name: Daniel

Last Name: Packer

Description: Hack Manhattan is a new hackerspace forming in NYC based in lower Manhattan. Hack Manhattan will promote collaboration on technical and educational projects between hackers, makers, artists, and curious peoples of all sorts.

Org: HacDC

ID: 7146

First Name: Alfredo

Last Name: Padilla

Description: Citizen Schools provides ""apprenticeships"" (10-week hands-on projects taught by volunteers like YOU for 90 minutes per week) to middle school students from low income communities. ""Maker"" projects: Solar Car Engineering, Robotics, Ice-Cream Science, etc.

Org: Citizen Schools

ID: 7165

First Name: Nina

Last Name: Paley

Description: It is possible to draw with a sewing machine! By demonstrating how easy Free Motion stitching is on a domestic sewing machine, more people can discover this beautiful and expressive technique.

Org: QuestionCopyright.org

ID: 6548

First Name: Bryan

Last Name: Pape

Description: AlienCortex AV is a multicore Arduino compatible platform with graphics and sound capability for the maker, the electronics enthusiast, the circuit bender, or anyone looking to steer a stream of electrons into their own digital creations.

Org: Fabulous Silicon

ID: 6814

First Name: Matt

Last Name: Parker

Description: Lumarca is a truly volumetric display which allows viewers to see three dimensional images and motion. Lumarca is completely Open Source and DIY. We are in the process of developing DIY kits.

Org: Eyebeam

ID: 7040

First Name: Carol

Last Name: Parkinson

Description: Harvestworks will show video documentation from three interactive artworks in our New York Electronic Art Festival and two projects created by artists working in our arts center.

Org: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center

ID: 6436

First Name: Patty

Last Name: Parrish

Description: NeedleArts Zone Learn how to crochet, cros-stitch, knit or needlepoint. With every lesson you receive free supplies.

Org: TNNA - The National NeedleArts Association

ID: 6576

First Name: Christina

Last Name: Pei

Description: Want to tinker with locks and tools, the likes of which you've only seen in movies featuring cat burglars or secret agents? Then come to TOOOL's Lockpick Village, where you will learn hands-on how physical security operates and how it can be compromised.

Org: The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers

ID: 7022

First Name: Lyn

Last Name: Pentecost

Description: Dogzilla was built by the Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York, as a companion to Girlzilla, the club's 2010 World Maker Faire entry. Dogzilla moves on its motorized base, can bark, and is charged by a solar dog house.

Org: Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York

ID: 6927

First Name: Sylvia

Last Name: Perez

Description: Can you construct a structure capable of withstanding a simulated earthquake? Use simple materials to design, build and test your structure to determine if it is strong enough to withstand our shake table challenge! Saturday & Sunday 11am - 1pm

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6928

First Name: Sylvia

Last Name: Perez

Description: Explore the principles of flight by designing and launching your own straw rockets. Can you design a rocket that will go furthest?

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6952

First Name: Mark

Last Name: Perez

ID: 7129

First Name: Phoenix

Last Name: Perry

Description: As you walk by, your head transforms into a balloon. You must keep from being popped by the evil cats falling from the sky. Can you stay alive long enough to battle the most evil kitty to ever live - Nightmare Kitty? Play alone or up to 4 friends.

Org: Devotion Gallery

ID: 6910

First Name: John

Last Name: Petsche

Description: This motorcycle was rebuilt with a 6hp industrial diesel engine and is fueled by pure Canola vegetable oil. It can reach a top speed of 40 mph in street form, and it holds the land speed record for 350cc alternate fuel-powered motorcycles at 56.5 mph.

ID: 7107

First Name: Bre

Last Name: Pettis

Org: MakerBot Industries

ID: 7200

First Name: Jillian

Last Name: Pfund

Description: This unisex hoody is for the brave one who isn't afraid to stand up for what's right & Give a Hoot. It's printed with eco-friendly ink on American Apparel¨. The text reads 'Give a Hoot' in a typeface Jillian created that resembles wood.

ID: 6447

First Name: Sonya

Last Name: Philip

Description: Through the Ordinary Objects project, Sonya Philip takes every day, sometimes disposable objects and transforms them by adding knitting.

