AACME (Ann Arbor Creativity & Making Expo)

When

Sunday May 20, 2018: 12:00pm to 5:00pm  Add to Calendar /   Add to Google Calendar

Where

Downtown Library: 1st Floor Lobby, Downtown Library: 3rd Floor Open Area, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Atrium, Downtown Library: 4th Floor Meeting Room, Downtown Library: Conference Room A, Downtown Library: Secret Lab

For Whom

All Ages

Description

Join us for a day of creativity and making! For a day of robotics, DIY Science, historical technologies and handicrafts, Arduinos, 3D printers, things that go boom! and things that move, HAM radio, electric bikes, student STEM and STEAM projects, demonstrations from community makers and hands-on activities from groups such as Maker Works, Brain Monkeys, All Hands Active and more! Free to attend! 

Details

This event is always free to attend and free to exhibit. It showcases DIY science, green technology, robotics, historical and new technologies, professional businesses, student STEM and STEAM projects, digital artists, tinkerers and hobbyists, Ham radio and rockets, and vibrant makers from Southeast Michigan and northern Ohio. It is usually in May or early June, and for the past few years, the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown location has hosted.

2018 Exhibitors & Projects

• A2Geeks — Wooden robots     
• Sarah Van Loo — Illuminated Tutu with LilyPad Arduino and NeoPixel LEDs
• Will Mefford — Interactive Musical Tesla Coil
• LEGO Drawing Robot
• TinkerTech 
• Maker Works — Do Your Own Pewter Sandcasting
• DIY Wearables for Diabetes Data
• Our Sci — Open Communities
• North Coast Modular Collective — Eurorack Synthesizers
• All Hands Active Makerspace — Learn to Solder
• FRC 1076 Pi Hi Samurai Robotics
• Eastern Michigan University — Digital Fabrication
• Flipside Art Studio — Fun Felting for Kids
• Found Object Beanie Boo Houses
• AAWhipCo. — Bullwhip Artistry
• The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers — TOOOL Lockpick Village
• Arrow Communication Association — Communication with Amateur Radio
• Brain Monkeys
• SCRAP Box
• The Tool Shop and The Work Shop
• The Appropriate Technology Collaborative
• Hand Planing Wood
• Nelson Lock and Co. —  Can you pick it?
• Thingsmiths — 3D Printing and 3D Scanning
• FRC team 830 competition robot
• Medieval Armor
• Hand-Made Bows
• Dexter Dreadbots FRC team 3536
• Eagle Imperium FRC team 3322

BACKGROUND

The Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire began in 2008 as the first ever community-scale version of the large Maker Faires organized by Maker Media/Make Magazine. Rebranded in 2018 as an independent event to better reflect our local community, its new name is AACME, Ann Arbor Creativity & Making Expo. 

This event is in partnership with A2Geeks. Visit their AACME event page for more information.