Maker Faire Montréal

While at Mini Maker Faire Montreal, one of the things you will definitely hear about are laser cutters. Laser cutters are used by many makers to create rapid prototypes, polished versions of their project, and even art!

Laser cutters are an XY axis machine with a laser beam on them powerful enough to cut through material. The material can be acrylic, cardboard, mdf, or even bread! As long as the material does not give off bad chemical gasses, then you can use it.

When I was out at Maker Faire Bay Area, I used the laser cutter from Evil Mad Science a lot. But, we don’t have to travel all the way to California for a laser cutter! Here in Montreal, SpikenzieLabs has a laser cutter too! SpikenzieLabs laser cutter is pretty cool. Check out this video to see it in action:

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Maker Camp sponsored by MAKE magazine, is a virtual summer camp for teens, with a focus on creating, building, and discovering. We’ll be making 30 awesome projects in 30 days, here on Google+. Maker Camp is free and open to all, and runs from July 16th through August 24th.

Makers: Mini Maker Faire Toronto from Ryan Varga on Vimeo.

In the underground tunnels of Montreal, an excellent example of urban art powered by Arduino.  We see more and more of these initiatives driven by our Maker culture, adding resonance to our public spaces.

Spinkenzie Labs

Wired’s Chris Anderson: Autonomous Quadcopter Drones from Maker Faire and Maker Faire on FORA.tv

Joust is a no-graphics, digitally-enabled playground game for 2-7 players. The goal is to be the last player remaining. When the music plays in slow-motion, the motion controllers are extremely sensitive to movement. When the music speeds up, this threshold becomes less strict, giving the players a small window to dash at their opponents. If your controller is ever moved beyond the allowable threshold, you’re out! Try to jostle your opponents’ controllers while protecting your own.

Johann Sebastian Joust! from Die Gute Fabrik on Vimeo.