ID: 6441

First Name: Benedetta

Last Name: Piantella

Description: Open Source Platforms: A cell phone-based printing device that prints SMSs, Web content and barcodes. A tracking toolchain for real time GPS tracking and data visualization. A portable device to collect accurate sensorial data from the field in real time.

Org: GROUND Lab

ID: 7106

First Name: Benedetta

Last Name: Piantella

Org: GROUND Lab

ID: 7026

First Name: John

Last Name: Pickle

Description: Luke’s “Skywalker” is a therapeutic walker built by the Concord Academy inventing club, DEMONs, to help a two year-old with cerebral palsy learn to walk

Org: Concord Academy

ID: 7134

First Name: Haley

Last Name: Pierson-Cox

Description: Haley Pierson-Cox (http://www.thezenofmaking.com) will show you how to make a fun, personalized tote bag using a photo of your pet as the template for creating a custom felt appliqué with pet-specific details. No sewing machine required!

Org: The Zen of Making

ID: 6732

First Name: Stefan

Last Name: Pildes

Description: GrooveHoops Hula Hoop Making

Org: GrooveHoops

ID: 6853

First Name: Edward L.

Last Name: Platt

Description: Just like a standard volume meter on a stereo, but bigger! The circuit is a modified VU meter kit. Each segment contains 18 LEDs, an acrylic diffuser, and a reflective shroud. The end result is great for dance parties!

Org: i3 Detroit

ID: 6854

First Name: Edward L.

Last Name: Platt

Description: This software makes it easy to create a beautiful design inspired by the physics and symmetry of snowflakes. Then print it out, and take it home. Come give it a try!

Org: i3 Detroit

ID: 6855

First Name: Edward L.

Last Name: Platt

Description: These are hand-drawn, pen-and-paper drawings, inspired by the physics and symmetry of snowflakes. I have drawn one every day since February 2011.

Org: i3 Detroit

ID: 7101

First Name: David

Last Name: Pogue

Org: New York Times

ID: 7048

First Name: Rick

Last Name: Pollack

Description: MakerGear provides kits and supplies for the rapidly expanding Maker community. Get 3D Printing with a MakerGear 3D Printer Kit and learn how to turn your ideas into real, tangible objects. Unleash your creativity without a lot of capital.

Org: MakerGear

ID: 7021

First Name: Phillip

Last Name: Pond

Description: FishBikez make a bicycle into a large scale rolling costume. FishBikez are giant fish on wheels! In a parade, on a city street, within any buzzing crowd, a small school of FishBikez turns a gathering into an ocean of life.

Org: Human Nature Projects

ID: 6539

First Name: Wlliam Thomas

Last Name: Porter

Description: Recumbent tricycle w/ range of nine gears run from the riders pedals to the fly wheel. Once the fly wheel is rotating at a high rate, the rider drops hold of the clutch and the brake and the power is delivered straight to the rear axle. Zoom!

Org: Porter Cycles

ID: 6742

First Name: Alexander

Last Name: Prior

Description: An instrument that demonstrates acoustic resonance. Using inexpensive speakers, various lengths of PVC pipe and caps, tunable oscillators, and amplifiers I am able to tune each pipe to a specified frequency to produce a one-octave chromatic scale.

ID: 6911

First Name: Josef

Last Name: Prusa

Description: Prusa Mendel is far most popular RepRap variant, easiest to assemble, maintain and most importantly easiest to replicate.

ID: 7114

First Name: Josef

Last Name: Prusa

Description: RepRap is self replicating 3D printer and I'll guide you thru it. I will reveal the new way of Open Hardware documentation called ThingDOC helping RepRap to get organized. All is based on my experience and my story showing how awesome open source is.

ID: 6622

First Name: Lisa

Last Name: Qiu

Description: DIY Sous Vide Kit that acts as a temperature hack-box for most cooking appliances. We synthesize Arduino and PID technology to give you the best in temperature sensing and cookery.

