Melbourne's Massive Maker Movement
Nov 30, 2022
The Monash Maker Faire promises to be the largest Community Maker Faire ever held in Australia. Free to attend, with 10,000 people booked to attend th
Organised by Monash Tech School, The City of Monash, and Monash University, the supersized Monash Maker Faire was held at Monash University’s Clayton Campus on Sunday 4 December 2022.
The Maker Faire highlighted the physical makerspaces, labs, and studios found in the engaging Woodside Building for Technology and Design, collaborative Monash Makerspace, and entrepreneurial Monash Generator.
The Victorian community responded with over 300 artisans, developers, hackers, inventors, and tinkerers of all descriptions converging to share their passions with attendees of all ages.
We thank our sponsors, promoters and volunteers for supporting the diverse and active community of makers across the Monash Precinct and Greater Melbourne.
Can you teach a robot to draw? We normally think of drawing as an exclusively human activity. While other animals, such as chimpanzees, can be trained to paint or draw, drawing isn’t something that is regularly observed in animals other thann humans.
custom made jewellery and accessories
Connected Community HackerSpace is open to anyone interested in learning about and making things (involving technology). Members happily share their skills on how to use equipment (laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics). Newcomers very welcome !
The City of Monash's Sustainable Monash team will be on site offering information on sustainability. They'll have ideas for DIY low waste options at home and will answer your burning sustainability questions.
Our project involves supporting Elon Musk on his vision to set up a human colony and make us a multiplanetary species. Our students have explored options to support this vision.
Bricks 4 Kidz offer STEM Extra Curricular Programs with LEGO© and Robotics. We also provide entertainment programs using LEGO© bricks. There is no limit in what we can do with LEGO© bricks. All our models are custom designed. Come and check us out.
a Retro Arcade Game Station has been built from an old coffee table. Running a Raspberry pi with Retropie, arcade game controls, this console can play many of the classic games which the makers involved enjoyed when they were growing up as kids.
This work investigates how AI generated music could be used to improve the accessibility of visual art for people with vision impairments. Various paintings have been converted into soundscapes that try to convey an appropriate aesthetic experience.
Volunteers T-Shirts – Wilson Transformers
Volunteers Gift – City of Monash
School Makers Merchandise – Howmet Aerospace Foundation
The organising partners of the Monash Maker Faire acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and our event is held, the people of the Kulin Nations.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this country and their continued connection to land, sea, community and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.