If you missed out on the initial deadline to participate in this year's inaugural Maker Faire Austin festival, you're in luck! The event organizers have set a new deadline of Thursday, September 6, thereby affording you a comfortable two and a half weeks to come up with your very own zany creation.

For an idea of what to expect, the MAKE blog highlights some of the inventions recently previewed at Austin Children's Museum, including hyperbolic origami, "retro-futuristic ray guns," and, naturally, a musical Tesla Coil.

From our original post:

Maker Faire, the annual Bay Area festival that revels in Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ingenuity, is expanding to Austin this year. The two-day, family-friendly event will showcase some of the coolest shit—arts, crafts, wickedly geeky science projects—you've never seen in your life; think Dorkbot but hulked out. What else would you expect from a festival organized by the staffs of Make and Craft magazines?

[Maker Faire Austin Applications]

Ideas they're keen on:

[Official Website]

Maker Faire: Build, craft, hack, play, MAKE.
October 20th and 21st
Travis County Expo Center and Fairgrounds

New Proposal Deadline
Midnight (PST) on Thursday, September 6th

More details from the Maker Faire folks, after the jump. Thanks to Adrienne Sack for the tip. Photo from Maker Faire 2006 by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid

Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers.

Maker Faire Austin: Call for Makers! Are you a maker who would like to show off your project at Maker Faire Austin, October 20-21? The call for makers is open – www.makerfaire.com Deadline for entries is Wednesday, August 15, 2007.

Organized by the staff of Make and Craft magazines, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair that brings together science, art, craft and engineering plus music in a fun, energized, and exciting public forum. The aim is to inspire people of all ages to roll up their sleeves and become makers. This family-friendly event showcases the amazing work of all kinds of makers--anyone who is embracing DIY and wants to share their accomplishments with an appreciative audience.

We encourage you to join the fun and enter a project to exhibit. You can submit an entry through the web at www.makerfaire.com

The first step to participating in Maker Faire is to submit an entry that tells us about yourself and your project. Entries can be submitted from individuals as well as from groups such as hobbyist clubs and schools. Please provide a short description of what you make and what you will actually bring to Maker Faire. Please link to photographs or videos of what you make. Maker exhibits should be non-commercial. We particularly encourage exhibits that are interactive and that highlight the process of making things.

Maker Exhibit:Our standard setup for a Maker exhibit is roughly a 10x10 space. Use this space to display your work and/or demonstrate how you make something. You will need to bring your own tables and chairs.

Once we have accepted participants, we will send out a call asking for presentations, performances and demonstration workshops.

NOTE: Makers whose entries are accepted will receive free registration to Maker Faire. However, we cannot pay for transportation and accommodations.

If you have any questions about participating in Maker Faire, please contact us by email: info@makerfaire.com