Photos: Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2014 unleashes robotic dog and other geekery
Robots and Lego and crafts, oh my! The fourth annual Vancouver Mini Maker Faire took place at the PNE Forum this past weekend (June 7 and 8), showcasing everything from spun yarn to a robotic dog.
The two-day festival boasted workshops, speakers, demonstrations, and hours of wandering booth-to-booth to see, touch, try, build, and become a maker. Maker culture is a largely technology-based offshoot of do-it-yourself (DIY) culture, but encompasses anyone who uses, reuses, invents, hacks, builds, or creates using practical skills to make something innovative.
The Maker Faire was created as a space for makers to show their work and share their learning. Since its creation eight years ago, it has only grown in popularity, and Mini Maker Faires have sprouted up in Vancouver and other cities.
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Joshua
Jun 9, 2014 at 10:59am
So cool! I just finished reading the book makers. I had no idea this culture existed and now I'm seeing it everywhere. Such interesting photos!!
Colleen
Jun 9, 2014 at 11:10am
Love the photos! This faire looks like a whole lot of fun.
margaret shiel-rolle
Jun 9, 2014 at 12:09pm
Bronwyn your photos are great, such an interesting fair~ 3D Printer rocks, Jonathan is now a 3d designer, love to all the family~ maggi and family~
Cooper
Jun 9, 2014 at 1:58pm
I was there! So awesome to see this featured!
Jay B.
Jun 9, 2014 at 4:42pm
Great photos. Sad to have missed the event, but glad to see it featured.
Bobby
Jun 9, 2014 at 5:11pm
Great photos and really interesting little write up. Makes me wish I had gone too! Maybe I'll catch the next one.
Laura
Jun 9, 2014 at 5:23pm
What a unique event, hadn't heard of it before. Nice photos of the event!
John
Jun 9, 2014 at 8:37pm
The maker movement is awesome. Creativity and innovation are core elements of the human experience.
Christina
Jun 10, 2014 at 12:35pm
That's our little M.U.T. (Mechanical Universal Tracker) Times Past Entertainment was so happy to be able to get a booth this year and MUT got plenty of loving. Thank you for including him in your photos.
Will
Oct 23, 2014 at 1:15pm
I am pleased to see this cultural development spreading. The pictures capture the event very well. I am looking forward to something like this here on the Island
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