Maker Faire was a blast!

Dave Hrynkiw
May 21, 2008

Well, we've been back for a few weeks now, and the demobots still have to be unpacked. It was a blast. From what we understand, attendance was up almost 50% over last year. Traffic was backed-up from the local highway to the fairgrounds.

There were LOTS of new exhibits. We should know - we've been to every Maker Faire so far!

Oh, and Solarbotics' Cheryl was caught demonstrating "Herbie the Mousebot"...

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