Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
One thing that really sets Maker Faire apart from other events is the amount of hands-on stuff you can experience. From getting to try out fancy equpment to building things and learning new skills, there is just so much to choose from.
We asked the planning team for World Maker Faire New York to come up with some of the hands-on things you can do, that they’re most excited for and they came up with this list.
This is just a taste of what you’ll find when you arrive.Games
calvinthedestroyer will have a giant SkeeBowling machine like Skeeball but it uses 10lb bowling balls that you launch in the air at a target and Dance Dance Revolution Pads that are made from Wood!
Behold! Cardboard pinball machines that run on gravity, rubber bands and marbles. When two PinBox 3000 kits are linked together- Battlemode! Try out our Gamechangers, MutantMods (four players!) and new ElectoTeck! Flip out!
Marvin is an automated, homemade, 15 foot tall wooden connect 4 game. Using artificial intelligence software we wrote ourselves, he’s learned to play against you by analyzing thousands of games. Can you beat him?
Fuel, Oxygen, Heat, and Good Aim! The Game of Fire is a carnival-styled interactive fire…
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