Ahoy Mateys! Yes, you heard it right here… the Paper Pirates of Cardboard Cove are coming to Maker Expo this September 19th, and just in time for International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Attendees of all ages will get the chance for some hands-on paper crafting over in our Cardboard Cove. This is a giant paper […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Discovery Square – Last Chance!
Lots of kids making rockets at Discovery Square. A photo posted by Maker Expo (@makerexpo) on Jul 21, 2015 at 3:32pm PDT Have you been out to help THEMUSEUM, MakerClub, Tinker Truck and Maker Expo launch rockets yet this month? No? Well there is only one day left: Tuesday July 28th from 5-8pm at Kitchener […]
Anna Beard volunteered–you should too!
DW here. Y’all know that we’ve got a big push on for Maker Expo volunteers. Well we were super-delighted that our friend the ever-awesome Anna Beard volunteered (rhyme!). I beseech you to do the same: apply here to volunteer.
Battlebots – Culture of makers and destruction
Ravi Baboolal here, Maker Expo’s resident roboteer. With Battlebots back on TV and our very own Bot Brawl gearing up I want to talk a bit about the battlebot and robot combat community at large. We are makers who thrive on destruction as much as creation. For us fire isn’t always a bad thing, we don’t […]
Maker Expo at Nerd Nite KW
DW here. Our pal and Nerd Nite KW chief, the ever-awesome Charlotte Armstrong invited the Maker Expo posse to bring our roadshow to a special edition of Nerd Nite last Friday. As we’re known to do: we geared up and then showed up. More on that, but first the ME Message of the Day: Sign […]
Join us at Discovery Square
Did you miss Kitchener’s Discovery Square Family Day on July 6th? Well, it was EPIC…. BUT you have another chance to blast to the moon tomorrow night (July 14th). The Maker Expo team will again be joining in the fun building rockets with TinkerTruck and THEMUSEUM’s MakerClub. Bring your friends and family down to Kitchener City Hall […]
James Bastow–the maker’s maker and kwartzlab prez
Video: Liam Girard The ever-lovin’ ever-awesome maker’s maker, Mr. James Bastow, hardware designer, fabricator, underground kingpin of the make-o-sphere, and the president of kwartzlab. He shared a few thoughts with Liam on Maker Expo. Hey, it’s an awesome Friday, awesome weather, and an awesome time to volunteer to help Maker Expo a reality. We’re featuring […]
Liam Girard making Maker Expo vids
Seventeen-year-old Cameron Heights student Liam Girard dropped in on a kwartzlab Tuesday Open Night back in June and asked “How can I get involved with Maker Expo?” We love that spirit and responded that we love video but haven’t had the bandwidth to do any. With exams behind him now, Liam has turned out the […]
Maria Santamaria cosplaying for Maker Expo
Maria Santamaria is a maker of costumes and her domain is cosplay. “Cosplay” is a portmanteau (and I rarely use that word) of costume and play. It involves creating in real life the costumes we see in movies and stories and then role playing the associated character. Typically tackled with no existing patterns or designs, […]
Moms are makers
DW here. This is my mom, Pat White. She’s almost too modest to appear here, but after some cajoling she agreed I could feature her as the person who imprinted me early in life to be a maker. She made all our Halloween costumes when we were kids. She let us make a hell of […]