Org: Lower East Kitchen

ID: 6764

First Name: David

Last Name: Quiles

Description: David Quiles is a local New York City underground artist for over 10 years. His dark gritty macabre ink sketch technique is always favorite among all art enthusiasts. Visit his website at www.dquiles.com.

Org: dquiles.com

ID: 6601

First Name: Ryan

Last Name: Raffa

Description: Combining visual music and computation, RhythmSynthesis is an instrument that uses color, shape, and sound to demonstrate how tangible, audio-visual interactions can be applied as considerations in musical expression.

ID: 7006

First Name: Nelson

Last Name: Ramon

Description: In the wind is an exploration of the wind belt electric generator concept. It's an installation that generates its own power, flickering lights as wind blows through, it explores sustainable energy in a DIY manner.

Org: ITP - NYU

ID: 6838

First Name: Kate

Last Name: Raudenbush

Description: Braindrop is a meditation space to honor water. Created entirely from 10 gauge laser-cut steel, the sculpture is an intimate gathering space in the form of a 17-foot tall, 10-foot wide, 5000-pound water drop illuminated by l.e.d.s.

Org: Kate Raudenbush LLC

ID: 7169

First Name: Chen

Last Name: Reichert

Description: quirky + original Japanese inspired robot and plant art, clothing, dolls and accessories!

ID: 6978

First Name: Rebecca

Last Name: Reitz

Description: Representing the element, earth, this piece will suggest trees, flora and fungus.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6851

First Name: Brant

Last Name: Revill

Description: This is a call for innovators of every kind; scientists, engineers, citizen scientists and dreamers to collaborate on the UAVForge Challenge and win $100,000 USD. The goal is to build a user-intuitive, backpack-portable UAV.

Org: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic

ID: 7068

First Name: Brant

Last Name: Revill

Description: This is a call for innovators of every kind; scientists, engineers, citizen scientists and dreamers to collaborate on the UAVForge Challenge and win $100,000 USD. The goal is to build a user-intuitive, backpack-portable UAV.

Org: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic

ID: 7151

First Name: Matt

Last Name: Richardson

Org: MAKE

ID: 6995

First Name: Justin

Last Name: Riley

Description: The DiscoBike project encouraging people to explore their inner creativity through spontaneous musical interactions.

Org: DiscoBike

ID: 6979

First Name: Patti

Last Name: Robinson

Description: Where were you in '64? I was here! Same place, a vision of the future, totally fun, great memories. Email your Maker Faire 2011 photos to timewarpsouvenir@gmail.com & I'll mix them up with images of '64 & send you a souvenir postcard.

ID: 7020

First Name: Isa

Last Name: Rodrigues

Description: Come experiment with shibori and other dyeing techniques, using the flowers and plants grown this Summer by the Textile Arts Center. Also, step back in time and try making your own fabric on one of our full-size floor loom.

Org: Textile Arts Center

ID: 6912

First Name: Luis

Last Name: Rodriguez

Description: CCCKC Hackerspace in Kansas City has a group interested in personal manufacturing. From Mendels, Ultimakers, and Makerbots. Today we are showcasing our project to build a complete humanoid robot from 3d printed brackets.

Org: Cowtown Computer Congress Kansas City

ID: 6623

First Name: Jeff

Last Name: Rowberg

Description: The Keyglove is a wearable, wireless, open-source input device, providing unprecedented flexibility and convenience for gaming, design, art, music, data entry, device control, and 3D object manipulation using touch points and motion sensors.

ID: 7127

First Name: Molly

Last Name: Rubenstein

Description: Learn how to create a successful local makerspace near you! We present Artisan’s Asylum as a demo: our struggles, our victories, and how we managed to expand a 1,000 square foot idea to a 25,000 square foot reality in a year.

Org: Artisan's Asylum

ID: 6996

First Name: Jonathan

Last Name: Rubin

Description: interactive mechanical&projected pong game. guests are welcome to use their cellphone to control two mechanically motor driven paddles in a projected 'pong' game.

ID: 6564

First Name: Paul

Last Name: Rudolph

Description: GET ur GLANK on with GLANK: anonymous performers, found object instruments, magnetic, groove-oriented audience interaction.

