Cool Stuff to do at MFNC!

In addition to all the Maker projects that you can see and touch today there are dozens of interactive and awesome things to do today. Here are a few, don't miss out!

• Drive a Bot Hockey robot with Carolina Combat Robots (battles every hour)
• Make a t-shirt with Kitchen Tees
• Witness Tesla coil firings every 15 minutes out front
• Countdown to the launch of a nearspace balloon around noon with NC NearSpace
• Make n' Take some groovy up-cycled art with The Scrap Exchange
• Make an LED Throwie with TechShop
• Free photo booth by Red Bridge Photography
• Experience Entropy In Action at the Chaos Machine
• Enjoy all of our performers throughout the day
• Play a round of hockey against other attendees -- WITH ROBOTS
• Learn to solder -- and take home a blinky robot pin
• Grind and cut glass as you learn to make jewelry
• Play Fahrfall -- an original 2012 video game that runs on an original TRS-80 computer
• Get your kids into STEM Bus -- the mobile science learning laboratory
• Play the SplatSpace Winnitron arcade machine
• Build and play with ThinkerLinkers
• Spin yarn right off the rabbit with Petit Bones
• Witness Hackaweek's Dino Segovis in action
• Make socks from scratch with Li Sashay
• Learn about beekeeping and see into a transparent hive of bees
• Make some music with Not Dead Yet's recycled instruments of musical mayhem
• and much, much more

GET EXCITED AND MAKE SOMETHING!!!

Music at Maker Faire North Carolina

Subscape AnnexMaker Faire North Carolina is proud to announce the 2012 music performance schedule. Every year we track down musicians that are doing innovative, cutting edge stuff with a Maker's slant.  Many of the performers have created their own instruments in addition to creating their own unique sound.

This year we have returning favorites and some new soon-to-be favorites: Ann Feld, Small Life Form, the Robotic LEGO Band, Subscape Annex, powercloud, and Bryce Eiman will all be there on the main stage.

Click here to see the full 2012 performance schedule.

3D Printed Flute

Behold the awesome.  Be sure to stick around through the whole video and check out the concepts for new instruments that can only be created using 3D printing technology.

The Symphony of Science

President Obama gave a speech at NASA on Thursday about the future of the United States space program.  The content of his speech, however, isn't what I want to talk about.  The speech reminded me of a series of beautiful compositions created by John Boswell collectively called The Symphony of Science.

The goal of the project is to bring scientific knowledge and philosophy to the public, in a novel way, through the medium of music. Science and music are two passions of mine that I aim to combine in a way that is intended to bring a meaningful message to listeners, while simultaneously providing an enjoyable musical experience.

One of the pieces, Our Place in the Cosmos, I find particulary relevant to meditate on while thinking about Mr. Obama's words on space.

Eight Musical Performances Just Announced!

I'm excited to announce that we have released information and our schedule for the music acts at Maker Faire:NC 2010!  Have a look at these exciting performers!

Music Performances Schedule

11am-12pm     Subscape Annex
12pm-1pm       He Can Jog
1pm-2pm         Promute
2pm-3pm         Mietek Glinkowski with Juditta Musette & Nic Slaton
3pm-4pm         Khristian Weeks
4pm-5pm         slicnaton
5pm-6pm         Andrew Weathers
6pm-7pm         Jason Bivins with Bill McConaghy