{"id":1738,"date":"2011-09-18T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T23:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2024-06-03T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T18:40:40","slug":"maker-faire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/maker-faire\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Faire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first <a href=\"http:\/\/makerfaire.com\/newyork\/2011\/\">Maker Faire<\/a>&#8230;  where do I start?  I could go on and on about the standard stuff:  amazing projects, amazing people, etc,  but here&#8217;s 3 things that I think capture the essence of my experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I walk into the paella line on friday to hear <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmieprodgers.com\/\">Jimmie Rodgers<\/a> say &#8220;&#8230;and there he is!&#8221;  He&#8217;s talking with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lowereastkitchen.com\/\">Lower East Kitchen<\/a> people, who use the PID library in their sous-vide kit.  We wind up having a conversation over dinner that somehow winds up at plasma physics.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dual.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dual-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"450\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1743\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dual-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dual-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/dual.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>I get to see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makerbot.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/announcing-the-highest-numbered-extruder-ever-to-be-released-by-makerbot-lucky-number-stepstruder-mk7\/\">dual extruder thingomatic<\/a> for the first time. The next morning on the train to the Faire I design a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:11630\">two color version<\/a> of the pocket coin-op bottle opener.  They take my design &#8211; the second 2-color part to be user-submitted to thingiverse &#8211; and print the hell out of it.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/learn-to-solder.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/learn-to-solder.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"learn to solder\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/learn-to-solder.png 900w, http:\/\/brettbeauregard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/learn-to-solder-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>While volunteering in the soldering area, I ask a group of people if they need help with their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makershed.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=msbb\">Brush Bots<\/a>.  There&#8217;s a tricky little step where you&#8217;re supposed to tape the the battery leads to the motor.  A girl in the group, maybe 11 years old, tells me that they don&#8217;t need help; she has found a much better way to do it.  And it <em>is<\/em> better: forehead-smack better. I have her teach another volunteer the technique, and when I come back 2 hours later everyone is doing it her way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can imagine, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.  I will definitely be doing this again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first Maker Faire&#8230; where do I start? I could go on and on about the standard stuff: amazing projects, amazing people, etc, but here&#8217;s 3 things that I think capture the essence of my experience. 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