Makers of the most incredible builds have had enough time to document, edit, and upload video of how their incredible creations came to be.

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The skies are clear, the weather is picture-perfect, and a storm of creativity, curiosity, and connection is the only thing brewing at Maker Faire Orlando 2026! Maker Faire Orlando is off to an incredible start kicked off by Friday’s Field Trip Day, when 2,500 students, teachers, and homeschool families filled the Central Florida Fairgrounds for […]

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INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I WEBSITE I YOUTUBE Sunshine, palm trees, afternoon thunderstorms, and a little lot of Disney magic are all part of the Orlando landscape. Oh, and robots and power racing, too. If that sounds too good to be true, that’s because Orlando has always had a knack for making the impossible look possible. […]

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Rome’s is the world’s biggest Maker Faire outside of Maker Faire Bay Area and it draws exhibitors from all over Europe.

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Will Muto from ILM shows how to 3D print a real control panel prop from Star Wars: Andor to control whatever you want!

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No 3D printer? “Kitbash” this Star Wars: Andor control panel prop from cardboard, caps, and scraps!

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(clockwise from top left) Operation: Blitz Tag by Freesia Gaul; (M)other Moon by Will Nava; Dimension Cafe by Lauren Meichtry; and The Myth of Pandora by David Thulin. Imagine building a compelling cinematic experience, coordinating practical VFX, and telling a story—all in less than 120 seconds. On Wednesday, November 4 at 4:00 p.m. PST, Make: […]

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Every October, the Make: editorial Slack fills up with links. Someone posts a skeleton that carves pumpkins, someone else answers with a 30-foot marionette, and by Halloween we have a full haunted house worth of inspiration. Here are some of the builds that keep resurfacing in the channel, from animatronics and yard-scale puppets to costumes […]

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Droid builders are reverse engineering Disney’s real-life “duck” robots.

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10 Things I Can’t Wait to See at Maker Faire Orlando Maker Faire Orlando has been on my bucket list even before I joined Make: in 2014. It is a long story I will refrain from.  But one that has never lined up for me to attend until now! In excited anticipation as I was […]

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