Makers at Maker Fare
George Albercook, Teacher, FlutterBot.com
The FlutterBot Robot Workshop (Section 2) (Workshop)
The FlutterBot Robot Workshop (Section 1) (Workshop)
The Sibling Intrusion Detector (SID) (Presentation)
Emily Albinski
Vacuum Forming (Workshop)
Tim Allwine
Marlinespike Seamanship: Fancy Knots (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Tom Anderson, Owner, Quaketronics.com
Highspeed Flash Photography (Maker Special Exhibit)
Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson's Heirloom Technology (Presentation)
Darci Andressen, Marketing, ReadyMade
Chopstick Clock: A ReadyMade Workshop (Workshop)
ReadyMade Magazine (Media Sponsor table)
Ted Baer, Self
Wind Energy from Bicycle Wheels (Maker Special Exhibit)
Bay Area English Regency Society, BAERS
Scientific Frolick (Maker Special Exhibit)
Alec Bennett, whatever
Trampoline Simon (Maker Special Exhibit)
Brian Benson, R&D Technician, Formfactor Inc.
Watch Box (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Jed Berk, ALAVs, Art Center College of Design
Flock of Whale Blimps (Maker Special Exhibit)
Ken Biba
AERO-PAC: High Power Amateur Rocketry (Maker Special Exhibit)
Ryan Bishop, Broker/Dealer
Broker/Dealer (Performance)
Trevor Blackwell, Anybots Inc
Balancing Vehicles (Maker Special Exhibit)
Jill Bliss
Print with Gocco (Workshop)
Doug Brown, colquhoun glass works
Trailer-Glass Blowing (Maker Special Exhibit)
Colin Bulthaup
Laser Cutter Workshop (Workshop)
Squid Labs: Laser Cutter, SmartRope and Instructables (Maker Special Exhibit)
Bill Bumgarner, Friday.com
Pinball Restoration & Maintenance (Maker Special Exhibit)
burgett, executive director, ACCRC
Electronics Recycling with ACCRC (Maker Special Exhibit)
Garbage, Fry grease and Linux:
A supercomputing proposal. (Maker Special Exhibit)
Daniel Camacho, Marketing Manager, IPswap
IPSwap: Software Participation Marketplace (Exhibitor booth)
IPSwap: A Software Participation Age (Presentation)
Kristina Caņizares
The Nekyia Dance (Performance)
Mikal Carter
VJ Mikal Carter (live video) (Performance)
Russ Chadwick, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Citizen Weather Observer Program (Presentation)
Citizen Weather Observer Program (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Rachel Chalmers, The Goop Organization
Constellation (Performance)
Jamie Chan
Hand Spinning Yarn (Workshop)
Clint M Chilcott, Master, The Ominous Moo
The Elevator Entertainment Project (Presentation)
Jesse Clark
Agents Del Futuro (Performance)
Abe Connally
Build Your Own Wind Powered Generator (Maker Special Exhibit)
Marque cornblatt, FalseGods
Sparky - Gomi Robotics (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Brian Crabtree
Brian Crabtree and Peter Segerstrom (Performance)
Monome (Maker Special Exhibit)
Jack Creasey, Tech Marketing Eng, Intel
Mowbi - A robotic lawn mower using low-cost off the shelf components. (Maker Special Exhibit)
Ward Cunningham, Maker, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc
Biologically Inspired Multi-Processor (Workshop)
If Chips Talked Like Cells (Presentation)
Ezra Daly, Wreck-n-Roll Custom Instruments
Musical Instruments for the Motorcycle Enthusiast. (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Musical Instruments for the Motorcycle Enthusiast. (Performance)
John Davi, Communications Director, CalCars.org
CalCars Plug-in Hybrid Conversion (Maker Special Exhibit)
Janet Davis, Girl Scouts
Handmade 8" Telescope (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Grant Davis, Dimension7
New Technology for Live Visuals (Performance)
Richard Davis, Software design engineer, SharpLogic Software
Skype Home Automation: A Remote Control For Your Home (Presentation)
Michael Dean
DIY or Die (Presentation)
Janis Dickinson, Arthur A. Allen Director of Citizen Science, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Bluebird Nest Box Construction and Monitoring (Workshop)
Steven Dunifer, Free Radio Berkeley
Free Radio Berkeley (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Antennas 101 (Workshop)
John Dyer
Tesla Coil Adventure with Jack Sparx (Maker Special Exhibit)
Diana Eng
MAKE Fashion Show featuring Diana Eng and Emily Albinski (Performance)
Matt Ettus, Ettus Research LLC
Radio of the Future (Presentation)
Software-Defined Radio (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Andrew Filo, Filo/Optum Corp
Rocket Belts: Past and Future (Presentation)
Filo's Workshop (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Allen Fish, Director, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Half a Million Hawks Later -- Humans Tracking Raptors at the Golden Gate (Presentation)
Limor Fried, Rockstar, Adafruit Industries
MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy! (Section 2) (Workshop)
Lady Ada's Super Happy Fun Blinky Workbench (Maker Special Exhibit)
MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy! (Section 1) (Workshop)
Sam Garfield, Almighty Emperor, King, and Ruler, DIYhappy.com
Infrared Camera Mod, etc. (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Custom Retro Handsets (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Homemade ECG/EKG (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Bruce Gee, GeeThree
Blogger Dump Tank (Maker Special Exhibit)
Rich Gibson, Locative Technology
Location: It's Everywhere (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Daniel Goods, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Big Playground (Maker Special Exhibit)
Stefan Gosiewski
VJ Stefan G (live video) (Performance)
David Goth, Subversion Arts
Subversion Arts (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Amal Graafstra, txtGroups Inc.
