The first annual Amazing Maker Award Projects are here! This juried competition highlights the creative and technical contributions of makers, as well as their social impact on a global scale. Join us celebrating all types of makerhood while also rewarding some truly spectacular work. Community voting is now open until July 15, 2022! To vote for your favorite projects, click ‘More’ on that project and vote, vote, vote. You can vote once a day per project.
New multifunctional 3D printer concept
Rui Pires
New machine concept which allows to 3D print at 90° and 45°, CNC, laser, plotter and other tools.
Community Votes: 393
Optical Theremin Music Box
David Simpson Simpson
Like a traditional wind-up music box, the Optical Theremin Music Box can automatically play a pre-determined melody for the pleasure of the user. However, the melodies played by this Music Box are generated opto-electronically.
Community Votes: 14
My little white “uchino Shiro”
mitsuru kitamura
This Tyrannosaurus costume, made of plastic cardboard with a cable tie, walks with its tail shaking.
Community Votes: 3
TapeBlocks: Creative Circuit Making for All
Kirsten Ellis
TapeBlocks are the accessible, affordable, versatile and creative circuit making activity that is accessible for everyone including people living with a disability. TapeBlocks combine technology with creativity for play and exploration
Community Votes: 5
Bluff SchuetzenVerein Laser Shooting Range
Gregory Walker
This project is a reimaging of an historic German-Texas Shooting Contest (SchuetzenFest). We designed and built replica target rifles that shoot laser pulses. We also built photodetector-based targets of authentic appearance.
Community Votes: 9
SUGO Finger (Awesome Finger)
ITARU KAWAKAMI
SUGO Finger doubles the number of human fingers in serial dimension, to extend the ability, everyday life, and mind of human race.
Community Votes: 32
Mr. Bob – Robot Butler
Asad Grabovica
Around 15% of the world’s population has spme form of disability. We want to help those people so we crated a Robot butler which will be bringing things such as water and snacks to people wherever they are located in the house.
Community Votes: 2
BLE AI-driven Smartwatch Detecting Potential Sun Damage
Kutluhan Aktar
Log UV radiation and weather data on an SD card to train an Edge Impulse model. Then, run the model on XIAO BLE to get informed of potential sun damage over BLE via an Android application.
Community Votes: 23
Key Holder With Automatic File Backup
Richard Eastmond
This keyholder has a mini wireless computer inside it that makes it easy for a person to plug in a USB drive, which is then backed up to after they hang up their keys.
Community Votes: 2
The Hubbard Oscillation Bar Tap
Joshua Kinsey
A custom back bar tap. Entirely fabricated in steel, industrial resin, glass, and mica.
Community Votes: 1
❤️ ❤️ An Artistic Exploration of Contemporary Online Courtship
Kenzie Housego
❤️ ❤️ explores contemporary courtship language and symbols. Combining embroidery, craft, and technology such as LEDs, motion sensors, and chatbots, viewers are invited to engage in a dialog with the artwork literally and conceptually.
Community Votes: 2
Road Rower, the Rowing Recumbent Bicycle
Donald Moore
The Road Rower is a recumbent bicycle powered by a whole-body rowing motion for commuting, exercise, recreation and sport.
Community Votes: 5
Servo Wordclock v2
Moritz von Sivers
In this variation of the popular word clock, letters are projected from the back onto a screen, each letter is connected to a linear actuator that can be moved back and forth by a servo so that the projection changes size and focus.
Community Votes: 3
Giganty’s Bouncing Infinity Gadget
Sarah Gonsalves
This project shown is a 20' tall hand cranked machine that tosses 5000 superballs into a bounce chamber where the careem around and bounce off musical cymbals to make analog music! The Render is the re-design for 2022!
Community Votes: 27
The Good Air Canary
Peter Milne
An open source IoT Canary that responds to Air Quality data from Sensors, and will squawk at poor air, and eventually fall of its perch if air quality is terrible - prompting you to take action!
Community Votes: 8
Stop Face Touching Device
Chen Lu
I built a device to stop touching my face.
Community Votes: 2
Cheerbot: IRL toy robots for the Web3 smart home
Kyle Smith
Combines NFT with designer toy and raspberry pi audience remote control for fun onset interactive art
Community Votes: 6
Magic Hula Hoop
Douglas Wong
This project is intended to inspire people to become enthusiastic about STEM subjects so they can design amazing and wonderful devices themselves.
Community Votes: 2
Auto Chasing Turtle
Noritsuna Imamura
By autonomous control, this robot recognizes a human's face and chases to the recognized human.
Community Votes: 5
Halloween Candy Mortar
Paul McCabe
Candy in a 35mm film container is launched towards a trick-or-treater when they step on a foot pedal 50 feet away from the launcher.
Community Votes: 2
Horse Bike
JAMES OWEN
Creat a Bike with eccentric wheels and a horse body with moveable legs and a sound clopping device.
Community Votes: 19
Music Derby
Tetsuji Katsuda
Music Derby is a game in which sound of music runs seven robots. The player predicts which robot will go the farthest when a tune is over. Music Derby can visualize the frequency of occurrence of notes on the scale in a song.
Community Votes: 3
IC4U3
Selin Alara Ornek
IC4U3 (I see for you - 3rd Version) is a robot guide dog for visually impaired people
Community Votes: 112
ToolBus
Jeremy Trilling
The ToolBus is a mobile solar-powered innovation studio, built to empower boundless creative freedom.
Community Votes: 8