In case you haven’t heard, something really big is coming to Maker Expo this year! Kayloth, the Water Dragon is one of our largest sponsored exhibits for 2016. She will be brought to life in the wee hours of Saturday morning, right outside Kitchener City Hall inside the fountain! This installation is being lead by none other than […]
Hey makers, DW here. I was surveying the open/closed streets of DTK yesterday to help you get to Maker Expo and found two of my favourite makers constructing a kingdom in one of my favourite mediums: cardboard. Here’s Jen van Overbeeke of In Paper Dreams and Agnes Niewiadomski of Mindful Makers mid-construction on this installation […]
Community events require a community to run them and Maker Expo could not operate without the 80+ volunteers who willingly donate their time each year. Today we want to take a moment to thank the volunteers in advance for the tireless effort they will put in next weekend. We do this now because thousands of people […]
Happy long weekend everyone! While you’re all enjoying the weather we’re busy ensuring next weekend is absolutely, astoundingly amazing. Exactly 50 weeks ago we began the first annual Maker Expo on September 19, 2015. The day was full of inspiration, fun and hands-on activities. In exactly 10,080 minutes we will begin the second annual Maker Expo on September […]
Cam from the Maker Expo Exhibitors team here. So in these final days before Expo we get lots of questions from all of you. In addition to the question about Maker Expo being just for kids we’ve been asked is Will Maker Expo have Robots? So, now that you know we’ll have robots you should get your FREE Maker […]
Hey, Tanya here from the MakerExpo Exhibitors Team. Can you believe that it’s only 10 more sleeps until MakerExpo? (Yes, I still revert back to Mom-speak when exciting things are on the horizon!) We have the maps drawn, T-shirts & water bottles are ready to go and exhibitors are confirmed. Now we need your support […]
Hello everyone, Cam here. The exhibitor team is thrilled to have a very new kind of activity at Maker Expo this year. Woot Suit Riot will be live podcasting all day from the 2nd floor. They’ll have a couch and everything, but let me introduce you to kwartzlaber and Concept Crucible podcast co-host Jim Tigwell […]
Massive Maker Expo high-five to Conestoga College for supporting us with funds and some of their makers. I stopped by to see their year-old makerspace on Doon campus last week. But today, my friends, today they’re coming to you because you’ll be at Maker Expo at Kitchener City Hall and so will they. DW here. […]
Hello Everyone, Cam here. We’re less than 24 hours from the big event. By this time tomorrow the rain will have stopped and we’ll be in full swing celebrating Waterloo Region’s maker culture. In preparation for that we bring you an account of how our 2015 Learn To Solder badge came to be. Come, read […]
“I wanted to learn more about electronics and how it works… this was a good way to understand more about hardware and also to produce something lovely.” Electronic clockmaker Allan Caine, one of the great makers joining us at Maker Expo, shared a few thoughts on with me yesterday on the making that he loves […]