Saturday, Sept. 29th — 10am–7pm Shelburne Farms

Saturday, Sept. 29th — 10am–7pm
Shelburne Farms
Schedule
Main Stage — Courtyard
11:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:30
12:30 – 12:45
12:45 – 1:30
2:00 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
5:30 – 7:00
Music, Derek Burkins
Juggling, Tony Duncan
Music, Derek Burkins
Juggling, Tony Duncan
Music, Derek Burkins
Music, Frost
Guest Speaker,
Dean Kamen
Music, Frost
Musical Maker Mashup
Derek Burkins
Tony Duncan
Dean Kamen
The Coach Barn by Stephen Straub
Maker Stage — Elevator Hall
10:30 – 11:00 11:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00 3:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
AET Presents the Stratasys Mojo 3D Printer Jeff Burchard
E-Textiles: Where Craft
and Computation Intersect
Beverly Ball
Rocket Launch (Outside, east of parking
area) Howard Druckerman
Locks: They’re pretty great! Schuyler Towne
Lab B Jesse Krembs
Vermont Makers
Jenn Karson
From Iron to Electrons:
Shifting Gears in the
Maker World Jeff Branson
Rocket Launch
(Outside, east of parking
area) Howard Druckerman
Start a FIRST Robotics
Team! Joseph Chase
(Guest Speaker, Dean
Kamen, Main Stage)
FIRST Robotics Team 885 Demonstration Jim Wick
Tennis Robot Dave Jordan
The Coach Barn at SHELBURNE FARMS
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MAKER
STAGE
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CHAIRS
East Hall
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5
West Hall
Elevator
Hall
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2
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32
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MAIN
STAGE
Courtyard
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31 Brick
Room
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30
27
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Entry
Shed
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40
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Food
Truck
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Maker Tents
GROUNDS MAP
KEY:
Maker Booth
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Maker Tents
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45
Makers
#1 Lab B Soldering
Workshop
Jesse Krembs
Laboratory B will teach young and old
how to solder with one of three kits donated by SparkFun! Learn a cornerstone
skill of the Maker movement. Have fun &
don’t burn your fingers!
#1 Mixed Media
Paper Screens
Lars Hasselblad Torres
Workshop to experiment with the ways
reused paper can be a material resource
for vibrant art, theatrical and interior design, and playful, light-catching screens.
#2 FIRST Robotics
Team 885
Jim Wick
Team members will demonstrate their
basketball playing robot that is rumored
to have beaten both Wilt C. and Michael
J. in games of 1-on-1. No autographs,
please...
#3 Essex Robotics
Joseph Chase
Stop by to see how competition robots are made and discuss the benefits of starting a robotics team at your school.
Small robots will be available to program and control.
#4 & 45 Vermont Makers
Jenn Karson
Making stuff up in Vermont. Wait, you can’t
just make this stuff up, you have to mashit-up! Join us for a Maker Faire Mashup of
flight, balloons and the “Internet of Things.”
#5 The Interactive Image
Robin Perlah
Use an Arduino microprocessor to collect
data from sensors and control an array of
images. Simple scripting exercises for you
to play with. Interact with your art!
#6 LED Cemetery Marker
David Durgin
Stainless steel cemetery marker with
internal LED powered by solar rechargeable battery. Optional zombie detector
and Twitter notification system available...
#7 Volts and Jolts
John Cohn
Don’t be “shocked” if you find a musical Tesla coil, a Marx or
Van de Graaff generator, or an illuminated hula hoop at this
booth. Whatever you find, you’ll be “excited.”
#7 ECHO Chamber
Bill Elliston
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center will amaze and delight visitors throughout the day with their interactive light and
sound demonstrations. HELLO...Hello...
hello...
#8 Behold the Blinkies
Eric Hall
Multiple LED projects to include a Mood
Cube (interactive stained glass), Marquee
(pattern and text display), and various
other gadgets.
