Check out some of the fun and games that can only be played at Maker Faire Bay Area 2024.

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Build an arcade cabinet to play all your favorite old games – from full-size to micro.

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Make a science toy that can forecast the weather.

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Make this pocket-sized prognosticator and let cute emojis guide your future!

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Super-size a classic teaching toy
and put the play back in playground

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From Forrest Mims' new book: That time the National Enquirer asked me to help spy on Howard Hughes.

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 If you are considering a vacation in Italy in October, remember that Maker Faire Rome The European Edition, one of the world’s largest Maker Faires, will be taking place in Rome from the 20th to the 22nd. In a world where technology is constantly evolving, there’s something undeniably charming about the retro arcade games that once captivated […]

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For a couple generations of folks, old arcade cabinets are sacred relics. The amount of nostalgia both from childhood memories of gaming at the big arcades and from folks who relish in the early days of computing and game development is quite high. This log, detailing the revival of an old Defender arcade cabinet just […]

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The Game Developer Conference, or GDC, is always a big event in the gaming industry. You can find the latest and greatest tech and talent, and do some incredible networking. What interests us from the event are the makers who are always trying to come up with new and interesting ways to play games. They […]

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Here’s a classic skill-and-action game updated for you to make and play. You and your opponent each start your robot at the top of the playfield. Use the skewers to hang your bot in place. Ready, set, go! Race to remove and replace the skewers one by one to lower your bot down, down, down … […]

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