Maker Faire

Back from the NoCo Maker Faire and somehow miraculously still able to walk. It was held in the now-abandoned Agilent manufacturing facility in Loveland so we had several hundred thousand square feet and we used a good deal of it.

What did people make?

There was a nicely finished kit Cobra, 375 hp in a 2200 lb chassis.

In addition, there were 2 electric motorcycles in different stages of completion.

There was a bicycle recycler who had a nice bike with a built-in bar. Should have been a tandem with the picnic food in the other end really, but I guess you work with what you’ve got.

There was a 30 foot tall “robot” with active arms and head which included a light show and fire from the head and hands.

There were 2 distilleries, one making whiskey, vodka, and gin, and one making Absinthe.

The barista mixed the Absinth with sugar and mint. I can see why some people found it addictive. I found it delicious.

There was Epilog Laser, demoing a copier-sized laser cutter.

Several schools were there from Emily Griffith to Colo State U (go Rams!)

The Boulder Kinetics was represented.

Several robot clubs and competitions were being promoted including our own Critter Crunch.

Lots of interactive stuff ranging from music to video games to the DMSC with the “Monkey Hunter” physics demo and the pedal air gun, both of which had lines of kids waiting to take a turn..

Lots of 3-D printers in action, many of them home-built.

Tons more stuff too but being tied to our table, I couldn’t get out to see all of them in detail.  The kids cardboard challenge featured a boat that looked like it would carry about 20 of them to the U.S. from Cuba and a fort big enough to park the Batmobile in.

Here's a Mad Scientist commanding his robotic minion to get out there and exterminate!

All in all, a great time.The kids had a ball and the older kids left contemplating the next project.