Embedded RFID (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Ken Gracey, CEO, Parallax
Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 4) (Workshop)
Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 3) (Workshop)
Accelerometer Sensor Basics (Section 2) (Workshop)
Ultrasonic Rangefinding Distance Device and Alarm (Section 2) (Workshop)
Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 2) (Workshop)
Accelerometer Sensor Basics (Section 1) (Workshop)
Ultrasonic Rangefinding Distance Device and Alarm (Section 1) (Workshop)
Build Your Own RFID Reader (Section 1) (Workshop)
Joe Grand, Hands-on Hacking
Hands-on Hardware Hacking (Section 2) (Workshop)
Grand Idea Studio Open Lab (Workshop)
Hands-on Hardware Hacking (Section 1) (Workshop)
Scott Gray, O'Reilly Media, Inc
Make Paper Airplanes (Maker Special Exhibit)
Saul Griffith, Howtoons
Howtoons! (Maker Special Exhibit)
Jenny Grigsby
Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 2) (Workshop)
Botball (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
All About Botball (Presentation)
Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 1) (Workshop)
Bathsheba Grossman, 3D Printing Art, Bathsheba Sculpture LLC
3D Printing Art (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
tradeMark Gunderson, Evolution Control Committee
Evolution Control Committee (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
The Evolution Control Committee presents Thimbletron (Performance)
William Gurstelle
Build a Tensegrity Tower (Workshop)
Build a Spud Gun (Workshop)
Bill Gurstelle, my company
Spelunking The Technology Underground (Presentation)
John Guy, Apps Engineer, Maxim Integrated Products
The Speaker Guy: Subwoofer in an Ottoman (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Kaden Harris
Kaden Harris: Eccentric Genius and His Workshop from a Parallel Universe (Maker Special Exhibit)
Sasha Harris-Cronin, Designer/Programmer, BBI Engineering
DIY Touchpanels (Presentation)
Todd Harrison, Grill-Pool Heater, None
Surf and Turf (Maker Special Exhibit)
Bjoern Hartmann, PhD Student, Stanford University HCI Group
d.tools for Rapid Prototyping (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Alexander Haubold, Columbia University
Multi-colored Touchpad and Network-Controlled LED Lamp (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Mark Hayes, Microsoft
A Californian Academic Technology Showcase (Presentation)
Matt Heckert
Fencers (Maker Special Exhibit)
Chuck Heger, self
Wireless Swimming Pool Fill System (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Rebecca Hinden, Onomy Labs
Red Eye Goggles (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Michelle Hlubinka, Zeum Programs Manager, Zeum
Zeum Stop-Motion Animation (Workshop)
Joe Holt, Teacher, Bennington College
Homemade Microprocessor (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Dave Hrynkiw, President, Solarbotics
Build Solar-Powered Gizmos (Section 2) (Workshop)
BEAM Robots (Section 2) (Workshop)
Build Solar-Powered Gizmos (Section 1) (Workshop)
BEAM Robots (Section 1) (Workshop)
Bunnie Huang
Bunnie's Breadboarding Station (Workshop)
I-Wei Huang, Crabfu
Steam-Powered Robots (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Jessica Hutchison, Jess Hutch Crafts
Knit a Toy (Workshop)
Barna Ibrahim, Intel Corp
Girls In Engineering (Maker Special Exhibit)
Improbable Orchestra, Improbable Orchestra
Improbable Orchestra (Maker Special Exhibit)
Donald Isaac, Partner, Mandi Company
The Modern High-Speed Stirling Engine (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Sellam Ismail, Proprietor, VintageTech
Full-scale Functional Replica of a DEC PDP-1 Computer (Maker Special Exhibit)
Mr. Jalopy
My Country Squire - Buy, Live, Tune and Die with Old Cars (Section 2) (Workshop)
Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 3) (Workshop)
Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 2) (Workshop)
Maker's Bill of Rights (Presentation)
My Country Squire - Buy, Live, Tune and Die with Old Cars (Section 1) (Workshop)
Sheet Metal Work For Fun (Section 1) (Workshop)
Mr. Jalopy's Garage (Maker Special Exhibit)
Dona Janssen, Seneschal/President, Barony of the Westermark/Society for Creative Anachronism
Barony of the Westermark: Arts and Crafts of Pre-17th Century Europe (Maker Special Exhibit)
Tom Jennings, huh? self organized!
