Tom from our Facebook page recently showed us his latest project, the Pingbot. In Tom's words, it's "a very small (38mm diameter), usb rechargeable, programmable, musical, remote control robot designed for maximum fun and danceability." We don't know about you, but danceability should be a priority on every robot's feature list. Check out some video […]
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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