Maker Faire

The 15 May episode of Rocketboom alerted me to an upcoming geeky event, Maker Faire.

Check out the video interview with Phillip Torrone and Bre Pettis of Make



What's going on?

The Woz will be in attendence, said to be talking about engineering, building the first PC, etc..

Cyclecide will be performing and exhibiting their pedal powered attractions





Workshops are said to include


Mousy the Junk Bot - Turn a PC mouse into a robot
Catapult! - Need I say more
Play Day - They provide the junk and tools, you get to make whatever you like
Twin Tower Tesla Coil - 120' tall, firing off 120' arks



May 19 & 20 - San Mateo, CA
Oct. 20 & 31 - Austin, TX



"The Burningman you don't have to spend a week out in the desert to visit"

"Get your make on"


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