Make Your Car A Networked Music Machine (Maker Special Exhibit)
Brian Jepson, O'Reilly Media, Inc
Hacks (Exhibitor booth)
Natalie Jeremijenko, Affiliate, Bureau of Inverse Technology
HowStuffisMade (HSIM) (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Tom Kabat, Woodenbikes.com
Unusual Home Built Bicycles from wood and salvage (Maker Special Exhibit)
Ed Kaim, President, SharpLogic Software
Dancing4Fun: Building Your Own Dance Game (Presentation)
Perry Kaye, Inventor, Think Solve Do, Inc.
The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 2) (Workshop)
The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 4) (Workshop)
The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 3) (Workshop)
The $200 Machine Shop: Making Frankenstein Prototypes (Section 1) (Workshop)
Master Your Inner Inventor (Workshop)
Franz Keller
VJ Franz K and Cypod (live video) (Performance)
Bryan Kennedy, MobMov
Mobile Movie Maker (Maker Special Exhibit)
Bill Kenworthy, none
Camera Obscura Out of Thin Air (Workshop)
Alex Ko, Coordinator, Bay Area SEG
The Silicon Valley Aftershocks: Segway HT Polo (Maker Special Exhibit)
Aaron Koblin, UCLA Design|Media Arts
Processing Workshop: Learning, Prototyping, and Producing (Section 2) (Workshop)
Celestial Mechanics (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Processing Workshop: Learning, Prototyping, and Producing (Section 1) (Workshop)
David Kordsmeier, Razortooth Communications, LLC
Convert a $60 Wireless to a $600 wireless router (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Leah Kramer
Craftster.org's Kitschy Craft Contest (Workshop)
Lee Krasnow, Pacific Puzzleworks
Precision Woodworking Techniques for Interlocking Puzzles (Presentation)
Precision woodworking for interlocking puzzles (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Bill Kreysler, Kreysler & Associates
Fabricating the Big Blue Bear (Presentation)
Todd Landstad
The Ultra Mobile PC (Presentation)
edmundo Larenas, chair, surfrider san mateo chapter
Surfrider Foundation: Water Quality Testing (Presentation)
The Surfrider Foundation (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Lindsay Lawlor
Giant Electric Giraffe (Maker Special Exhibit)
Andy Lee, Student: Mech Eng, Foothill College
DIY Modern Plywood Furniture. (Maker Special Exhibit)
Alison Lewis
Lovie Circuits (Section 2) (Workshop)
Lovie Circuits (Section 1) (Workshop)
Jon Liang, Stanford University
Trompetelichter Jazz Combo (Performance)
Trumpet Mounted LED Display ("Trompetelichter") (Performance)
Emily Lin, Program Manager, Machine Science Inc.
Machine Science: Putting the "C" in Creativity (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Romeo Linn, VP Chief Engineer, Linvents Lab
Futuristic Helicopter (Maker Special Exhibit)
Michael Linnolt, AAVSO
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Roderick Mann, Latency: Zero
Autonomous 1/10 Scale Car (Maker Special Exhibit)
James Marks
Scattered Light (Performance)
Circuit-bending workshop (Workshop)
Jim Mason, The Shipyard
Power Tool Drag Race Preview (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
John Mauer
Real-Time 3D with Managed DirectX (Presentation)
John Maushammer, -
Model Rocket Video using a Disposable Digital Camera (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Hacking Disposable Digital Cameras for Model Rocketry (Presentation)
Tom McAlister, High Line Kites
Kite Making (Workshop)
aaron michels, strip mind media
Relief Scupture in Light (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Terrie Miller, Makezine.com
Citizen Science (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Greg Miller, fancy pants engineer, Nanosolar
Night Vision Viewer
(Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Tyler Mincey, Smart Product Design Lab, Stanford University
Stanford Product Design Lab: Robot Hockey Shoot-out (Maker Special Exhibit)
Scott Minneman, Onomy Labs, Inc.
