Spring this year seems to be short on sunshine. To compensate for that, today's post is full of shiny things. And butterflies. Butterflies are always a good addition. Tilt Beam Flashlight Cute build, a diffuser of some sort would be a nice addition though, unless used for interrogation purposes. (by [Zach DeBord], via Hackaday) Soft […]
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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