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Empire Of Dirt

by Empire of Dirt Jon Sarriugarte

Empire of Dirt (EOD) is a collective of like-minded friends brought together to build mechanical art. Led by Jon Sarriugarte, the crew spans art fabrication, engineering, and performance.

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Japanese Fire Truck + Head Unit

by James Rivers

A 1999 Japanese fire truck. To modernize the truck a digital rear view mirror and a custom head unit have been installed / created for the truck. The custom head unit runs CarPlay via an industrial Linux PC.

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Taser Knife Fighting

by Taser Knife Fighting

Taser Knife Fighting (TKF) is a competitive 1v1 electric blade tag sport where competitors utilize blunt, non-incapacitating shock blades to duel within a defined circle. The sport prioritizes precision, agility, and tactical strategy over brute force or wild flailing. Think of taser knives as close combat paintball - enough physical consequence to tap into primal embodiment and presence but solidly held in a safe and playful structure.

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Bay Area Droid Builders

by Bay Area Droid builders

We’re a motley crew of makers, tinkerers, and droid wranglers, trading secrets from across the galaxy to bring our favorite Star Wars droids to life—R2 and R5 units, BB-8, Chopper, and plenty more rolling off the workbench. The Droid Builders Bay Area don’t just build—we deploy!

Shrimp Goggles

by Tyler

Experience new colors, never before seen by humankind! (probably) Some species of mantis shrimp have 16 vision cones spread across the Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared spectrum, and for too long they have kept their expanded rainbow a secret. We want to see the shrimp colors and if you do too, stop by our booth!

Polydact: A Flexible New Finger

by T. Miguel Pegues

Polydact is a wearable robotic sixth finger that gives its user greater dexterity than they have with the natural hand. The flexible digit has options for motorized and body-powered control. This project is a proof of concept before fully emulating a cephalopodic doctor I read about once. Details at tmpegues.github.io/projects/polydact

Control a DIY Surgery Robot Arm

by Chandler

Want to try your hand at operating a real microsurgery robot? Come see real DIY reverse-engineered surgery arms made by Intuitive Surgical (the same kind used for the viral They Did Surgery on a Grape video)!

Catapult Zone

by Graham Smith

CATAPULT ZONE is a real-time game of strategy and skill for 1-4 players of all ages. Players build castles and fire catapults at those of their opponents. There are no turns. The game moves as fast as you do! A simple rule guides the chaos: if you knock it over, you get it. From target practice to elaborate construction to grueling sieges won by tactical mastery or sheer grit, everyone will find a way to play!

Linus Tech Tips

by Linus Tech Tips

Stop by the Creator Warehouse booth and chat with the team behind some of your favorite LTT products. Learn how we take an idea from a sketch on a whiteboard all the way to a finished product in your hands. Check out our giant oversized screwdrivers, get a closer look at our product development process, and be among the first to purchase our UV-reactive Nuclear Green Ratcheting Screwdriver and LAN Motherboard T-Shirt before they're widely available.

Lunar Lander Drone

by Steven Schierman

A drone inspired by the Apollo program's Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV). Its purpose is to simulate the flight dynamics of the low-gravity lunar environment, but on Earth. To mimic the way a lunar lander would fly.

The World's Most Advanced Pokédex

by BigRig Creates

With hardware designed by Mr. Volt and software programmed by BigRig Creates, this Kanto Pokédex brings all of the screens, buttons, and features from the original Pokémon games and anime to life. Test out its ability to recognize any plushie, card, or art for any of the 1,025 Pokémon. It even recites a Pokédex entry just like the anime. Bonus points if you can get it to recognize your own drawing!

Drivable Couch

by Garage Goblins

We took spare parts from our garage, including a couple e-scooter motors, a Wiimote, and an old couch and built a drivable couch out of it. Its top speed is about 25 miles per hour, and we’ve also added seatbelts and turn signals. We also post videos online at @garage_goblins_ and have collaborated with creators like Family Friendly, check us out!

Drive a Combat Robot & Explore Awesome Parts with Just 'Cuz Robotics

by Seth Schaffer

Just 'Cuz Robotics brings you a unique robot driving experience and a showcase of our many amazing custom components. Our booth will feature an arena where attendees can drive our SSP 3lb Combat Robot Lifter Kits in a simulated battle, learning to drive their very own bot for the first time! We also will have an array of parts and robots on display and demonstrations of their capabilities, like a motor lifting 10000 times it's own weight, and a 5 axis robot arm using our own actuator designs!

Bobby+ | World's Largest Mechanical Pencil + Other Projects!

by Bob Seif

Come by and test out the world's largest mechanical pencil, try on cosplay, find your favorites in the stamp zoo, and see a giant Lego Star Wars set in action! Here the motto is make things, break things and call projects done!

Musical Floppy Drives!

by Garrett

An array of twelve floppy disk drives controlled by Moppy2 software that translates MIDI sequences into mechanical movement data, driving the read heads to produce musical tones at different frequencies.

