MakerFaire 2017

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The Groups

Vendors

Companies

Ideas:

  • The Purple Purl
  • The Wool Mill
  • Mad Science
  • The Simple Craft Company
  • Hobby Shops
    • Wheels and Wings ( danforht )
    • Hornet Hobbies ( O'Connor )
    • Dragon Hobby ( Gerrard )
  • Sayal
  • Creatron
  • Master Mind Toys
  • Home Depot
  • The Pantry http://www.thepantryfinecheese.com/ - Jeremy Lago - If you ask this guy nicely He'll teach a class on making cheese.

Indie

Independent Individuals

Some people I know ( David Thornton )

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? )
  • Dames Making Games https://dmg.to/
  • Scouts Canada could probably do a knots tables easy, but what about whipping and lashing ( Google those separately please )?
  • GTALUG - Greater Toronto Linux User's Group - do a talk, have a table, build your own computer thing.
  • SecTor - A Toronto Based Securoity conference, mightbe interested in doing a table on something security related, like lock picking,
  • Riverdale Hub - Seed Swap or somewthing else - http://riverdale-hub.wixsite.com/riverdale-hub

Sponsors

Activity Tables

Ideas

  • Paper Craft
  • Paper making
  • Soap Making
  • Make ice cream
  • Beam robots ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAM_robotics )
  • 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
  • Lock picking table

Accessibility / Inclusivity aspects

  • Blind
  • Hearing
  • Level access
  • volunteer signers.
  • narration.
  • activities to simulate different abilities
    • wheel chair obstacle course
    • blindfold course

Celebrity Appearances

Ideas Grab Bag

  • Social Media planning tools : schudled releases, managing data, coordination be tween mediums.
  • A quiet room
  • A break out room for activities that need a bit of quiet.
  • Petcha kucha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PechaKucha

Themes and Topics

  • Technology for older people
  • Technology for inclusivity and accessability - aws alexa . google home