#9 Solidescent Table Lamp
John Thrailkill
Reference design to demonstrate components that can be used by Makers to
produce a wide variety of lighting products
with LEDs and various phosphors.
#10 A riddle wrapped in
mystery: Inside the enigma
Dave Goodwin
Demonstration of an electronic version of the WW2-era
Enigma machine, built from a kit, and a limited number of
paper model kits for visitors to assemble.
#11 Locks: They’re
Pretty Great!
Schuyler Towne
From the lock masters of Mesopotamia
to the great lock controversy of 1851 and
on to modern developments in physical
security. Has anyone seen my keys?
Makers
#12 InventVermont
#19 Landell Flutes
If you are thinking of patenting and/or
licensing your idea, then stop by and
learn about the process and what it takes
to get your idea to market.
Professional flutes in precious metals
by Pied Piper Jonathon Landell, Master
Flute Maker. Hear the amazing tone of
the world’s only titanium flute. Yes, that’s
right, one of a kind...
Jerome Cann
#13 MFA in Emergent Media
Ken Howell
Champlain College presents a variety
of projects and activities including: Pixel
Portraits; Make your own Space Invader;
and Pixel Blocks, a new toy prototype.
#14 Desktop 3D Printing
Mark Leonard
Demonstration of how easy it is to produce solid 3D models from your CAD files with a BFB 3D Touch desktop 3D
printer. Now, if we could only make CAD easy...
#15 Filabot
Tyler McNaney
Makers can get their fill with this desktop extruding system,
capable of grinding various types of plastics to make spools
of plastic filament for 3D printers.
#16 Critter Twitter Trap
John Mangan
Havahart meets Twitter with this intelligent
trap that notifies you when a “guest” has
arrived. A.K.A. “Twitter-Hart”, “TwitterBaited” and “Hava-Twit.”
#17 Jon’s Creations
Jon Bondy
Stirling engines and simulators, Tesla
turbines, guitar bridges, electric guitars,
iPod for parrots, tensegrity tower, LED
lighting systems, pneumatic cannon and
kinetic sculpture.
#18 Make it Science
Dave Harmon
Try out the Turbiditron, Soda Mota, Pong
Gong, String Thing, E-Marimba and the
E-Guitar in this far-out science booth. Fire
up your Flux Capacitor and stop by...
Jonathon Landell
#20 Adventure Building
Jaimie Mantzel
Check out the robotic toys, from prototypes to finished products, as well as
prototype devices for living in an off-grid
homestead. Danger, Will Robinson!
Danger...
#21 Arduino Variations
Terry King
An introduction to Arduino with hands-on examples of board
variations, sensors, actuators, interfaces and display of
Arduino projects from around the world.
#22 Parts-IS-Parts
Terry King
Hacking/repurposing surplus parts and EWaste. Unusual electronic and mechanical devices. New things made from old
technology.
#23 Music and Speed
Jyles Yates
Homemade musical instruments, diddley
bows, stand up bass. Bikes with skis
instead of wheels. Projects that show how
a little creativity and time can turn anybody into a Maker.
#24 Paintings and Jewelry
Mary Tucker
Demonstration of the making of a Van Gogh reproduction,
the making of jewelry and musical entertainment. Stop by
and lend us your ear...
#25 AET Presents the
Stratasys Mojo 3D Printer
Jeff Burchard
Curious to see what a 3D printer can do for you, your classroom or Fab Lab? Want to see how affordable a commercial
grade 3D printer has become. Come see the NEW Stratasys
Mojo 3D Printer in action!
Makers
#26 I Mark Tools
#33 UVM AERO
Finally, one handed measuring and marking without pencils is now available. Stop
by, give it a try, and you’ll be amazed at
how much fun you can have leaving your
mark...
University of Vermont Alternative Energy
Racing Organization will demonstrate
their Formula-Hybrid race car with its
non-traditional drive-systems. Be sure to
buckle-up...
Kathy Dever
Andrew Giroux
#27 Fitness Hooping
#36 Rockin’ Rockets!