Camera contraptions, DIY Film and Digital Cameras

by Tom

Tom and Lucus design open source cameras with 3D printing, mechanical engineering, a touch of software, and some crazy ideas. From fully analog film to digital systems, and some quirky hybrids in between we are always looking to build our next ideas. Check out Tom’s new hybrid digital and film medium format camera and Lucus’ y-pan panoramic 35mm fully mechanical camera, along with a few of our other camera projects.

RAT-A2E

by John Kotarski

Based on a popular kids film with a similar sounding name, this is a robot chef whose limbs can be controlled only by pulling on his hair in different directions. Come on over and see if you would make it in the culinary world as a rat piloting an aspiring cook.

Backyard Railroading! Ride on Model Trains

by JT Engineering

I design and build model trains for my backyard railroad! These trains are large enough and have more than enough pulling power to pull you, and 20 of your friends around the backyard track. Come check out my booth for more information, and learn how you can build one of these yourself!

Unofficial DIY Open Sauce Trinket

by Radical Contructs

Stop by and assemble a custom trinket with modular parts. Make it into a keychain, pin or magnet. We also have to-go bags.

Q8botOne by ZeroWire Robotics

by Eric Wu

Have you ever seen a quadruped robot built with no physical wires? Meet Q8botOne—a palm-sized robot built around a unique zero-wire architecture. It combines high performance with hands-on fun, making advanced robotics more accessible to hobbyists, educators, and researchers. Stop by our booth to drive the robot, explore its unique zero-wire architecture, and learn how to build or purchase a Q8botOne.

U-Haul Sized Polaroid

by Some Friends and a Truck

Half photo booth, half moving truck, 100% an instant camera. Strike a pose for the world's largest polaroid and watch your portrait appear out of nowhere. You'll leave with a one-of-a-kind print too big for your pocket, but small enough to take home (I promise).

SpaceframeSCAD: Large-scale light-up sculptures, 3D printed, portable in a ziploc bag

by Wirehead Arts

I wanted to make illuminated sculptures, but I only have so much room to work with. Thus, I asked myself "How would I make something that looks neat but fits into a ziploc bag?” I made SpaceframeSCAD, a tool to build 3D printable parametrically defined pieces to build a variety of structures that can be assembled into site-specific illuminated sculptures. Surprisingly, my tool extended beyond light-up sculptures and artwork. It's also used for my tomato cages!

DIY Satellite Antennas

by Saveitforparts

Real working satellite antennas made from surplus junk, 3D printed and laser cut parts, and trash. See and hear live images and data from space!

Plasma Entropy Source

by Maxwell Marks Ansel

This is a GSh-2 neon tube from the USSR, it’s an old piece of radar equipment. This hot cathode tube hasn’t been turned on since 1970There’s a fluctuating voltage on the anode side caused by thermionic emission, and ionization events. Come see the fluctuations turned into truly random numbers dictated by plasma chaos.

Argus: A CubeSat That Finds Itself Using Vision

by CMU's Spacecraft Lab

Argus is a student-built 1U Cube Satallite mission from Carnegie Mellon University’s Spacecraft Lab, developed to demonstrate low-cost autonomous orbit determination for small spacecraft. Instead of relying only on GPS or ground-based tracking, Argus uses onboard Earth imaging, computer vision, landmark detection, IMU measurements, and nonlinear estimation to determine its own orbit and attitude. Two Argus satellites are scheduled to be launched to Low-Earth Orbit in later this year. At Open Sau

Snap Circuits of Guitar Pedals

by PedalSwap

PedalSwap started as a course project at the Georgia Institute of Technology and has grown into a fun and interactive way to shape your guitar tone. Without touching a single wire, you can swap out the analog effect and control knobs of your guitar pedal at the circuit level. Creating YOUR tone has never been easier. More Info - Instagram: @pedal.swap Website: Pedalswap.net

TrackStacker - The world’s favorite open-source and 3D printed magnetic marble track toy!

by Shaurjya Banerjee aka Wholesomecircuits

TrackStacker is a satisfying and tactile 3D-printed magnetic marble track toy that combines gravity, mechanics and magnetism to create playtime that is equal parts art and science! It will turn your fridge - or any other magnetic surface in your home - into a living breathing kinetic sculpture, and the ultimate playground for exploring the wonders at the intersection of geometry and marbles!

Kangaroo and Joey!

by Jay At Restaurants

Come see Kanga and her animatronic Joey!

Mehxel - Robots and Pixels

by Robots and Pixels

Turn meh...into a Meh-sterpiece! by designing your own pixel art masterpiece with Mehxel. You'll use an arcade inspired controller to create your own piece of electronic pixel art on a 16x16 glowing grid. When you are done you can press a button to save your art and print a QR code you can use to view and share your art online. We love to talk about robots and retro-nerd technology, so stop by to create and chat!

Alleycat Asset Acquisitions

by Elli

Alleycat is an open-source cyberpunk toolset that brings the video game experience into the real world. Once a year, our team joins hundreds of players amongst a population of thousands in the Mojave desert to live in a pop-up neon city — where strangers become characters and unexpected stories unfold. The hardware and firmware powering it is built in the open. We invite the community to help shape the future of in-person play.