ID: 6976

First Name: Johnny

Last Name: Russell

Description: RepRap is a free desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects. Since many parts of RepRap are made from plastic and RepRap can print those parts, RepRap is a self-replicating machine - one that anyone can build given time and materials.

Org: UltiMachine

ID: 7128

First Name: Andrew

Last Name: Salomone

Description: How to design and create a latch-hooked rug from a digital image.

Org: CRAFT

ID: 6527

First Name: Jason

Last Name: Sanders

Description: Oxymoronatron’s live show consists of multimedia explosion that consists videos and a hand full of gadgets and real music playing robots.

ID: 6820

First Name: Jon

Last Name: Santiago

Description: In addition to featuring some of our NYC-area Young Makers and their projects, our booth will give potential new makers a chance to be introduced to new skills like soldering, sewing, programming, and 3-D printing.

Org: HTINK

ID: 6909

First Name: Randy

Last Name: Sarafan

Description: Simple Bots is the awesome new eBook that teaches you how to make a bunch of fun and easy bots in no time. This book is written with the beginner in mind and no prior knowledge of robotics is necessary.

ID: 6505

First Name: John

Last Name: Sarik

Description: The Columbia Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics demonstrates how to use 3D printing and laser cutting to make LEDs, solar cells, transistors, sensors and other exciting electronic devices.

Org: Columbia Laboratory for Unconventional Electronics

ID: 6675

First Name: Greg

Last Name: Saul

Description: SketchChair will be a free, open-source software tool that allows anyone to easily design and make their own digitally fabricated furniture, then share their work in an open-source library of designs at SketchChair.cc.

Org: Diatom Studio

ID: 6728

First Name: Tim

Last Name: Saylor

Description: Maker Tees: Awesome Apparel for DIY People.

Org: Maker Tees

ID: 6969

First Name: Luke

Last Name: Schantz

Description: Project is a chess/puzzel table. Solving puzzel opens drawer in the table. Play chess games against computer as well as with remote players. Remote players can be online or at other Turk.0 tables.

ID: 6863

First Name: Meredith

Last Name: Scheff-King

Description: Starboards are components designed for soft circuit, wearable electronics, and other applications where flexibility is key. You can iron them on using fusible interfacing. They are solderable and sew-able.

Org: StarBoards, LadyCartoonist

ID: 7070

First Name: Nancy

Last Name: Schenk

Description: Using one-quarter inch wool strips of simple designs. Design is drawn on burlap or linen backing and worked on the right side of the design, by pulling up strips of wool (at the height of one-quarter inch – same was as the width) to form the design.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 7103

First Name: Brian

Last Name: Schiffer

Description: The Zeo uses an EEG headband to stage your sleep and wake you up at the optimal time. Several open source libraries are available to interact with your sleep data. Come learn more about the Zeo, the libraries available, and how to hack your sleep!

Org: Zeo Inc

ID: 7138

First Name: John

Last Name: Schimmel

Description: RAMPS is a wheelchair DJ interface - the left wheel fades between tracks while the right wheel scratches the music.

Org: NYU ITP

ID: 7188

First Name: Jessica

Last Name: Schleicher

Description: Eco-Friendly Art Monsters

ID: 7060

First Name: Joseph

Last Name: Schlesinger

Description: MakeIt Labs is an Open-access workshop (aka hackerspace, or makerspace) in Nashua, New Hampshire. It is a place where anyone can come to dream, learn and create. Members have a full access to a 6000 ft2 workshop with tool for multiple disciplines.

Org: MakeIt Labs Corp.

ID: 6676

First Name: Diana

Last Name: Schoenbrun

Description: Make your very own Zombie doll with craft author, Diana Schoenbrun, of Beasties: How to Make 22 Mischievious Monsters That Go Bump in the Night. Learn how to sew a simple plush Zombie with some fabric, felt, and thread. Ages: children through adult.

ID: 6991

First Name: Katherine

Last Name: Scott

Description: Ingenuitas maintains the SimpleCV a software library that allows you to quickly create computer vision applications and integrate them into other projects. Our booth will teach you how to get started making computer vision applications.