Stop by to learn how to make your own
“Hula” Hoops for fun, fitness and creative
expression. Decorate the hoops with
bright and fun tapes and then take them
for a spin!
Model rockets on display, demonstration
of a large flying pyramid, and a workshop
to make and launch your own flying saucer ($5 for flying saucer kit).
Carol Becker
Howard Druckerman
#37 Aeroquad
#28 Ham Radio
Carl Dow
Stop by and chat with Makers elsewhere
on the planet, and maybe even on other
planets, the old-fashioned way through
modulation of electromagnetic waves...
#29 Soft Circuit Saturdays
Angela Sheehan
A collection of projects that combine
electronics, sewing, crafts and technology.
#30 DIY Fiber
Toby MacNutt
Demonstrating the equipment & processes for bringing fibers
from their animal or plant source through prep, dyeing, spinning, design, and handcrafting all the way to diverse finished
textiles.
#31 Three Sheep Creations
June Campbell
Stop by, learn how to card wool, try your
hand at spinning using a standard wheel,
and explore the properties of wool artistically. Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full...
#32 Soft Circuits
Beverly Ball
Stop by and stitch LEDs and batteries
together with conductive thread to see
just how delicate and flexible electronics
can be. All ages welcome.
Steve Seremeth
Test flights of an open-source Arduinobased quadrotor helicopter mounted with
a GoPro Hero2 video camera, running
software from the Aeroquad project.
#38 Aerospace
Extravaganza!
Jenn Karson
Vermont Makers present a paper helicopter and paper airplane making booth,
with test-flight runway and FREE in-flight
goodies. Baggage fees may apply...
#39 Solar Hot Water
Heating System
Doug Merrill
For those that prefer heating their homes
and water with a yellow dwarf star fueled
by a hydrogen-helium plasma interwoven
with strong magnetic fields. Amazing but
true...
#40 Vermont Steampunk
Chris Cleary
Upcycled, interactive sculptures using
brass and copper antiques, often incorporating elements of light, sound, water,
and/or air pressure. Go ahead, make my
day, Steampunk...
Makers
#41 Really Weird Big Bass Guitar
#48 The Pumpkin King
Stop by and pluck, hit, strum, hammer, wail and saw on this
giant bass guitar. No musical talent required. In fact, no skill
at all required, just earplugs...
A larger than life, animatronic monster
which stands 20 feet tall, has a four foot
pumpkin head with working jaw and large
fangs, bad breath, poor manners, and an
ill temper...
Tom Tailer
#42 ElecTrike
Paul McMahon
Single-seat, three-wheel, plug-in electric
vehicle with enclosed, aerodynamic fairing
and super-sport wheels to make the girls
go wild. Little red wagon not included...
#43 Geometric Bike
Steve Norman
A bicycle that uses levers instead of a
crank. No ‘dead spot’ when the pedals are at top and bottom. Pedal to Latin
rhythms instead of disco all the time...
#44 RC Lawn Mower
Terry Ulmer
Remote controlled, gas powered, zeroturn radius lawn mower controlled by
high-performance electric motors, an
Arduino micro-controller and custom
software.
#46 Pumpkin Chuckin’ Trebuchet
Dominic Cicilio
A six foot tall trebuchet with a 10 foot arm
and a 150-400 lb counterweight capable
of chucking pumpkins farther than a
Viking in a credit card commercial. What’s
in YOUR wallet?
#47 Pumpkin Chuckin’
Catapult
Jeff Mogielnicki
Stop by and learn about mechanical advantage and the physics behind chucking
a pumpkin with a catapult. May not be
suitable those squeamish about pumpkin
guts...
Herb Sinkinson
#49 Boomer the tennis robot,
Bad Boomer the trebuchet
Dave Jordan
Boomer is an advanced tennis ball machine you can play a game against. It
uses a video camera to see the ball and
a PA to call score and talk trash. Bad
Boomer is a pumpkin chuckin’ trebuchet.
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