Meet Our Makers
We’ll be highlighting several of our awesome exhibitors in the week leading up to the Faire. Here are the first five:
MATRIX by AdMobilize
MATRIX, is a platform where people around the world can develop and download IoT (“Internet of Things”) applications. Developers can build IoT apps in minutes. Miami-based start up, Ad Mobilize successfully funded MATRIX on Kickstarter in December.
Recycled Robots
Recycled Robots by Roldan Robot Sculptures are made completely from 100% antiques. A graphic designer by day, maker and Miami local Jorge Roldan takes pride in the ultra cool, always unique robot inventions he designs that somehow also defy gravity.
His personal “making” rule of thumb? Spending no more than $10.00 for any parts and often sourcing donated or found junk. Pieces that have washed up on the beach are always a favorite too!
For more info on Recycled Robots by Roldan Robot Sculptures, visit his site here.
Maker|Bright
Established in 2012, Maker|Bright supports the global maker community with Raspberry Pi and related development boards and accessories. Located in Boynton Beach, Maker|Bright is a startup committed to fulfilling your tinkering needs by providing Raspberry Pi and other development board products.
In fact, Maker|Bright also builds custom kits for organizations looking for educational tools to develop maker skills.
For more info on Maker|Bright, visit their site here.
IS Projects
IS Projects is a collaborative printmaking and book arts studio located in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its studio houses letterpress, fine art printmaking and book arts equipment. This Broward-based makerspace offers workshops, hourly studio rental, memberships, book binding services, edition printing and commercial printing.
IS Projects also houses Nocturnal Press, a boutique letterpress print-shop and bindery. The name was declared by a mentor, as a joke that stuck, after several all night book sewing marathons and letterpress sessions. Now, housed within IS Projects, Nocturnal Press boasts a collection of over 150 different wood and leadtypefaces as well as several hundred pounds of borders and ornaments.
For more info on IS Projects, visit their site here.
Frost Science Pavilion
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science will present a very special space with multiple community partners located within the Frost Science Pavilion.
The Frost Science team will host the activity “Persistence of Vision,” where guests will be able to draw their own 12 panel animation strip, insert them into the drum of a zoetrope and watch their creations come to life. Partner Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) will have its Teaching Artists on hand to guide attendees in making their very own animation flip books.
- CappSci will showcase the Miami Science Barge floating marine laboratory, and discuss solar energy, sustainable agriculture, and marine conservation.
- The young makers at DesignLab Miami will host a cartoon-inspired fashionshow, which celebrates creativity and recycling.
- ARTSail, an artist residency program aboard a vessel where works inspired by Miami’s relationship to water are created, will host interactive presentations in hydroponics, aquaponic and coral restoration systems.
- REM Learning will showcase their Play Make Share program and have hands-on activities for children on design thinking, systems thinking, computational thinking, playing and making.
- And Stuffmaker will showcase how 3D printing can be used to create figures for stop-motion animation films.
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