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.
Students will learn how to create their own flexagons. These can make wonderful, but quiet, fidget spinners. Exploring the maths behind these toys, we will learn to how best to decorate them for extra flair! Suitable for children of all ages.
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.
Students from Glenallen School would like to invite you to experience examples of how they access the STEM curriculum. Come and experience how the students drive robots using switches and eye-gaze, and how they travel the world using virtual reality.
Monash Uncrewed Aerial Systems are a passionate multidisciplinary student team from Monash University. Established in 2011, we work on drone technology, compete in various UAV challenges, and give back to the community through workshops and events.
A bicycle driven christmas sleigh light show. This project was built to light up the community for the festive season while bringing attention to bicyclist safety and sustainable transport. Come along, have a chat, and bring home a small gift!
DIY Raspberry Pi as an IOT client/server security/access/logging platform employing RFID tags/ID.
This is MCAV's main development vehicle, the StreetDrone. We use multiple onboard sensors that help us make the vehicle autonomously drive! You'll be able to see how they work and how we're using them to tackle the self-driving problem.
At CoderDojo Altona North our aim is to Ignite, Inspire and Create. We believe that every child is a born maker, given the right environment we can Ignite those interests and Inspire them to Make, Create, Innovate. Come, be inspired and inspire us.
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.