We are thrilled to announce that we're expanding to three host organizations in the Bay Area for the 2013 season: The Tech Museum of Innovation (in San Jose, for the South Bay), the Lawrence Hall of Science (in Berkeley, for the East Bay), and The Bay School of San Francisco (for San Francisco and North Bay).
The first ever Houston Mini Maker Faire is coming right up on Saturday, January 19th, at the Stafford Centre, and it’s shaping up to be a fun show. Over on their site, they have maker profiles of several of the makers who will be there sharing what they make, including [...]
A preview of a few of the makers who will be showing and sharing at the Las Vegas Mini Maker Faire, coming February 2nd. And updates on other Mini Maker Faires coming up in 2013, including both Houston and Tyler, Texas.
While the maker movement reaches all over the world, Latin America has yet to host a Maker Faire. But that's going to change this month. Santiago, Chile will hold Latin America's a mini Maker Faire Dec. 15-16. And by the looks of things it going to be anything, but small. The man behind the event is Tiburcio de la Carcova, an entrepreneur and video game designer. He's got a great story to tell that shows that the making and hacking is part of Latin American culture.
Thanks to World Maker Faire sponsor and O'Reilly partner Cognizant Technology Solutions for producing and posting this cool WMFNY 2012 retrospective video. If you were at the New York Hall of Science in September, you probably noticed Cognizant's presence at the Young Makers Pavillion. Together with Intel, the MacArthur Foundation, and O'Reilly Media, Cognizant is a partner in the nonprofit Maker Education Initiative, which provides grants historically ranging from $15,000-$30,000 to community organizations running "hands-on, Maker-movement inspired programs in an after-school or summer camp setting, or within the school day when conditions allow."