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
Monash Maker Faire 2022
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.
Special Attractions
Featured Makers
Home Security using Raspberry Pi and RFID
DIY Raspberry Pi as an IOT client/server security/access/logging platform employing RFID tags/ID.
Melbourne RoboCats
The Melbourne RoboCats, is an all-female FIRST Robotics Competition team consisting of girls aged 14 to 18. For six weeks over the summer, the girls work together to design, prototype and build a robot. Come check out our robot and take it for a spin
Monash Public Library Service
The Monash Public Library exhibit will show you how you can recycle your old books into beautiful and creative Christmas decorations. Receive templates to take home as well as stickers, ribbons and even an old book if you don't have one handy.
Vesti- Fashion app
Vesti is an app with the main feature being that you can scan your body to try on clothes virtually. This will be a feature that will be directed to in-home users to try on clothes from online or overseas to promote hassle-free clothing fun.
Monash Opportunity Tech Lab Inclusivator
Makers can experience in VR how to turn their passion into profit. The Inclusivator showcases successful neurodiverse entrepreneurs pitching their businesses and how they found their superpower and applied it to successful enterprises.
Monash DeepNeuron
DeepNeuron is a student team focused on improving the world with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). With more than 80 members, we encompass a myriad of talent internal teams.
Amazing Chicken Adventures
Start an adventure where gravity is your worst enemy & save the world one egg at a time in this egg-rolling puzzle platformer! Featuring classical music, broken eggs, chicken-inappropriate tools, and mandatory funny hats.
Drawbots
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.
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Organisers & Principal Supporter
Goldsmith Sponsors
Silversmith Sponsors
Coppersmith Sponsors
Blacksmith Sponsor
Targeted Sponsorships
Volunteers T-Shirts – Wilson Transformers
Volunteers Gift – City of Monash
School Makers Merchandise – Howmet Aerospace Foundation
Acknowledgement of Country
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.