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Maker Faire 2008 was held on May 3–4, 2008, at the San Mateo County Event Center. Highlights of the Faire included a human-sized Mouse Trap board game, kinetic squid sculpture, 55' wingspan kinetic steel butterfly, bicycle-powered music stage, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, [13] and over 500 other booths from different makers.
The sixth annual Maker Faire Wayne County will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, July 27. The free event is open to the community and features technology, arts, crafts, electronics and more.
The 2008 Maker Faires occurred May 3-4 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds in San Mateo, California, and October 18-19 at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Texas. The 2009 Maker Faire Bay Area was held on May 30-31. In 2010, there were three Maker Faires: Bay Area on May 22-23, Detroit on July 31 and August 1, and New York on September 25-26.
TechShop was founded by Jim Newton, Ridge McGhee, and Robert Thomas. Jim Newton wanted to establish a place with tools to work on pet projects. [1] Newton, who had been a science adviser to the TV show MythBusters and a College of San Mateo robotics teacher, was also motivated by his students' frustration with lack of access to equipment.
The flagship Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA, drew over 130,000 attendees. Other Faires around the world collectively draw millions. [ 14 ] In 2012, O'Reilly Media spun out the Make properties into a separate venture-backed company, Maker Media, headed up by former O'Reilly executive and Make founder Dale Dougherty.
Origins Game Fair is an annual gaming convention that was first held in 1975. Since 1996, it has been held in Columbus, Ohio at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. ...
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The Wikimedia booth at Maker Faire 2010. This is a page for planning for the Wikimedia Foundation booth at the 2013 San Mateo Maker Faire , May 18 & 19 Background: pics, 'post story; Other years: 2010, 2011, 2012