Maker Faire Austin 2007
Just to let you know that the pictures from Maker Faire are posted at
http://www.tobic.com/gallery/MakerFaire07
It was great! What is Maker Faire you ask? It’s the first time the Faire has been held in Texas. It is a celebration of backyard inventors. Normal people who invent or reuse everyday objects for a better purpose. Some of it is art, some of it is bonified products. Its an free exchange of ideas and visions. No retail is allowed - except at the store. There are no vendors present, just the "Makers" and their ideas. Everything is freely available - you want to see how they wired it up - just ask! You want the plans and parts list - no problem!
The phrase we used the most throughout the day was "That’s a great idea!". Everywhere you looked, there was a fantastic exchange of ideas.
There are a lot of pictures, please take some time to go through them.
The Faire's website can be found at:
http://makerfaire.com/