Tyler Mini-Maker Faire

Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faires are an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these "makers" come to Maker Faires to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. These highly diversified groups of individuals are bound by a common thread to create. Through making, meeting, and sharing comes something… Show more very magical that leads to inspiration, education, innovation, and the next best thing. From how-to workshops on soldering, lock picking, and Arduino to outrageous attractions including the Life-Sized Mousetrap, Coke Zero and Mentos show, Power Racing Series, and iconic Cupcake Cars there s always a spectacular invention just around the corner. *
About the Tyler Mini Maker Faire
Tyler Mini-Maker Faire opens March 23, 2013 from 9 am to 5 pm at Discovery Science Place. Makers are expected from Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma and are invited to apply to demonstrate their projects at the event. The community is invited to participate. Visit www.facebook.com/TylerMiniMakerFaire for the latest information.
About Maker Faires
Flagship Maker Faires are held in San Mateo, California, Detroit and New York . The New York Maker Faire is also known as "World Maker Faire". Approximately 110,000 people attended the last faire in San Mateo and 55,000 attended the World Maker Faire last month.
The first Maker Faire was held April 22 23, 2006, at the San Mateo County Event Center . It included six exposition and workshop pavilions, a 5-acre (20,000 m2) outdoor midway, over 100 exhibiting makers, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and DIY competitions.
Community-driven Mini Maker Faires have sprouted up around the United States, with events in Ann Arbor, Pittsburgh, Sebastopol, Aspen, Kansas City, Durham, Oakland, and Boston and now Tyler. There are approximately 60 official Maker Faires in the United States.
About Make Magazine
Make (or MAKE ) is an American quarterly magazine published by [1] O'Reilly Media which focuses on do it yourself (DIY) and/or DIWO (Do It With Others) projects involving computers, electronics, robotics, metalworking, woodworking and other disciplines. The magazine is marketed to people who enjoy making things and features complex projects which can often be completed with cheap materials, including household items. Make magazine is considered "a central organ of the maker movement ."
Its first issue was released in January 2005, and, as of April 2012, 30 issues have been published. The magazine is subtitled "technology on your time."

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