Archive for March, 2013

3/16 Open Make Events in the San Francisco Bay Area

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Two Open Make/Young Maker events will be held this Saturday, March 16, 2013 at San Francisco Bay Area museums:

  • The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose) is focused on Wearable Tech
  • Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley) is focused on Bikes

From 12:30pm-1:30pm in San Jose, there is a Meet-the-Makers panel (bios online):

  • Grace Kim, wearable technology designer, iamgracie.com
  • Shelten Yuen, Director of R&D, Fitbit, Inc.
  • Team Folktails (Young Makers): Sydney Murphy and Ksenia Medvedev

There will also be two Young Maker events from 10:10am-12pm and 2pm-3pm. Registered Young Makers get into the museum for free on Open Make days (registration info online).

In Berkeley from 10am-2pm, workshop presenters will discuss bicycle hacks, like pedal-powered electronics and art, or learn how to fix your own bike. (See the full list of presenters online.)

The Open Make events are being sponsored by MAKE Magazine, Pixar Animation studios, and the respective museum where the event is being held.