Tag Archives: Maker Faire Bay Area

Maker Faire Bay Area 2012, in pictures: 3D printers, unicorns, tesla coils and zombies (video)

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Did you miss Maker Faire Bay Area 2012? Did you go but want to relive the experience a little? Well look no further: we came, we saw, we conquered. As one of our friends acutely observed, you couldn’t throw something this year without hitting a 3D pr…


Electric Motor Werks hands-on at Maker Faire (video)

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Have a BMW 3-Series that requires major engine work? Want to convert it to electric and improve performance, ActiveE style? The folks at Electric Motor Werks have you covered. Instead of making purpose-built electric cars, the company — which showe…


Electric Motor Werks hands-on at Maker Faire (video)

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Have a BMW 3-Series that requires major engine work? Want to convert it to electric and improve performance, ActiveE style? The folks at Electric Motor Werks have you covered. Instead of making purpose-built electric cars, the company — which showe…


Raspberry Pi hands-on and Eben Upton interview at Maker Faire (video)

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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, we’re pretty sure you’ve heard about the Raspberry Pi by now — a $25 credit-card sized PC that brings ARM/Linux to the Arduino form factor. As a refresher, the system features a 700MHz Broadcom BCM2835 …