Thanks so much to the Pinnacle Learning Center for their sponsorship of Makevention. Pinnacle has sponsored Makevention from the beginning, and without their support, the first Makevention might not have happened. Make sure to stop by their booth and check out Pinnacle’s hands-on approach to learning.

Soapy Soap Company manufactures all natural bar soap in Bloomington, Indiana. They would like to show and tell people about their style of soap making. The audience will be able to participate by mixing in their soap additives such as oatmeal, fennel, clay, etc. Each participant will be able to leave the Soapy Soap Company […]

Our exhibit will feature HART Rock and Wellness Arts Cafe offers prints, handmade books, cards and herbal products – teas, seasonings and beer jelly. Quilter’s Comfort and Yuko Okumura of Ichiyo Dharma offers, kimono silk scarves and bags, kimono sachets, rakusu and okesa case and otedama.

Ol Timey Recordings will set up and demonstrate a portable record cutter lathe booth. We will cut records one at a time of live performances or directly from a smart phone or digital device. Each record is cut on to repurposed laser discs or solo brand picnic plates and can be played back on a […]

We have all cooked up messes and had to figure out how to fix them! Join Success Work! and sample new creative thinking snacks that help you discover missing ingredients, mix up some new insights,dream up more unique recipes for success & taste your new results. Come enjoy playing around with lots of food for […]

At the florum metal jewelry booth, we will be showing attendees how to cut, file, and sand sheet metal to create jewelry pieces and teaching wire working skills such as chain making and wire forming. florum metal jewelry will be selling their handmade metal jewelry at the booth.

Restructify is a slang term for recycling, upcycling, refurbishing , and reinventing reclaimed objects into industrial, steampunk, and unique, funky pieces of art. Come check out their upcycled pieces of artwork.

Become an “epic engineer” at WonderLab’s Epic Fun Park Challenge by helping to build a huge roller coaster out of paper!

The MILL is a new, small makerspace at the School of Education. They’ll talk to folks about what they have available and have a few projects and demos.

MCPL plans to bring two different tech setups to share with the public. Both will be interactive. The first will be an audio production rig. This will include a guitar, midi keyboard, and microphone all hooked into Garageband. Folks can stop by and record a song and mess with some of the effects on the […]

Discardia will be providing materials and instruction to make water bottles from re-used glass bottles and bicycle inner tubes.

Beauty and Belongings: Handcrafted baskets, bowls, and trivets from 100% cotton clothesline with demonstration. We’ll be holding ongoing booth demonstrations.

Indie Ninja Design exhibits will include an interactive demonstrations of the games “Hivez” and “Evil Genius”. These are two board games designed by a local Bloomington maker. Copies of Hivez will be available for purchase. We will also have blank cards and markers available so that attendees of the convention can design their own cards […]

EFF 5 Robotics will be demonstrating First Tech Challenge robotics, RepRap 3D printing, and basics of design using CAD software. The robot and the 3D printer were both built by team members. The team will have 3D printed items such as earrings and key chains for sale to raise money for the 2016-2017 competition season. […]

Our Exhibit will highlight the programs, spaces, artists and makers that are associate with the Artisan Alley. Artisan Alley is a rich and bustling creative environment where individual artistic pursuits come together into a collaborative and energizing space where creative ideas become a reality. Our warehouses, located on the south side of Bloomington, Indiana, are […]

Members of Ivy Tech’s technology team will showcase their raspberry pis, lab created guitars, chairs designed and created by their Design Technology students, 3D printed items, and more.

Bloomington Home Brewed Robotics will show off their outdoor autonomous robot.

climagic will inspire attendees to get involved in circuit electronics, microcontrollers, etc. by showing off various projects. Interactive exhibits planned: + 3 x 6 foot mini golf game (lights and sounds when you get the ball in) + internet controlled lights (lights.climagic.com) + IR remote control to light and sound demo + banana piano + […]

The Outdoor Autonomous Robot is making another appearance at Makevention. Come check out how a robot can chart its own course and operate without human intervention – and also robots!

NSWC Crane STEM will be presenting SeaPerch – an innovative underwater robotics program that trains educators to teach their students in grades 5-12 how to build an underwater vehicle. Come see how you can get involved.

Come check out everything about locks at the Columbus Key booth. They will be showing electronic lock building and allowing people to wire electric locks and pick locks using various types of locks, keys, and picks.

The Jerry Slocum Collection of Mechanical Puzzles embodies a lifetime pursuit of the intriguing and the perplexing. The result is the largest assemblage of its kind in the world, with over 35,000 puzzles and 4,000 puzzle related books. The puzzles in the collection range from Victorian era amusements to cutting edge designs by modern designers […]

Sew Your Own Bookmark Book Light with Creativity Labs! Sew a little light into your life! Come learn about the exciting new domain of e-textiles—electronics embedded into clothing and other soft articles. Then, learn how to use conductive thread to sew an LED light into a fabric bookmark! No prior experience with sewing or electronics […]

The Robotic Drawing Collective is a group of robots operating out of a bedroom in Bloomington, IN. They draw pictures. For this exhibit, the RDC will be bringing one of the drawing robots, a repurposed vinyl cutting machine, which will draw live. In addition, there will be an interactive software program, written in Processing, one […]

The Society of Women Engineers will be having an activity for the kids and we will also be selling books to profit our SWE scholarship fund.