Eric L. was so kind as to send us a link to a video of his Make 06 Trimet on YouTube. If you want to build your very own Trimet you can get all the parts here, and if you don't have the magazine, you can buy it here. Order both together and get 10% […]
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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