Org: Ingenuitas

ID: 6999

First Name: Veronika

Last Name: Scott

Org: The Empowerment Plan

ID: 6620

First Name: Paula

Last Name: Segal

Description: 596 Acres is a public education project aimed at making communities aware of the land resources around them. With the goal of a food sovereign New York City in mind, 596 Acres is helping neighbors form connections to the vacant lots in their lives.

Org: 596 Acres

ID: 6878

First Name: Jennifer

Last Name: Shannon

Description: MIRD detects, differentiates between, and sonifies cosmic and terrestrial radiation, creating a harmonious meditative soundscape and aesthetic that contradicts what is often associated with particle physics and radiation.

ID: 6958

First Name: Bill

Last Name: Shannon

Description: Bill Shannon for Human

ID: 6953

First Name: Maker

Last Name: Shed

Description: The staff of MAKE has selected kits, tools, microcontrollers, crafts, souvenirs, and other fun stuff for sale. Plus: meet kit makers, watch project demos, and learn to solder for just $1 and keep the fun blinky pin you make!

Org: The Maker Shed Store

ID: 6954

First Name: Maker

Last Name: Shed

Description: Welcome to the Maker Shed Annex, where we have a smaller store with everything Arduino under the Arduino tent.

Org: The Maker Shed Store

ID: 6738

First Name: Rita

Last Name: Shewbridge

Description: Sonic Threads is an interactive dress that plays audio when the embroidered threads are touched. The dress seeks to reconnect people with stories in an intimate closeness by connecting them through narrative and touch.

ID: 6442

First Name: Bethany

Last Name: Shorb

Description: Cyberoptix operates a solvent-free print shop in Detroit's Eastern Market - providing a seditious, punky fashion statement for executives bound to the neck noose.

Org: Cyberoptix Tie Lab

ID: 7036

First Name: David

Last Name: Shuff

Description: The History Eraser is a 8""x7""x15"" device that erases history. Being from a bygone era the controls are not as precise as one might hope for, but we're all still here, so that's a good sign.

Org: Alpha One Labs

ID: 7167

First Name: Barbara

Last Name: Siana

Description: Handprinted T-shirt featuring a map and a road bike.

ID: 7164

First Name: Anu

Last Name: Sieunarine

Description: High School of Fashion Industries demonstrates the aesthetics of Fractals in Fashion Construction, Art and Design. The presentation is about HSFI. High School of Fashion Industries majors: Fashion, Merchandising and Art.

Org: HSFI

ID: 6578

First Name: Megan

Last Name: Simmons

Description: Brainstorm, prototype and present new ideas for teaching & learning in ISKME’s Design Lab. Create an Open Educational Resource (OER) that will be shared on OERCommons.org & with teachers during the Teachers as Makers Academy.

Org: Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education

ID: 7004

First Name: Daniel Bowman

Last Name: Simon

Description: One in seven Americans depend on Food Stamps (SNAP) to put food on the table. If you or anyone you know receives food stamps, stop by to learn more about gardening with food stamps, MAKE food, and help spread the word!

Org: SNAP Gardens

ID: 6627

First Name: David

Last Name: Simpson

Description: Build your very own covert wireless listening system! Originally created for the Spy Tech issue of Make Magazine. Kits available for sale. Hands-on instruction and all the necessary tools will be provided. Sponsored by the International Spy Museum.

Org: The Covert Surveillance Team

ID: 6512

First Name: Avi

Last Name: Solomon

Description: Pop-Pop or Phat-Phat boats have been a intriguing kids steam toy for ages. Make your own simple steam pulse engine boat using a refrigeration copper coil, tealight candle, aluminium baking pan and binder clip.

ID: 6723

First Name: Greggy

Last Name: Soriano

Description: Celebrity Chef Greggy Soriano from TLC'S Next Great Baker is known for his modern and FABOO cake designs. Guests will watch Greggy sculpt a cake in real-time and inspire people to go home and MAKE-a-them-a-cake-as-fast-as-they-can!