Times Square meets Calder meets Playskool Activity Center
(Presentation)
John Morse, president/owner, Dubach Tool Company
Denver Mad Scientists Club (Presentation)
Critter Crunch: Mad Scientists from Denver (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Anca Mosoiu, N/A
Cardboard Creations (Workshop)
Cardboard Creations for Everyone (Maker Special Exhibit)
Ralf Muehlen, Director, SFLan.org
SFLan and Community Wireless in the Bay Area (Presentation)
SFLan, a Community Wireless Network in the San Francisco Bay Area (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Ken Murphy, Blinkybug
Blinkybugs! (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Tom Murphy, Professor of Computer Science, Contra Costa College
Do Robotic Arms Dream of Handling Eggs? (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Vex Robotics Decathlon Racing (Maker Special Exhibit)
Competition-Based Learning: A Robotics Decathlon (Presentation)
Ulla-Maaria Mutanen, Aula Design Oy
Thinglink: IDs For Things You Make (Presentation)
Free Product ID Codes for Creative Work (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Lisa Myers, Founder, Let's Go Birding
Introduction to Birding (Workshop)
Karyl Newman, artist, karyl newman projects
Portable Outdoor Sound Art System for Under $100, or, "Did You Hear That?" (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Jim Newton, TechShop
TechShop, An Open Workshop for Makers (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Tom Noddy, The Bubble Guy
Bubbles Within Bubbles (Performance)
Jillian Northrup, Because We Can, LLC
CNC for Couples (Maker Special Exhibit)
Dolin O'Shea
Hip Needlepoint (Workshop)
Shannon Okey
Thrift Store Felting (Workshop)
Alt Fibers (Workshop)
Windell Oskay, N/A
What Makes Atomic Clocks Tick? (Presentation)
POV-Ray For Mere Mortals: Cinematic-quality 3D illustration and animation using free tools (Workshop)
Interactive LED Dining Table (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Dan Overholt, UCSB
Build Your Own Input Device with CREATE USB Interface (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Syuzi Pakhchyan, SparkLab
Wearable Light Bracelet (Section 2) (Workshop)
Wearable Light Bracelet (Section 1) (Workshop)
SparkLab: DIY Wearables (Maker Special Exhibit)
Francois Paultre, Manager, Paper Source
Simple Single-Signature Book (Workshop)
Kim Pedersen, President/Founder, The Monorail Society
Niles Monorail: World's only backyard monorail! (Maker Special Exhibit)
Shawna Peterson, Peterson Neon
Neon Art Shop (Maker Special Exhibit)
Mike Petrich, Exploratorium
PIE@Exploratorium's Toy Automata Workshop (Workshop)
William Pfeil, Tripod Data Systems
Exercise Machine Game Controller (Maker Special Exhibit)
James powderly, Research Fellow, Eyebeam R&D OpenLab
Electro-Graf Workshop (Workshop)
LED Throwies Workshop (Workshop)
Graffiti Research Lab: Geek Mural (Maker Special Exhibit)
Tony Pratkanis, HBRC.Formicite
Robotica Insectus: Fire-fighting, Robotic Blimp, and Other Robots Based on the Biological Principles of Social Insects (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Zach Radding, Zach's Cool Stuff
Zach's Cool Stuff (Maker Special Exhibit)
Douglas Repetto, Dorkbot
Open Dorkbot (Presentation)
Dorkbot: An Accidental Community (Presentation)
Giant Painting Machine (Maker Special Exhibit)
Tim Robinson, retired
Computing by Steam (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Cyclecide Rodeo
Cyclecide Bicycle Rodeo (Maker Special Exhibit)
Phil Ross
Mycology Workshop (Workshop)
Randy Sarafan, www.randywritesletters.com
Hacking USB Keyboards (Workshop)
Jon/Kyrsten Sarriugarte/Mate, Captain, Form & Reform
PhotoPoof (Maker Special Exhibit)
SS ALPHA FOX (Maker Special Exhibit)
Craig Saunders, President, LUNAR (Livermore Unit of National Association of Rocketry)
Lunar Society: You Can Be A Rocket Scientist! (Maker Special Exhibit)
Michael Schiess, president, NBAM
Perpetual Pinball Machine (Maker Special Exhibit)
