Robotics

Companion Bots and Relationship

Jorvon Moss makes some of the world’s friendliest and cutest robots. Learn more about his journey to make and train these adaptive companions

Kind Humanoid, Inc

Come meet Mona, first intelligent humanoid that reaches human level motion performance and leverages foundation models for reasoning and her maker Christoph Kohstall! Learn about what it took to build.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Practical AI for Makers

AI is all the rage, but as makers, how can we take advantage of this burgeoning field to incorporate cool new functionality into the things we make?

Wear it AI

Fashion Technologist Kitty Yeung has been taking pictures around the faire event all weekend. Come see her transform participants’ styles with her bespoke software AI for fashion(able) makers!

Special FX

Makers Invade Hollywood

Makers are back from Hollywood to tell us what it’s like making Special Effects on the frontlines of the Film and Television industry.

Creating Under Pressure

You just landed a job making the Ghostbusters look like, well, Ghostbusters…now what? Jesse Velez and Ben Eadie share tips on creative problem solving when time and budgets are a challenge.

CLIMATE ACTION(ABLE)

From OpenROV to Ocean Xplorers

Eric Stackpole, creator of the Open ROV underwater exploration drone and co-star of National Geographic’s Ocean Xplorers will dsicuss creating technology to explore the planet’s unseen places.

GIY Materials: Growing Fungi for BioFabrication

Who needs plastic or fiberglass when mushrooms can do the job! And are heat and water resistant, biodegradable, and great for climate reclamation

PLAYTIME AT CRUNCH LABS!

Demystifying Creativity

Learn to flex! Creativity is like a muscle that you can strengthen through exercise, says Crunch Labs maker Bam Singhasaneh, to foster your creativity.

Building Play

The Crunch Labs “players” will be on stage to discuss the art and science of toy design. Learn from specialists who decode deep play everyday into fun stuff you can do with your hands (and brain).