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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Pittsburgh Mini Maker Faire
Featuring the work of the Technical Direction 3 class - and Drama alum Ben Peoples. Come one come all.
I got the chance to go to this, and thought it was amazing. I saw the "I can has dinosaur" exhibit, and the wooden dinosaurs were really cool. I remember playing with scaled down versions of them when I was younger. It was very interesting looking at the various things people have created, especially in the field of robotics.
The Pittsburgh Maker Faire was a lot of fun to go to. I've been wanting to go to one of the the national Maker Faires for a while, but I'm glad to have at least gone to the Mini one here in Pittsburgh. I found so many of the Makers' projects inspiring. The Childrens' Museum was an interesting site to host this Faire, seeing how so many kids were exposed to ways of making things themselves and sparking their creativity. This environment also unfortunately made in-depth technical conversation with Makers difficult at times with them having to constantly watch out for kids mishandling fragile prototypes. I was very inspired by the DIY environment at the Faire and was inspired to recreate a project of my own for Playground week that I saw there today.
I had the pleasure of participating in the Mini Maker Faire this weekend and I had an enjoyable time. The neatest aspect of the fair was of course the people. It is amazing what people are "in" to. There was the Pittsburgh Knot Tying Club. They built a giant derrick out rope and logs. They meet once a month for a time of knot tying. There was a guy who made a printer that used easy cheese, very popular and yummy. There was a guy who made his own battle robot. The iteration at the faire shot Nerf rockets. I saw at least three exhibits of people who were making/fixing their exhibits as the fair went along; always a project in process. Makers always make. It was fun to talk to all the presenters and see how much they knew about their individual areas of interest. Perhaps the greatest exhibit was the guy with the huge trailer of train, ship and factory horns that played songs. It was LOUD. I totally geeked out.
I really wish i could of attended this , i was a avid reader of maker magazine and have actually worked on several projects attempting to make my own versions of the technologies featured on some of the articles. this is a cool event and reading about it i imagine it was one of the most unique-conventions to come through in awhile. i find that types of events such as this attract a specific type of audience and many times they are the people i like to see around.
There were a lot of interesting displays at the Maker Faire. All the hands on crafts were great for the kids that attended and some of the more eager adults. You were able to screen print, build with legos, create a quilt, make a pin, and much more. While some of the displays were not as hands on many had brought interesting DIY items. Overall the Faire went very well for the dinos and the overall product. I wish more CMU students would have dropped by to see all the interesting items on display!
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I got the chance to go to this, and thought it was amazing. I saw the "I can has dinosaur" exhibit, and the wooden dinosaurs were really cool. I remember playing with scaled down versions of them when I was younger. It was very interesting looking at the various things people have created, especially in the field of robotics.
The Pittsburgh Maker Faire was a lot of fun to go to. I've been wanting to go to one of the the national Maker Faires for a while, but I'm glad to have at least gone to the Mini one here in Pittsburgh. I found so many of the Makers' projects inspiring. The Childrens' Museum was an interesting site to host this Faire, seeing how so many kids were exposed to ways of making things themselves and sparking their creativity. This environment also unfortunately made in-depth technical conversation with Makers difficult at times with them having to constantly watch out for kids mishandling fragile prototypes. I was very inspired by the DIY environment at the Faire and was inspired to recreate a project of my own for Playground week that I saw there today.
I had the pleasure of participating in the Mini Maker Faire this weekend and I had an enjoyable time. The neatest aspect of the fair was of course the people. It is amazing what people are "in" to. There was the Pittsburgh Knot Tying Club. They built a giant derrick out rope and logs. They meet once a month for a time of knot tying. There was a guy who made a printer that used easy cheese, very popular and yummy. There was a guy who made his own battle robot. The iteration at the faire shot Nerf rockets. I saw at least three exhibits of people who were making/fixing their exhibits as the fair went along; always a project in process. Makers always make. It was fun to talk to all the presenters and see how much they knew about their individual areas of interest. Perhaps the greatest exhibit was the guy with the huge trailer of train, ship and factory horns that played songs. It was LOUD. I totally geeked out.
I really wish i could of attended this , i was a avid reader of maker magazine and have actually worked on several projects attempting to make my own versions of the technologies featured on some of the articles. this is a cool event and reading about it i imagine it was one of the most unique-conventions to come through in awhile. i find that types of events such as this attract a specific type of audience and many times they are the people i like to see around.
There were a lot of interesting displays at the Maker Faire. All the hands on crafts were great for the kids that attended and some of the more eager adults. You were able to screen print, build with legos, create a quilt, make a pin, and much more. While some of the displays were not as hands on many had brought interesting DIY items.
Overall the Faire went very well for the dinos and the overall product. I wish more CMU students would have dropped by to see all the interesting items on display!
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