Org: Cake Lush

ID: 6506

First Name: Balam

Last Name: Soto

Description: An exploration into user interface and art, this installation allows users to manipulate and control movie projections while creating music off of a single device developed by the artist.

Org: Balam Soto Studio

ID: 6510

First Name: Balam

Last Name: Soto

Description: "E.Tshirt"" is an e-textile project that utilizes arduino lily pads, LEDs, conductive thread and electronics. The entire system is sewn onto a T-shirt, this Maker will be wearing his project!

Org: Balam Soto Studio

ID: 6514

First Name: Balam

Last Name: Soto

Description: Phobia is an interactive artistic installation that incorporates arduinos, sensors, LEDs and servos as well as audio, video and projections. Phobia explores the impact of technology on individuals at a personal level.

Org: Balam Soto Studio

ID: 7051

First Name: T. Baird

Last Name: Soules

Description: The SDM1 is programmed via marks on small discs. When light is blocked by a opaque mark the chosen percussion instrument sound is played. Created at M5, the makerspace for Electrical and Computer Engineering students at UMass Amherst.

Org: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering

ID: 6897

First Name: Meredith

Last Name: Summs

Description: NYC High School students from the MOUSE Corps tech design program share their Legacy Projects. Gar-Blog is an android-app that collects data on subway sanitation through game-play. Sol-Tech is wearable solar panels that charge your devices on the go.

Org: MOUSE

ID: 6883

First Name: Norm

Last Name: Sutaria

Description: See what FIRST Robotics is all about! Three types of programmable robots will be on display: Lego NXT robots, the agile FIRST Tech Challenge robots and the large FIRST Robotics Competition robots. Join us!

Org: NYC FIRST Robotics

ID: 6511

First Name: Dirk

Last Name: Swart

Description: Changing the world 8 bits at a time: Arduino and other electronics kits

Org: Wicked Device LLC

ID: 6449

First Name: Amy

Last Name: Sweetman

Description: Anatomology is a project where I unite my career as a psychology professor with creativity and art. All products are developed by myself and they serve as a tribute to the beauty of the study of behavior.

Org: The Psych Store

ID: 6930

First Name: Karl

Last Name: Szilagi

Description: Listen to the wind as the kites flying above the Great Hall transmit the sounds of wind movement.

Org: New York Hall of Science

ID: 6949

First Name: Josef

Last Name: Szuecs

Description: A fresh take on the traditional music box. Arduino controlled with and esthetically pleasing design.

Org: Renga Arts

ID: 7012

First Name: Anderson

Last Name: Ta

Description: None at the moment.

ID: 7039

First Name: Felisia

Last Name: Tandiono

Description: HazeState is an installation on imagining history through a scent cartography that is Inspired from Bushwick industrial landscape.

ID: 6444

First Name: Trevor

Last Name: Tarin

Description: Head 'N Home Hats has been handmaking first quality leather hats in California since 1972. We pride ourselves on our creative designs, uncompromising craftsmanship, and on using top-notch American materials.

Org: Steampunk Hatter

ID: 7196

First Name: Ruth

Last Name: Tarr

Description: Vintage Clothing and Accessories

ID: 6955

First Name: Karen

Last Name: Kaun

Description: Knowledge iTrust, Fordham University and Educate LLC support NYC youth as CHANGE MAKERS through hands-on design of their own solutions for green, healthy living. Meet an elementary school design team. Help us build a better hydroponic garden.

ID: 6679

First Name: Andrew

Last Name: Terranova

Description: LetsMakeRobots will demonstrate the Yellow Drum Machine (YDM), as well as other robots by our members. The YDM is a funky little drumbot. It roams around and makes beats, and samples. We'll also have some fun projects for you to try yourself!

Org: Let's Make Robots

ID: 7010

First Name: AnnMarie

Last Name: Thomas

Description: Tomorrow’s inventors are today’s children. As schools drop shop class and children more time watching TV than building tree houses, we need to contemplate where the inventors of the future will learn to be makers, and how we can aid in this process.

Org: University of St. Thomas School of Engineering

ID: 6504

First Name: AnnMarie

Last Name: Thomas

Description: Come sculpt circuits! Using nontoxic, conductive and non-conductive homemade dough, you will be able to make your own squishy circuits complete with light, sound, and motion.

