MakerFaire 2017
From Federal Burro of Information
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 )
- Seth Hardy ( Hacking / Pyrotechniques https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethmhardy )
- Alex Leitch ( Founder of DMG https://www2.ocadu.ca/event/talkxtalk-presents-alex-leitch )
- That resin guy from beavers
- Archive guy at beavers
Schools Makers
Teachers and Students
- Malvern CI
- https://twitter.com/malvernci_TDSB - clues on clubs
- http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/malvern/clubs/
- Robotics Club
- Knitting Club
- Fashion Show ( Making clothes demo maybe ? )
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
- do a table
- donate a raffle prize
- Aws / azure / google community outreach
- UofT ? http://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/toronto-unlocks-inner-maker-spirit-maker-festival/
- Site 3 coLaboratory http://www.site3.ca/
- Lee Valley
- AdaFruit https://www.adafruit.com/educators
- Intel - Think "Edison" microcontroller.
- Artscape Wychwood Barns
- 4 Cats art studio. http://www.4cats.com/
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
- Mark Margaret Mahon
- Steve Dotto http://www.dottotech.com/ (I might be showing my age here)
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
