Geek Chic @ Maker FaireAfter we already bought weekend passes for the Maker Faire Bay Area, I happened to have been given an two day pass tickets. (( Photo Credit: Steve Jurvetson via Compfight))
Now, what is the best way to give these out? I think I’d like to do a design challenge, but I haven’t decided. Do you have any suggestions?
On Saturday you may see a a guy wearing the funkiest glasses in all of creation. That would be me.
I’m planning to be at Maker Faire all day on Saturday and Sunday and will be at the MakerBot table intermittently. Stop by and say hey!
I’m so excited!!!
I couldn’t resist including the MakerFaire Bay Area countdown clock in my sidebar. However, since it is kinda wide for my sidebar, I had to use a quick bit of CSS to shoehorn it into the space. In case you want to do the same:
I’ve been seeing these around for the last month or so. I think they’re from the Young Maker’s program. At least, that’s what my friend Google tells me.
I have this pile of printed PLA pawns I’m not going to be using any time soon. They’re of varying quality and interesting-ness. If you’ve always wanted a MakerBot printed part but thought they were just too unattainable, now’s your chance!
I’m going to be at the East Bay Mini-MakerFaire this Sunday just walking around with my family. If you’re going to be there too, drop me a line or leave a comment and I’ll bring a spare piece for you. I’ll have at least nine pieces to give away. (More if I try a few new settings.) If you’re the only one to respond, you get all nine. :)
I’m really excited about this weekend’s Mini-MakerFaire taking place at Park Day in Oakland! There’s going to be at least 100 different exhibits and things going on. I can’t wait!!! (Just bought my tix)
Are you going? Are you an exhibitor? If so, leave a comment so I can be sure and stop by your booth and say hello!
I completely missed the Bay Area Maker Faire.1
I did everything I could to make sure I would be there. I bought an advance two-day family pass. Even though I live in the Bay Area I booked a local hotel just so we could get there that much earlier and stay that much later.
Alas, everyone in my family caught a nasty bug and we’re still laid up. At least I was able to give away our tickets as we drove away from the hotel.
In the meantime – did you go? What did you see? What did you learn? Please let me live vicariously through you!
I’ve been really looking forward to the MakerFaire (Bay Area) for – oooooh – probably about a year now.
Last year was the first time I had attended and I got to see a giant bronze snail car, a Victorian house car, the steampunk area, a giant set of rotating metal wings, pneumatic rockets, LCD guitars, numerous R2D2′s, a chunk of the Long Now clock (the very same which inspired Stephenson’s book Anathem), bicycle powered rock bands, a CandyFab, and, of course, a fully operational MakerBot complete with the MakerBot guys printing off amazing things.
I looked, I saw, I even hoola hooped. And I’m looking forward to seeing all new amazing stuff.
MakerBot CupCake CNC
Ever since hearing about the RepRap project more than a year and a half ago I’ve been dying to make/build/buy one. This last May I got to see an actual MakerBot CupCake CNC print a lego right in front of my eyes at the 2009 MakerFaire in San Mateo. One of the best parts was getting to meet Zach Hoeken Smith, Bre Pettis, and Adam Mayer.
Well, this morning I finally pulled the trigger.
I just ordered a CupCake CNC Deluxe kit from MakerBot Industries.
Here’s the thing: I have no experience working with electronics beyond putting batteries in the T.V. remote. It’s going to be an adventure!
I can’t wait!!!