Tag Archives: 2012

Tomorrow is the Big Day

Posted on September 7, 2012 by rowan

[View the story "The Night Before Brighton Mini Maker Faire" on Storify] The Night Before Brighton Mini Maker Faire As the buzz builds ahead of tomorrow’s Mini Maker Faire, we thought we’d share some of the excitement that’s bouncing around … Continue reading →

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Babelduck Cybernetics

Posted on September 3, 2012 by rowan

BabelDuck is a new company set up when two people bumped into each other again after a 25 year gap. The founders (Andrew Pusey and Richard Souter) first met whilst studying Degrees in Microelectronics and Information Processing at Brighton Polytechnic … Continue reading →

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Cranks

Posted on September 3, 2012 by rowan

Cranks is a volunteer run DIY bike workshop based in Kemp Town in Brighton. We provide a space, tools and expertise to help members of the public to repair their own bikes at minimum cost, learning new skills as they … Continue reading →

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PlingCloud

Posted on September 3, 2012 by rowan

PlingCloud is an authoring kit that lets children and teachers link any physical object to digital media. For example, link a favourite toy to a video. Having created this link, children can activate the multimedia by simply placing their object … Continue reading →

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Visual Spin

Posted on September 3, 2012 by rowan

Using old vinyl records to host one-to-one spin-painting workshops lasting 5-15 each. Visitors are guided to paint their own spin painting, which they may then decorate with stencils or even turn into a clock!

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One Week to Go Until Brighton Mini Maker Faire 2012

Posted on September 1, 2012 by rowan

Oh my. It’s nearly here. This time next week we’ll be inside a whirlwind of noisy, colourful, eye-opening, bonkers, brilliant, beautiful, bold and clever creations. We hope you will be there with us, too, getting inspired and involved. If you … Continue reading →

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Balloon Powered Vessel

Posted on August 23, 2012 by rowan

Sarah Rhys is a designer/maker, specialising in metal but dabbling in much more. At Brighton Mini Maker Faire she’ll be creating an installation and collaborative art project consisting of a large balloon-powered vessel that visitors will help to create throughout … Continue reading →

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Tim Hunkin’s Welding Workshop

Posted on August 23, 2012 by rowan

Soldering workshops are an essential part of any Maker Faire, but this year’s Brighton Mini Maker Faire is taking it up a notch with a full-on welding workshop, run by engineer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin.

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Cube Cola

Posted on August 23, 2012 by rowan

We are wildcrafting our own cola from an open source recipe, reverse-engineered from the original Coke. Cube-Cola brings together the science lab, the home kitchen and open source software in an iconic and delicious DIY drink. At the Maker Faire … Continue reading →

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Spiroscope

Posted on August 23, 2012 by rowan

Spiro-scope invites you to rethink the most natural of all tasks, breathing. By slipping on a smart belt and headpiece the affects of this intensely intimate bodily function are revealed. The belt measures your respiratory behaviour while the head-piece amplifies … Continue reading →

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