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Maker Faire 2008 was held on May 3–4, 2008, at the San Mateo County Event Center. Highlights of the Faire included a human-sized Mouse Trap board game, kinetic squid sculpture, 55' wingspan kinetic steel butterfly, bicycle-powered music stage, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, [13] and over 500 other booths from different makers.
Maker Faire Africa, Cairo, October 2011. Presently curated and organized by Emeka Okafor, Henry Barnor and Jennifer Wolfe, Maker Faire Africa is an international organization co-founded by Mark Grimes (Felonious Nun) Emeka Okafor (TED Africa), Lars Hasselblad Torres (IDEAS Global Challenge), Erik Hersman (Afrigadget) and Nii Simmonds (Nubian Cheetah).
In March 2023, Osman announced Open Sauce, a creator and maker convention inspired by Maker Faire and VidCon. [14] [15] It was held at Pier 35 in the Embarcadero in San Francisco from July 15, 2023 to July 17, 2023 and featured fellow engineering YouTubers Mark Rober, Michael Reeves, CodeMiko, ElectroBOOM, Allen Pan, Jake Laser, Styropyro, and others.
The sixth annual Maker Faire Wayne County will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July 27. The free event is open to the community and features technology, arts, crafts, electronics and more.
The 2008 Maker Faires occurred May 3-4 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds in San Mateo, California, and October 18-19 at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Texas. The 2009 Maker Faire Bay Area was held on May 30-31. In 2010, there were three Maker Faires: Bay Area on May 22-23, Detroit on July 31 and August 1, and New York on September 25-26.
Jim Burke launched the Power Racing Series. [2] [3] The first season in 2009 consisted of six cars, all backed by other Pumping Station: One members.The second season in 2010 was hosted at the Detroit Maker Faire [4] [5] with competitors from several hackerspaces throughout the country.
In 2014, Chen was invited to the White House's first ever Maker Faire, where she presented Embrace's work to President Obama. [13] In the same year, Beyoncé made a $125,000 contribution through Chime for Change which allowed Embrace to distribute its infant warmers to nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Praised by Elon Musk, top Chinese EV maker BYD urges China’s car brands to go global and ‘demolish the old legends’ Steve Mollman August 13, 2023 at 4:35 PM