Org: University of St. Thomas School of Engineering

ID: 7208

First Name: Amy

Last Name: Thompson

Description: Clutch/Purse upcycled from scarf

ID: 6628

First Name: Tiffany

Last Name: Threadgould

Description: RePlayGround is a place that transforms garbage into new! Bottle caps become lockets, cereal boxes turn into rockets, and way more. Check out our new book, ReMake It. Once you start ReMaking It, you'll never look at trash the same way again!

Org: RePlayGround

ID: 7136

First Name: Tiffany

Last Name: Threadgould

Description: Turn an old road map or magazine page into a picture perfect picture. Tiffany Threadgould will show you how to take 2 pieces of paper and make this fun frame. This is just one project from Tiffany's book, ReMake It, filled with 95 DIY recycling projects.

Org: RePlayGround

ID: 7170

First Name: 973-557-6810

Last Name: Trenton

Description: Storyboard in black acrylic, holds 9, 1

ID: 6895

First Name: Alex

Last Name: Truesdell

Description: The Adaptive Design Association builds corrugated cardboard devices tailored to the needs of children with disabilities. Our goal is to cultivate great ideas and create a world where no child is stuck waiting and wishing.

Org: Adaptive Design Association

ID: 6737

First Name: Thomas

Last Name: Tumino

Description: With simple home built antennas we can bounce our voices clear around the globe, with or without the use of satellites.

Org: Hall of Science Amateur Radio Club

ID: 7033

First Name: Andy

Last Name: Turley

Description: Discussion of making multi-player games that encourage players to collaborate. Audience members will also be given a chance to play games that illustrate the topics we will cover. Come for the learning, stay for the games!

Org: Bug Labs

ID: 6743

First Name: Thomas

Last Name: Uliasz

Description: Burnkit2600 are the experimental electronics trio that combine homemade, modified, circuit-bent, and 8-bit instruments, with seriously funky live musicianship to create other-worldly grooves of the highest caliber.

Org: Burnkit2600

ID: 7003

First Name: Matt

Last Name: Underwood

Description: TreaterBot is a 3-D printer that ""prints"" Rice Krispies Treats. 3D models are loaded into the computer, scaled appropriately, and printed. The result is an EDIBLE 3D object that is highly tasty!

Org: TreaterBot

ID: 7148

First Name: Eben

Last Name: Upton

Description: The Raspberry Pi Foundation is developing a $25 ARM Linux box. In this presentation we talk a little about the Foundation's aims, and describe the Raspberry Pi hardware, with an emphasis on those features most relevant to the hacking community.

Org: Raspberry Pi Foundation

ID: 6961

First Name: Miguel

Last Name: Valenzuela

Description: The Pancake Bot is a pancake CNC that let's you draw pancakes onto an electric griddle. Our first prototype can be made by anyone with a LEGO NXT mindstorm kit and some extra parts. Created by Miguel Valenzuela for his two daughters Lily and Maia.

Org: Pancake Bot

ID: 6714

First Name: Julia

Last Name: Vallera

Description: Color Wheelz travels through NYC filled with playful activities, which facilitate exploration into how color relates to community. Visitors adapt the inside and outside of the van using an array of color related items and personal audio recording.

ID: 6848

First Name: David

Last Name: VanEsselstyn

Description: Brooklyn Robot Foundry helps kids and parents work together to build cool, robot-themed projects, and share in “The Fun of the Build”. Currently we run ""pop-up foundries"" around Brooklyn and we will ultimately have a dedicated storefront workshop.

Org: Brooklyn Robot Foundry

ID: 6847

First Name: Luis

Last Name: Violante

Description: Scientific observation is inherently narrative. SCENES, curated by Imagine Science Films, is a type of film experiment, exploring the relationship between life at a microscopic and macroscopic level.

Org: Imagine Science Films

ID: 6951

First Name: Stephen

Last Name: Voltz

Org: Eepybird.com

ID: 6968

First Name: Stephan

Last Name: von Muehlen

Description: EnergyHub, a Brooklyn-based startup, makes tools that help people save money and energy. Our products connect wirelessly with your devices and meter allowing you to monitor and control your energy use from anywhere.

