{"id":15750,"date":"2010-09-22T18:22:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T22:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=15750"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:44:05","slug":"world-maker-faire-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/15750\/world-maker-faire-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Inaugural World Maker Faire Comes to Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15765 lazyload\" title=\"world maker_faire\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/world-maker_faire.jpg\" alt=\"world maker_faire\" width=\"375\" height=\"395\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15765 lazyload\" title=\"world maker_faire\" src=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/world-maker_faire.jpg\" alt=\"world maker_faire\" width=\"375\" height=\"395\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Inaugural World Maker Faire<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong>New York Hall of Science, Corona Park, Queens<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday 25, 10am\u20137pm; Sunday 26, 10am\u20136pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong> Consider MAKE magazine&#8217;s two-day event in New York&#8217;s most international borough to be an inventor\u2019s paradise. More than 300 projects and performances will showcase hands-on technology, exhibits in applied science, and inventive craft pieces.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The family event is intended to showcase \u201ccuriosity, creativity and inventiveness,\u201d said Margaret Honey, NYSCI president and CEO. Center Stage panels will include a <em>Scientific American <\/em>presentation of Scientists-Makers in Action when researchers will discuss everything from bamboo bicycles to green technology and hacking the human brain. The Maker Square Stage will present creative-project-incubator Kickstarter with Revealing the Inner Artist and Innovator to empower talented visionaries to build and sell their ideas. Science minded kids and adults will enjoy the Rocket Stage for a live stage presentation by Thinking as a Scientist on the joys of scientific discovery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other event highlights:<\/strong> Cyclecide Pedal Powered Rodeo will bring bikes, music and comedy together. Non-Newtonia will ask participants to walk across a pool-filled oobleck in order to set a world record. BUST Craftacular will be craftacular. <a title=\"DIBYIO site\" href=\"http:\/\/diybio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DIYBIO<\/a> will have a mobile science lab powered by solar power, wind turbines, waste vegetable oil, and a green roof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $25 adults, $10 kids, $20 seniors, $15 students<\/p>\n<p><em>View the full two-day schedule at makerfaire.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get there: <\/strong><em>Take the 7 train to 111th Street Station. Walk three blocks south. (New York Hall of<br \/>\nScience, 47-01 111th Street, <a title=\"NYSCi website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nysci.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nysci.org<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What: Inaugural World Maker Faire Where: New York Hall of Science, Corona Park, Queens When: Saturday 25, 10am\u20137pm; Sunday 26, 10am\u20136pm Why: Consider MAKE magazine&#8217;s two-day event in New York&#8217;s most international borough to be an inventor\u2019s paradise. More than 300 projects and performances will showcase hands-on technology, exhibits in applied science, and inventive craft [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,326],"tags":[293,451,483,511,69,175,512],"class_list":{"0":"post-15750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events","7":"category-queens-outer-boroughs-destination","8":"tag-budget-friendly","9":"tag-craft-market","10":"tag-family-friendly","11":"tag-robots","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-subway","14":"tag-technology"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}