Maker Faire festivals are a beautiful showcase of what modern technology makes possible. The whole maker world feels like a big playground for both kids and adults. It’s incredible to think about what anyone can create at home today, on a small budget, using programmable controllers and online resources. And there’s no need to be especially handy anymore—you can leave most of the work to 3D printers or home CNC machines.
On the upper floor of the hall, in addition to lectures and training, there was an exhibition of amazing miniatures, dioramas, colorful figures, figurines and demonstrations of manufacturing and painting techniques. From Valiente Project Studio.
One special discipline is crazy keycaps for keyboards with mechanical switches. Thanks to 3D printers, you can nowadays put any kind of a monster on your keyboard. It’s not practical, but it looks fun.
The Merkur system needs no introduction. By the time I got to it, the booth was packed, but even a small demonstration was enough to try out all sorts of mechanisms that can be built from it.
Roman Krejčík exhibits his works where he tries to combine steampunk and electronics into a new direction CYBER Steampunk ART. Cog wheels or a gramophone record in the middle of records with patina doesn’t make much sense, but you can’t say that it wouldn’t be interesting and fun to admire for a while. For fans of electronics and hardware, such images are certainly more appealing than a canvas splattered with a paint brush.
