Maker Faire Austin 2008: Call for Entries

The DIY extravaganza Maker Faire comes to Austin, Texas on October 18-19, 2008. The official Call For Makers has just gone online and you have until Thursday, September 4, to submit your application. Get out your soldering irons, knitting needles, screwdrivers, sewing machines, propane tanks, and frying pans and get busy! From the entry page:

Maker Faire returns to Austin, Texas for its second year. This two-day, family-friendly event celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset and features interactive exhibits organized by individual enthusiasts, hobbyist groups and clubs as well as student groups. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. Maker Faire is an opportunity to share what you do with others...

Organized by the staff of Make and Craft magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus green, food and music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. We encourage you to join the fun and enter a project to exhibit.

Maker Faire Austin Call for Entries (Makerfaire.com)

[#1 posted by long-orange-arms , July 16, 2008 3:44 PM]

It appears these makers have even made up the word faire for themselves

[#2 posted by querent , July 16, 2008 6:24 PM]

I'm gonna build that satan's head car from the simpsons episode with tom petty, keith richards, et all.

and i'll start an impromptu bong competition. you
re all invited.

[#3 posted by querent , July 16, 2008 6:25 PM]

MIT has one. (a bong competition.)

[#4 posted by Raines Cohen , July 17, 2008 3:22 AM]

An unofficial Maker Faire in Austin community-organizing "town hall" gathering will take place this Sunday evening:
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/867022

as chronicled on the unofficial wiki:
http://makerfaireaustin.pbwiki.com/

[#5 posted by jennybean42 , July 17, 2008 7:36 AM]

I went last year and had a good time. But I can't make that trip every year, and I hear the San Mateo one is better. What there REALLY needs to be, is a Boston Makers Faire. Of course, everyone would have to fly into Providence, because of the whole Logan airport security detail.

[#6 posted by mdhatter , July 17, 2008 7:52 PM]

#5 - We can't even win a sports championship lately without sacrificing one student at the altar of law enforcement. (excessive force, it sucks)

There should be a faire in Hartford CT, just to keep it out of Boston, but without resorting to NYC hotel prices.