Nik Schulz, L-Dopa
How-to and Informational Illustrations for Magazines like Make (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Nathan Seidle, Spark Fun Electronics
Own Your Own Cell Phone (Presentation)
24" Wall Clock (Maker Special Exhibit)
bruce shapiro, md, creative robotics
The Art Of Motion Control (Presentation)
Ribbon Dancer (Maker Special Exhibit)
The Art Of Motion Control: Eggbot and Friends (Maker Special Exhibit)
Tom/ and Roger Shepard
The Life and Times of the Slide Rule (Presentation)
Slide Rules (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Michael Shiloh, Founder, MakingThings
Make Play Day (Workshop)
Mikey Sklar
Fire Trampoline: The Highlighter (Maker Special Exhibit)
DIY RFID Implants (Presentation)
Evan Small
The Rise and Fall of Chance (Maker Special Exhibit)
Paul Spinrad, Projects Editor, MAKE magazine
VJ Battle (Performance)
Scott Stanfield, CEO, Vertigo Software, Inc
Fun with Phidgets! Programming USB Sensors with VB.NET (Presentation)
Dan Steingart, UC Berkeley
TinyOS Toys: Fun with Wireless Sensor Networks (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Samuel Stokes
Control lights and appliances using Express tools. (Presentation)
Monitor and Control an Aquarium or Hydroponic Tank (Presentation)
Damien Stolarz, CTO, StreetDeck.com
Put a PC in Your Car (Maker Special Exhibit)
Car PC Hacks (Workshop)
Karl Axel Strang, Stanford University
Herkie : The Flying Pterosaur (Maker Special Exhibit)
Michael Sturtz, Founder/Executive Director, The Crucible
The Crucible's Amazing Fire Truck (Maker Special Exhibit)
J. Andrew Swanson
Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 2) (Workshop)
Xport Botball Controller Workshop (Section 1) (Workshop)
Yuval Tal, None
Real Virtual Car (Maker Special Exhibit)
Stewart Tansley, Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Using PC technologies in Robots for Teaching Computer Science (Presentation)
Examples of Robotics Enthusiast Projects at Microsoft (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
The Phenomenauts, The Phenomenauts
The Phenomenauts (Performance)
Eric Theise, artist
Cyanotype Intensive (Section 2) (Workshop)
Through a Needled Eye: An Introduction to Pinhole Photography (Section 2) (Workshop)
Cyanotype Intensive (Section 1) (Workshop)
Through a Needled Eye: An Introduction to Pinhole Photography (Section 1) (Workshop)
Wendy Tremayne
Swap-O-Rama-Rama (Workshop)
Gever Tulley, Tinkerer, Tinkering School
Tulley's Tinkering Challenge (Maker Special Exhibit)
Mark VandeWettering, Pixar Animation Studios
Introduction to Telescope Making (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Enigma 2600 (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Kirk von Rohr
Silkscreening Basics (Section 2) (Workshop)
Silkscreening Basics (Section 1) (Workshop)
Rick Walker
Rick Walker's Loop.pooL: Live Looping with Found and Invented Instruments (Performance)
Grey Walker, Blurb, Inc.
Author and Make Your Own Book! (Presentation)
William Ward, Bay Area LEGO Users' Group
Bay Area LEGO Users' Group and Train Club (Maker Special Exhibit)
Marc Weidenbaum, Disquiet.com
Making Instruments, Making Music (Presentation)
Elecia White, Manager, Ballistic Cats
Ballistic Cats (Performance)
Eric Wilhelm
Instructables (Presentation)
Karen Wilkinson
PIE@Exploratorium's Toy Automata Workshop (Workshop)
Jeff Williams
Zigbee Revealed (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Brandon Woll, Engineer
DIY Veggie Conversion Kit (Maker Special Exhibit)
Morgan Woodson, -self-
Advanced Water Rocketry (Section 2) (Workshop)
Advanced Water Rocketry (Section 1) (Workshop)
Advanced Water Rocketry (Maker Special Exhibit)
Corina Yen, Ambidextrous Magazine
Mechanical Frog Dissection (Maker Table Top Exhibit)
Natalie Zee
Bazaar Bizarre (Maker Special Exhibit)
Thomas Zimmerman, IBM Almaden Research Center
Z's Stop-Frame Animation (Workshop)




































