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Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 4 PM Pacific Time
Join Dale Dougherty and a group of Maker Faire Bay Area 2026 exhibitors for a fun, behind-the-scenes look at the wild builds and can’t-miss moments headed your way.
This year is Maker Faire Bay Area’s 20th anniversary and we’re going big! In this tantalizing preview of what’s to come the weekend of September 25-27, 2026, you’ll hear from makers who blend machine learning with 570 LEDs to light up an AI-powered butterfly, Lepidoptera Imaginaria, that turns your voice into glowing light patterns; Mesthastic, a crew of radio tinkerers who use open-source, off-grid radio networks to keep communities connected without cell towers or the internet; Michael Theodore Schupbach, an official Muppet maker and four-time Emmy Award-winner; plus a few s