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Maker Faire: It's Alive!
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by Jordan Yerman | May 3, 2008 at 06:54 am
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The DIY extravaganza known as Maker Faire has hit the Bay Area, and is taking this weekend at the San Mateo County Expo Center. Come on down and check out everything from crafts to momemade robots*, and meet the folks who just can't stop themselves from taking stuff apart.
From robot mouse demos to knitting seminars, this looks like a fascinating weekend. I cna't make it, so it's up to you...
Also in attendance will be the Swap-O-Rama-Rama, where clothing swaps and alterations meet in a dark alley.
Update: Those punks at Wired Gadget Lab got to attend... Hrmph.
Maker Faire is put on my MAKE Magazine, with which I am not affiliated. It's total DIY Porn.
(* No word yet on any robots that make crafts, but you never know)
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at 19:38 on May 3rd, 2008
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at 19:47 on May 3rd, 2008
This photo was taken at the Lego town section of the Maker Faire. It's a very detailed Renaissance-inspired garden maze with little stories going on between the characters such as a poker game in progress and a skeleton found by a surprised gardener.
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at 09:19 on May 4th, 2008
Visitors to the 2008 Maker Faire take turns bursting bubbles filled with a mixture of hydrogen, oxygen, and propane in an exhibit called They Hydrogen Economy, created by a group called False Profit Labs.
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at 11:41 on May 4th, 2008
Philo Northrup's "Truck In Flux" at Maker Faire 2008
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at 11:53 on May 8th, 2008
At our Maker Faire booth, we ran workshops for building 3-D models of cells. This photo is of some of the clay we used. Was a fantastic time, and we're sure to go back again. www.galaxygoo.org
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