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Next Steps Jean jacket design varies from utilitarian function to high fashion, with styles at every price point. Denim’s durability makes it easy to find pieces in good condition in thrift shops. Buy a new jacket if you want, but you can save money and find a wide variety on the resale market. Just make sure it has room on the back to add one or more 3D-printed flowers. First, 3D print the flower parts in translucent white PETG. PLA will work, but isn’t as durable.

Price: $0–$17 Designer: FunOrNothing Link: KeyboaStick on Makerworld The KeyboaStick by Korean maker FunOrNothing instantly makes a boring keyboard fun, and a fun keyboard awesome. It’s a well-designed model that comes in various flavors. The standard version replaces WASD keycaps and turns them into a tiny joystick. The joints mostly print in place, and it’s designed so forgivingly that it prints out well on older, not-perfectly-calibrated machines.

Maker Faire is the product of incredible effort by a passionate community and a team that works all year long. And it would be utterly impossible without the help from sponsors. We’re grateful to find sponsors who get what this “maker” thing is all about, and don’t treat the event like a boring old trade show. When you’re touring the Faire this weekend, do yourself a favor and check out the hands-on experiences (and swag) from our biggest supporters.

Putting on an event like Maker Faire Bay Area isn’t for the timid; imagine throwing a wedding with 20,000+ guests. 20 years later we’re still doing it. If you’re wondering why (and you’d be forgiven for it), the answer is in the excited faces of attendees and in the people who make it possible. On opening day 2026, we saw fantastic turnout from makers old and new bring excitement and enthusiasm that well exceeded physician-recommended levels.

Mouse Droid is the colloquial name for MSE-6, a small robot in the original Star Wars movie that looks a little like a toaster on wheels. Sabine Wren is a character from the show Star Wars Rebels who’s a prolific graffiti artist. All caught up? Great. Cass (the Canadian maker behind Chaos Theory) is clearly a fan of both eras of the franchise, and wasn’t afraid to ask the important questions. What if an Imperial Mouse Droid got a makeover from Sabine Wren?

Maker Faire is at its best when you’re not just looking—you’re making. This weekend on Mare Island, you can solder a wearable EMF explorer, turn an old T-shirt into a braided keychain, build your own sock puppet, code a competition-ready robot, assemble a mobility device that will make a real difference, or even bring an AI-powered robot to life.

Where do you look for models to 3D print? Assuming you aren’t designing your own all the time, that is. It’s a question we asked a while ago (Bambu launched their own platform shortly after). And now there are even multiple sites promising to generate a perfect, 3D-printable model on demand. It seems an increasingly crowded space to launch a new platform into. But it seems Snapmaker isn’t one to back down from a challenge. Today, Snapmaker announced the open beta of Snapmaker Space.

Price: $199 Manufacturer: Inslogic / Sunlu Link: store.inslogic3d.com/products/i10-filament-dehumidifying-cabinet The FilaDC i10 filament dehumidifying cabinet from Inslogic and Sunlu is a nice addition to my 3D printing supplies.

RoboCup’s humanoids have played their first 11-a-side match. This October, some of the same problems — balance, vision, autonomy and plenty of debugging — come to Maker Faire Rome. https://www.facebook.com/reel/4574042522867375 This summer, twenty-two humanoid robots walked onto a football pitch in Incheon, South Korea. Eleven against eleven. No remote controls.

Penrose Tile Wall Makers have always been at the forefront of new technology, both as inventors and as innovators. From their beginnings in the early 20th century to their ubiquity in the current era, LED lights have captured the imagination of makers and creatives. While some makers are fascinated by their energy saving capacities, others are captivated by the pretty lights and their integration with other types of electronics.