(The Beau and I at Maker Faire)
And overall had a great time. Due to sort of unfortunate planning, I didn't get to go to nearly the number of talks I wanted to just because with everything back to back as it was, getting space in the Auditorium was a nightmare if you didn't want to sit through a whole day's worth of 30 minute talks. I did to get see one of my personal idols, Massimo Banzi, a co-founder of Arduino, which was well worth it. Some talks I didn't get to see included one by the people behind Roominate, though I did get to see it in action, and it's just as cool in real life.
What was really cool was the 3D Printing Pavilion where a variety of companies and organizations tied to 3D printing showed off their wares. It was really exciting to see just because there is so much going on in that world right now.
I also got to show off my first wearable electronics project, a scarf powered by Adafruit's Flora which is a really cool micro-controller that is sew-able, and can be incorporated in various different projects. (The scarf can be seen in the picture above, but the sunlight makes the LEDs a little hard to see) I have a post going into more detail about that coming up.
There were also some really cool things in the Arduino tent, including the recently released Arduino Robot which while awesome, at a 300 dollar price tag, I'd rather just get a Roomba. And a recently released kickstarter for Moti, which is essentially a servo motor with a built in micro-controller. Although it's a little pricey, I'd be really curious to see where it goes.
Other highlights included checking out the Junior Robocup table, meeting a very impressive high-schooler who designed a Leap Motion Plus (basically a Kinect) controlled virtual marionette. And a lot of sew-able electronics kits aimed a kids.
Overall I had a really great time and would highly recommend checking a Faire out when you have a chance.
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