MakerFaire 2017
From Federal Burro of Information
The Groups
Vendors
Companies
Ideas:
- The Purple Purl
- Mad Science
- The Simple Craft Company
- Hobby Shops
- Wheels and Wings ( danforht )
- Hornet Hobbies ( O'Connor )
- Dragon Hobby ( Gerrard )
Indie
Independent Individuals
Schools Makers
Teachers and Students
Community Outreach
for example NGO. community gardeners.
- Science Centre
- Harbourfront craft people ( potter , glass making , etc )
- Toronto Potters ( Facebook group : do they have a "real" group? )
Sponsors
- do a table
- donate a raffle prize
- Aws / azure / google community outreach
Activity Tables
Ideas
- Paper Craft
- Paper making
- Soap Making
- Toy hacking
- Apart
- Together
- Experimenting
- Ocilliscope
- Multi meter
- Baking
- Robot Battle
- Sumo
- Maze Runners
- Coding tables
- talking computers ( Google home , Alexa , other )
- coding robots
- IOT / Sensor nets
- Neighbor ISP HOW TO AND HANDS ON
- re-purposing old network equipment
- MESH Networking
Accessibility / Inclusivity aspects
- Blind
- Hearing
- Level access
- volunteer signers.
- narration.
- activities to simulate different abilities
- wheel chair obstacle course
- blindfold course
Celebrity Appearances
- Mark Margaret Mahon
- Steve Dotto http://www.dottotech.com/ (I might be showing my age here)