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Blue Lick Leather – Handcrafted Leather Goods

Established in 2015, Blue Lick Leather is based in Louisville Kentucky. We are a father-daughter company, keeping hand-cut and hand-sewn leather traditions alive. Our aim is to craft beautiful leather products that last generations.

REACT Robotics

Come Visit REACT at the Maker Faire! Stop by the REACT (Robotics Engineering and Coding Teams) booth and experience robotics in action! See VEX robots up close, learn how students design, build, and program competitive robots, and discover how REACT is bringing hands-on STEM opportunities to students in our community. Whether you’re a student interested in robotics, a parent looking for STEM opportunities, or just curious about how robots work, we’d love to meet you. Come see what we’re building, ask questions, and learn how you can get involved with REACT!

Hestia

AL is a countertop device and companion app that keeps aging parents and their adult children in each other’s daily lives without either having to check in physically . Most older adults living alone are independent, and run their week. What they lack isn’t supervision but a shared channel. The current substitute is the weekly phone call, answers neither fully trusts.  It answers questions out loud, shows the day’s plan, cycles photos the family sends, and dispenses pre-sorted medication on schedule. The app gives the family the other side: a written summary of the parent’s day, sleep and vitals pulled from wearables she already owns, and one thread where siblings coordinate and act. Between them sits an agent layer that turns signal into something readable in thirty seconds.

Unatronics Musical Instruments

I build electronic and electro-acoustic musical instruments. Stuff like drum machines, synthesizers, amplified and processed traditional folk instruments, and interesting sound experiments. Everything is some combination of handbuilt electronics, found objects, custom fabrication, and handpainting. I like to rescue special objects from the waste stream and give them a second life with a completely different purpose. For instance, I scavenge a lot of hardwoods from furniture that is being thrown away. My goal is give people an open-ended creative space that generally sounds good and look beautiful, but also allows a wide range of expression which can include the more extreme ends of audio processing/deconstruction and saturated psychedelia.

Shireen Art Studio

Mehxel – Robots and Pixels

Mehxel transforms glowing pixels into lasting memories! Design your own pixel art using an arcade joystick and buttons on a 16×16 neopixel display. When you’re finished, press Save and we’ll hand you a QR code that links to your artwork online where you can view and share it anytime. It’s a fun, hands-on blend of art, electronics, programming, LEDs, Raspberry Pi and a little maker magic. Watch for your creation on the big 64×64 pixels display built from 4,096 individually addressable neopixel LEDs celebrating artwork created on the Mehxel. Anyone can make something fun with pixel art! Whether you want to create something unique, discover how it works, or geek out about technology, stop by and join the fun!

Sandcasting Metal

Class Description In this workshop you will learn the sand-casting process used to make jewelry, tools, and other items from molten metal. A hands-on demonstration will allow you to create your own mold and assist in casting your first piece. No prior knowledge of sand casting or jewelry making is necessary. You will learn: What tools are necessary to create a mold and cast molten metal How to pack a mold for pouring Different items you can use to create molds from How to finish your piece

Podcasting & Broadcasting with Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP Louisville

Make media that matters with us! Louisville’s grassroots, volunteer-powered community radio station, Forward Radio 106.5fm WFMP, wants to get YOU behind the microphone! Learn how to become a regular on-air programmer or just a one-time Access Hour host to share your passions with the community through broadcasting and podcasting! We are here to provide the training and support you need to launch or expand your audio adventures.