Wired.com takes you inside the do-it-yourselfer’s Mecca known as Maker’s Faire in this exclusive video. From electric cupcake cars and robot giraffes to massive Van de Graaf generators and scale-model battleships that fire actual ordnance at each other, we’ve got…

Wired.com takes you inside the do-it-yourselfer’s Mecca known as Maker’s Faire in this exclusive video. From electric cupcake cars and robot giraffes to massive Van de Graaf generators and scale-model battleships that fire actual ordnance at each other, we’ve got some of the most amazing highlights from this annual gathering of hobbyists, roboticists, crafters and artists.

Video production: Annaliza Savage. Camera: John Ross. Editing: Michael Lennon.

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Wired Video: Radio-Controlled Battleships and Electric Cupcakes at Maker’s Faire
Wired.com takes you inside the do-it-yourselfer’s Mecca known as Maker’s Faire in this exclusive video. From electric cupcake automobiles and robot giraffes to massive Van de Graaf generators and scale-model battleships that fire actual ordnance at each other, we’ve got…

Wired.com takes you inside the do-it-yourselfer’s Mecca known as Maker’s Faire in this exclusive video. From electric cupcake automobiles and robot giraffes to massive Van de Graaf generators and scale-model battleships that fire actual ordnance at each other, we’ve got some of the most incredible highlights from this annual gathering of hobbyists, roboticists, crafters and artists.

Video production: Annaliza Savage. Camera: John Ross. Editing: Michael Lennon.

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Maker Faire Preview: DIY Weddings, Flaming Soap Bubbles, and More
You know you’re a nerd when you’re trying to impress a date by working with her on an elaborate, do-it-yourself project for the Maker Faire. For Corey McGuire, the tactic worked. McGuire stated that he spent many hours volunteering his…

You know you’re a nerd when you’re trying to impress a date by working with her on an elaborate, do-it-yourself project for the Maker Faire.

For Corey McGuire, the tactic worked.

McGuire said that he spent many hours volunteering his time on various Maker Faire projects last year, in an effort to woo his bride-to-be.

“You have to try really hard when you are trying to woo a woman with nerdiness,” McGuire stated.

This weekend, McGuire and his sweetheart, Hallie McConlogue, will get married at the Faire.

McConlogue, an independent programmer and designer, and McGuire, a NASA Ames researcher, have together contributed to a half-dozen projects for the annual do-it-yourself festival, now in its third year.

For a preview of the McConlogue-McGuire wedding and other exhibits — including a 20-foot flaming woman and a machine that blows soap bubbles filled with hydrogen — check out our preview story: From Welding to Weddings, DIY Rules at Maker Faire

And tune in to Gadget Lab, where we’ll be posting news, photos and videos in our Maker Faire category all weekend long.

Photo: Maker bride-to-be Hallie McConlogue, and some of the tools that make her heart go pitter-pat. Photo by Jonathan Snyder / Wired.com

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Autobots, Freaks and Geeks: Welcome to Maker Faire
By Alexis Madrigal SAN MATEO, California — We’re on the ground here at Maker Faire, after a two-hour long odyssey through the streets of this San Francisco suburb. Outside, it’s a wild scene: traffic is backed up for miles and…

By Alexis Madrigal

SAN MATEO, California — We’re on the ground here at Maker Faire, after a two-hour long odyssey through the streets of this San Francisco suburb. Outside, it’s a wild scene: traffic is backed up for miles and near the Faire, clumps of nerds are streaming past stucco condominiums like hippies through the fields of Woodstock.

Inside, the sound of gears turning wafts through the air like the smoke from the barbecue joints in the food court. Within a minute of walking through the gates, we’ve already seen people grinding their own flour with a modded stationary bike, muffin vehicles, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, swarm bots, and a booth full of iPhone hacks.

Keep it locked here for a series of video, pics, and posts throughout the day.

Image: David McMillan shows off “The Solanator,” a solar powered chariot created by Bob Schneeveis.

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