Org: EnergyHub

ID: 6750

First Name: Courtney

Last Name: Wagner

Description: From the earliest American makers to self-taught artists working today, folk art celebrates themes of community, regionalism, repurposing & innovation. The American Folk Art Museum will explore the not-so-distant gap between makers of the past & present.

Org: The American Folk Art Museum

ID: 6414

First Name: Chris

Last Name: Walker

Description: Netduino is an open source electronics platform using the .NET Micro Framework. Featuring a 32-bit microcontroller and a rich development environment. Suitable for engineers and hobbyists alike.

Org: Secret Labs LLC

ID: 7056

First Name: Alison

Last Name: Ward

Description: Habitable Spaces is a three-month project in rural Texas, in which artists are invited to create and inhabit sculptural structures that experiment in collaborative and intuitive building processes informed by the needs and desires of our surroundings.

Org: Habitable Spaces

ID: 6889

First Name: Nathan

Last Name: Warnick

Description: Custom built mobile studio, Inside with 4 mics and a video editing rig, guests can record segments via the Oregon trail in this unique mobile production studio. Record your own piece of history for the chronotune today!

Org: Dh5tv

ID: 6865

First Name: Nicholas

Last Name: Wattendorf

Description: In a world full of 2D printers comes the first generation of homeade 3D printers. We currently hold the title of having the 4th working RepRap known as the Darwin. We are also making the son of the Darwin called the Prussia

Org: RepRap

ID: 6998

First Name: Philip

Last Name: Weinrobe

Description: 3rd Ward, a creative hub in Brooklyn NY, is the epi center of education, workspace and networking for Creative Professionals in the 5 boroughs. Learn more at 3rdward.com/maker-faire

Org: 3rd Ward

ID: 6804

First Name: Flint

Last Name: Weisser

Description: The devices in this exhibit illustrate aspects of radioactivity and its interaction with that of the electromagnetic force. I am interested in using physics, and the science experiment as a kind of aesthetic experience.

ID: 7047

First Name: Kurt

Last Name: Wendt

Description: I'm a new MakerBot owner with extensive 3D CG experience - and looking to show off some projects and what can be done with the Bot.

ID: 6805

First Name: Michael

Last Name: White

Description: The Boom Box Tricycle is an art bike and mobile sound system created by Michael ""Blanco"" White of Brooklyn, NY.

Org: Boom Box Tricycle

ID: 6810

First Name: Robin

Last Name: White

Description: Levi White Levi is a Young Maker with talent to share at Maker Faire! He gained experience at World Maker Faire in NYC 2010 and looks forward to meeting new Maker friends this year too.

Org: Oakland County White Family

ID: 6811

First Name: Robin

Last Name: White

Description: Ellie Rose White Ellie is a talented Young Maker with lots of fun ideas. She loves to share her inspiration with other Makers at the Faire!!

Org: Oakland County White Family

ID: 6812

First Name: Robin

Last Name: White

Description: Will White Gak is a slimy non-Newtonian fluid chemical reaction you can DIY Make your own Gak Pak to take with you. Walk on Ooblek!!

Org: Oakland County White Family

ID: 7058

First Name: Len

Last Name: White

Description: Create your own touch table (think: giant iPad) from an Ikea coffee table and over-the-counter components! This DIY design costs 1/4th of that of comparable touch tables. Great for home entertainment or as an assistive technology in the classroom.

ID: 6887

First Name: Darcy

Last Name: Whyte

Description: Darcy Whyte, software designer, made a unique rubber band powered airplane. From it’s beginnings in Darcy’s software methodology it’s distinct aerodynamic features allows it to fly hundreds of feet and and is easy to make.

Org: Rubber-Power

ID: 6876

First Name: Dan

Last Name: Wilcox

Description: robotcowboy is a one-man cyborg band musical project using custom hardware and software running on a wearable computer. A MIDI guitar, crazy control devices, various masks, and synchronized visuals make for a new new wave experience.