LuminiMax Luminarium, an inflatable walk-in sculpture.

Steampunk pirate ship by Obtainium Works.

Project Empire spaceship, a mutant vehicle seen at Maker Faire.

Rhino, a sculpture by Barry Crawford made largely from found objects.

Scenes from Maker Faire Bay Area, held last weekend in Vallejo, CA. Art cars, robots, historic ships, and lots more. The #steampunk vibes were strong here. See our website for more photos. #makerfaire #makerfairebayarea steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho...

Whoa! What a Saturday at Maker Faire Bay Area! We were so busy all day that I never got a chance to post anything! Here’s what our booth looks like, we’ll be there 1 more day, tomorrow (Sunday) until 5pm!

#mfba2025 #makerfaire #makerfairebayarea #glowies #alpenglowies #pixelblaze #learntosolderkits

Glowies are displayed hanging from push earrings against a dark background. Featured our two lightning bolts, a unicorn, a rainbow three stars, a planet and alien a UFO two hearts and two snowflakes.

A static image of the animated Glowies, there are four flames on the bottom row and six shooting stars/sabers on the top row only a few are illuminated.

All of our Glowies are packed up and ready for #makerfairebayarea this weekend! We’re leaving tomorrow, can’t wait to see you there! We’re in Storehouse South, a low building near the entrance. We’ll also have a chance to win a prize basket, more details soon! #mfba2025 #alpenglowies #cyberpunk

Maker Faire Bay Area Returns This Weekend: What to Expect Steam-powered Tesla coils. A wisecracking Dalek. And, of course, giant cupcakes on wheels. These are a few of the many projects that will be on display as Maker Faire Bay Area returns Sept. 26-28 to M...

Preview: Steam-powered Tesla coils, a wise-cracking Dalek and more at Maker Faire Bay Area, happening this weekend in Vallejo, Calif. #steampunk #MakerFaire #MakerFaireBayArea steampunk-explorer.com/news/maker-f...

Lightning bolts, yarn balls, aliens, and snowflakes on a table.

rainbows, stars, unicorns, planets, and yarn balls on a white table

unicorns, planets, and yarn balls on a table

assorted LED shapes on a white table

We’ll be bringing all of these to Maker Faire Bay Area next weekend! They can be finished as a necklace, fish hook earrings, or lobster claw earrings for hooking onto hoops, your choice. #glowies #alpenglowies #ledjewelry #makerfaire #mfba2025 #makerfairebayarea

Ugly bags of mostly water, take me to your leader! #glowies #alpenglowies #mfba2025 #makerfaire #makerfairebayarea

Me and fellow MFOC organizer Ethan in front of the booth with the Giant Lite Brite games behind us and the MFOC banner over everything.

Children playing with a Giant Lite Brite game.

A child working in a rainbow fad on the Giant Lite Brite game.

Pooch putting his Repkord logo on display!

Who else made it out to #MakerFaireBayArea last weekend? I brought up the #MakerFaireOrangeCounty #GiantLiteBrite games to share with everyone there and it was a blast! Even Pooch got in on the fun! #Maker #3DPrinting #LEDs #Repkord

See you at home MAX! What an intense weekend at #makerfairebayarea #makerfaire

Big crowds checking out MAX the drumming robot

Great crowds and big fun at #makerfairebayarea! One more day! #makerfaire

You know you’ve properly Maker Faired when Mr. Maker himself, Dale Dougherty, shows up to check on your project. #makerfairebayarea #makerfaire

A geometric wood sculpture against a blue sky. A number of straight beams intersect to form a curve.

A cupcake car, a staple of Maker Faire. It looks like a blueberry cupcake, but it's big enough to contain one human driver. The driver's hat matches the top of the cupcake with white "icing" and a "blueberry" the size of a human head.

A Dalek in front of a booth.

A crowd with tall sculptures including a rusty horse- head and a shiny metallic face.

At Maker Faire Bay Area 2024

#makerfaire #makerfairebayarea

MAX the drumming robot with the morning Sun peeking through

MAX ready to meet the day at #makerfairebayarea #MakerFaire

Makie the Maker Faire mascot under a full moon

On-site at #makerfairebayarea! Re-united with MAX and ready for a weekend of weird and wonderful fun! #makerfaire

Selfie with plane

Screenshot of map showing location in Amsterdam Schipol

Screenshot of map showing robot’s location in San Francisco

Just about to get on the plane to reunite with my buddy MAX #makerfairebayarea #MakerFaire

Selfie on the train in a Maker Faire hat

On the train to #makerfairebayarea … long day ahead, but it’s gonna end in awesome! #makerfaire

Carbon fiber viola with volume and distortin pedals

New face-melter for #makerfairebayarea. Ready to get weird! See y’all this weekend!
#makerfaire

Large crate full of robots in bed of pickup truck

Screenshot of map showing robot’s location

The Eagle has landed! MAX has been delivered to the storage site in the Bay Area! Note how tidy it fits in the bed of an F-150 🙂 as per my original build-spec (OMG, how bad do I miss my truck ?! 😜)

All systems go for #makerfairebayarea!

Screenshot of robot’s location in Oakland

MAX moved! The robot’s been cleared by customs… we’ll see what’s next 😬🤖 in our slow walk toward #makerfairebayarea

Screenshot of robot’s location in Oakland airport waiting for customs clearance

MAX has been waiting for customs clearance for *5 days*… so close to #makerfairebayarea, and yet, so far…

Selfie with empty crate

Crate packed full of musical equipment

Sealed crate ready for pickup

All pack up and ready to fly to #makerfairebayarea #makerfaire

7 silver drums in an unfinished crate

Test fitting the crate for shipping MAX to #makerfairebayarea #makerfaire

Arduino Introduces Four New Nano Boards with WiFi, BLE, Sensors, and/or HW Crypto - CNX Software Arduino has announced four new Nano boards with WiFi, Bluetooth, a crypto chip, and/or plenty of sensor in the familar Arduino Nano form factor.

.@arduino Introduces Four New #Arduino Nano Boards with #WiFi, #BLE, Sensors, and/or HW #Crypto -#IoT #security #MakerFaireBayArea

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