The Celebration of Ingenuity

The tenth edition of the Maker Faire Trieste has been held on September 2 and 3, 2023, in Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste (Free admission for public, makers and exhibitors). A big “thank you” to all Makers that participated and to all Volunteers that helped us with enthusiasm and passion!

The opening time for the public was 2pm–8pm on Saturday, 10am–6pm on Sunday.

 

You can find the official videoclip of MFTS 2023, filmed and edited by Nicolò Blasi and Alessandro Suggi, on YouTube, together with a second 20-minutes video made by the group “la radio nelle scuole 4.0”.

PHOTO GALLERIES:

• all the photos by Massimo Silvano (64 pictures)
• all the photos of Saturday 2 September by Roberto Barnabà (511 pictures)
• all the photos of Sunday 3 September by Roberto Barnabà (697 pictures)
• all the photos by Nicolò Blasi (21 pictures). Video on YouTube.

(Copyright 2023 ICTP. To get an high-resolution version of the pictures please contact the organizers)

Prizes to Makers of the 2023 edition:

As in the previous editions, the Club Soroptimist Trieste kindly offered also this year a few prizes for projects presented by women, chosen by a committee of members of the club:

Prize Lady Maker 2023 given to Erika Ronchin con il progetto “MTsoil sensors”, with this motivation: “ideatrice e realizzatrice di un metodo innovativo ed economico per il monitoraggio della temperatura e dell’umidità dei terreni in aree colpite da incendi, al fine di valutarne la rigenerazione”.

Prize for originality given to “Associazione Pic Knit Art Cafè aps”, with the motivation “realizza all’uncinetto superfici matematiche di curvatura negativa, difficilmente realizzabili con modelli in carta, sottolineando il gradevole impatto artistico dei lavori eseguiti”.

 

Prizes Maker Faire Trieste: three maker’s projects have been chosen for their originality and technical value by a jury composed by Giannina Ceschin (president), dirigente servizio trasformazione digitale del Comune di Trieste, Giovanni Enrico Nobili, funzionario informatico del Comune di Trieste, and Marco Zennaro, coordinatore dell’unità “Scienza, Tecnologia e Innovazione” dell’ICTP, the chosen makers also received three purchase coupons, kindly offered by Arduino and given by Massimo Banzi:

First Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Marco Delise per il progetto “Res Mentis” “per aver saputo unire tecnologia e conoscenza nel creare una didattica innovativa”.

Second Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Lorenzo De Luca per il progetto “Time & frequency syncing demo with atomic clock and GPS receiver” “per l’approccio innovativo utilizzato nella risoluzione di un problema in un ambito tecnologicamente complesso”.

Third Prize Maker Faire Trieste 2023 given to Mattia Monetti per il progetto Ant Workflow: PCB FABRICATION @HOME “per aver reso accessibile, con strumenti open, la progettazione e la produzione di tecnologie elettroniche”.

The same jury has also assigned the following three special prizes:

Prize Young Maker MFTS2023 given to Andrea Manzin per il progetto “Bobina di Tesla e Alta Tensione” “per la capacità e l’entusiasmo dimostrati nel trasmettere in modo comprensibile il progetto complesso realizzato”.

Special Jury Prize MFTS2023 given to Francesco Sonego per il progetto UniTS Racing Team “per aver saputo creare un team multidisciplinare in grado di affrontare con competenza e entusiasmo una sfida impegnativa”.

Prize Science Picnic Trieste 2023 given to Erik Romelli per il progetto “Science Industries – Water Rocket Launcher” “per il costante impegno dei membri di Science Industries nella divulgazione scientifica”.

Press and Media coverage:

• Article by the local newspaper “Il Piccolo” – 3 September 2023: Dai trenini digitali alla bici “scressula” Alla Maker Faire il trionfo dell’ingegno: ILPICCOLO030923(PDF)
• Online article by ANSA.it: Trieste Maker Faire, la festa dell’ingegno con 200 ‘maker’
• Online article (in English) by “InTrieste”: Trieste Maker Faire Takes Over Piazza Unità, 2-3 September
• Article “notizie dalla giunta”, on the official website of Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia:

• TGR RAI FVG servizio su MFTS (Facebook)
• TGR RAI FVG servizio su MFTS (YouTube)
• Video servizio di TeleQuattro
• Video servizio di TriestePRIMA
• Intervista agli organizzatori, a cura di Radio Punto Zero

Programme of the activities on stage (in Italian)

(presenters and interviewers: Erik, Daniele and Thomas, Science Industries)

Saturday 2 September:

14:00 – 14:15 Opening of Maker Faire Trieste

14:15 – 14:45 “C’era una volta il Mammut” Flavio and Giorgia Bacchia, ZOIC (M-75)

14:45 – 15:00 Maker’s Time

15:00 – 15:45 ”Chem Show” Victor Tosoratti and Claudio Tavagnacco (M-61)

15:45 – 16:00 ”Scappamento libero a forza costante di Rieffler: funzionamento e applicazioni in ambito astronomico e ferroviario per la sincronizzazione del tempo” Alceo Solari, Giacomo Rupil (M-67)

16:00 – 16:45 ”Le mirabolanti macchine Steampunk” Alessandra Carrer and Luigi Garlaschelli (M-16)

16:45 – 17:00 Maker’s Time

17:00 – 18:15 Street Science SHARPER organised by Immaginario Scientifico and presented by Science Industries (M-22)

18:15 – 18:30 Maker’s Time

18:30 – 19:00 Greetings from the Authorities followed by Ceremony for the Prizes to Makers

19:00 – 19.45 Scuola Padawan by Star Wars Clan Trieste (M-64)

19:45 – 20:00 the fair closes

After 20:00 moving performances of Star Wars Clan Trieste: “Spade laser nella notte”

 

Sunday 3 September:

10:00 – 10:15 Opening

10:15 – 11:00 interviews and talks of makers

11:00 – 12:00 “Arduino e l’innovazione italiana: uno sguardo al futuro” Massimo Banzi

12:00 – 12:30 Maker’s Time

12:30 – 13:00 ”Le mirabolanti macchine Steampunk” Alessandra Carrer e Luigi Garlaschelli (M-16)

13:00 – 13:15 ”Scappamento libero a forza costante di Rieffler: funzionamento e applicazioni in ambito astronomico e ferroviario per la sincronizzazione del tempo” Alceo Solari, Giacomo Rupil (M-67)

13:15 – 14:00 interviews and talks of makers

14:00 – 14:15 Maker’s Time

14:15 – 15:00 interviews and talks of makers

15:00 – 15:20 “Il video gioco da bar in italia” Giuliano Tamburlini (M-12)

15:20 – 15:30 music from historical videogames

15:30 – 15:50 “Preservazione dei video giochi attraverso FPGA” Davide Lorigliola (M-12)

15:50 – 16:00 music from historical videogames

16:00 – 16:15 Maker’s Time

16:15 – 17:00 interviews and talks of makers

17:00 – 17:45 “10 anni di Maker Faire Trieste” Gaya Fior, Enrique Canessa and Carlo Fonda

17:45 – 18:00 the fair closes

 

Sunday from 15:00 to 18:00 “ghostbusters”  performances around the fair!

 

Activities for kids and children (both days at all times):

 

For teachers:

“MonTech”:

MAP of ALL MAKERS

We thank our sponsors and institutional partners: Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia (#IOSONOFRIULIVENEZIAGIULIA) and Comune di Trieste.

 

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Financial Contributions:

For the implementation of Maker Faire Trieste 2023, the ICTP received the following contributions: