As the 2nd annual Reno Mini Maker Faire approaches we would like to feature just a few of the amazing makers who will be sharing their projects, knowledge, and passion with everyone.
Today we’re featuring the Curiosity Czar from MasterDabbler!
1. My name is Francine and I’m the Curiosity Czar from MasterDabbler.
2. My maker superpower is: multi-tasking!
3. I’m inspired by: Holland Project, ELCord School at NMA, Prism Magic, Picasso and Wine, and more. I love seeing passion shared and seeing Makers in Training. It’s thrilling to see someone take on painting or tie dye, just because. You don’t have to be “talented,” just get in there and try something…you may discover your inner maker.
4. The most exciting project I have worked on was: It’s always the next idea bouncing in my head while I’m finishing a project.
As the 2nd annual Reno Mini Maker Faire approaches we would like to feature just a few of the amazing makers who will be sharing their projects, knowledge, and passion with everyone.
Today we’re featuring Alexa and Kevin, co-directors of the AC/DC Bike Camp!
1. We are Alexa and Kevin and we are the directors of AC/DC Bike Camp in Reno.
2. Our maker superpower is: Making fun appear out of the ground by riding an electric bike on it and teaching mobile casino others how to ride and maintain their bikes.
3. We”re inspired by: The Great Outdoors.
4. The most exciting project we have worked on was: Creating a fun outdoor bike camp!
As the 2nd annual Reno Mini Maker Faire approaches we would like to feature just a few of the amazing makers who will be sharing their projects, knowledge, and passion with everyone.
Today we’re featuring Ryan McMaster and his drones at Volant Productions!
1. My name is Ryan McMaster and I am a Professional UAV pilot/builder from Reno, NV.
2. My maker superpower is: I can fly and build just about any UAV.
3. I am inspired by: making life easier and safer for everyone around me.
4. The most exciting project I’ve worked on was: Using UAV systems to map out critical infrastructure and assist in the maintenance of it.
As the 2nd annual Reno Mini Maker Faire approaches we would like to feature just a few of the amazing makers who will be sharing their projects, knowledge, and passion with everyone.
This week we are featuring The Enterprisers, a local FTC robotics team!
1. We are the 5326 Enterprisers and we are an FTC robotics team located in Reno and compete in competitions all over the western U.S. and competed in the World Championship in St. Louis, MO.
2. Our maker superpower is: We build and program robots and teach other how to do just that!
3. We’re inspired by: Wanting to help others learn about robots and the FIRST program.
4. The most exciting project we’ve worked on was: Building and programming a robot that made it to the World Championships.
As the 2nd annual Reno Mini Maker Faire approaches we would like to feature just a few of the amazing makers who will be sharing their projects, knowledge, and passion with everyone.
Today we’re featuring Guy Johnson and his amazing bikes!
1. My name is Catalyst and I’m a Maker from Reno. [When I am not creating things, my name is Guy Johnson and I’m a real estate agent from Reno.]
2. My maker superpower is: mutating bicycles
3. I’m inspired by: Black Rock City
4. The most exciting project I have worked on was: Chupacabra – fat-tire chopper bicycle
Check out more of Guy’s amazing creations on his Pinterest page!
TICKETS 2015 Reno Mini Maker Faire tickets are now on sale. Click the ticket link to get yours!
Tickets for both adults and children are $8 online beforehand and $10 at the door! So get your tickets now!
WHEN May 30, 2015 from 10am – 6pm
WHERE the Innovation Center, The Discovery, and South Side School
BIKE/BUS If at all possible, please bike or take public transportation to the event! Free, safe, and secure bicycle parking will be provided. RTC’s Rapid Connectdrops off at Center and Liberty and RTC’s Route 19 drops off on Liberty near Hatch.
PARKING If you are driving your car, consider carpooling. Please be aware that there may be other events going on Downtown and streets may be closed. Consider alternative forms of transportation.
The Washoe County parking garage at 220 North Center St. is open to the public on Saturday. In addition, the flat lot bordered by Virginia/Court/Sierra/Liberty is open to the public after 5 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends.
Solar Powered Flashlight With No Battery!
Click on the image below to make a flashlight whose energy source is light. Despite not having a battery, the flashlight will work fine at night.
Have an idea, a project, or product you want to share and show off?
Do you love creative spaces that encourage sharing and learning and fun?
Does having your and your family’s minds blown by awesomeness sound like the perfect day?
The Maker Faire is a space dedicated to the output of creative and original ideas; a community of like-minded and different-minded makers presenting ideas which could change the (and your) world through ingenuity, beauty, inspriation, and fun!
(If your answers are made up of strongly agree and agree responses, you’re in the right place!)
Everyone is welcome and everyone belongs at the Reno Mini Maker Faire. No idea is too small or too complex. So come out and join us for a day of inventive and community-based fun!
Reno Mini Maker Faire: individuals coming together in the pursuit of creativity, innovation, learning, and fun.
In 2014, there were 131 Maker Faires around the world. In addition to Maker Faire Bay Area and Maker Faire New York, I visited perhaps a dozen other Faires, from Oslo to Tokyo. At the end of last year, I started to go through the photos I had taken and organize them into a slideshow. Then I began looking at photos from many other Maker Faires, and I had the idea of creating a yearbook (some high school extracurricular skills came back to me) that would show the scope and variety of Maker Faires around the world. I was proud to look at the many different instances of Maker Faire, and seeing how much they shared in common. Yet each one has its own unique cultural context.
The Maker Faire Yearbook organizes the Faires in chronological order — from January to December 2014. I don’t have photos from every Maker Faire in 2014. However, the Yearbook is already about 150 pages as is. I hope you enjoy seeing Maker Faire in different countries, from Norway to South Africa, and in different venues, from libraries and science centers to town plazas and historic buildings. Mostly, though, I hope you see in the faces of makers the joy and wonder of coming together to celebrate what we are capable of creating, hacking and making.
Special thanks go to Maker Faire producers for the many, many hours they put in to organize the events, and the many volunteers who pitched in to help. I also want to thank our partners, such as the New York Hall of Science, the Henry Ford Museum, Science City in Kansas City, and many others who share our mission to create and develop more makers. I want to also thank our Maker Faire team at Maker Media that cares so much about this event and spreading it around the world.
Finally, Maker Faire is all about the makers, who share their creative and technical talents and amazing projects with all of us. Together, we are reaching more people, especially the young, and inspiring each of them to become part of the Maker Movement.
What on earth is Reno Mini Maker Faire? Let us entice you! It is the greatest show-and-tell event/adventure in Northern Nevada! It rounds up local tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, artists, students and commercial exhibitors. It celebrates exploration, creativity and the culture of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and Do-It-Together (DIT) “maker mindset”, while showcasing all kinds of amazing projects.
The Reno Mini Maker Faire is a special event that brings together all fascinating and curious people who enjoy learning, making and sharing what they can do. It gathers all ages, from young to old, professional to enthusiast, teacher to learner to rub elbows and explore! At this community event you will discover technology, robotics, science, arts, crafts, food, music and much much more!
A short video from 2014 event.
(filmed and produced by Nick Crowl)
Mark your calendars. The Reno Mini Maker Faire will be Saturday May, 30th, 2015 from 10 am – 6 pm at UNR’s Innovation Center, The Discovery Museum and The South Side School.
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