Maker Faire 2011

It's been four years since attending my first Maker Faire, and this year was great! Each year there are a lot of awesome projects, robotics, electronics, DIY, and the like. This particular year was even better since I am now becoming increasingly familiar with DIY robotics. I felt that I was able to relate to a lot of the content more so with having worked on my robotics project. Below are a few pictures and videos of some of the projects I saw at the faire.

Microchip's ChipKit:

http://www.microchip.com/chipkit

Listening to Massimo Banzi (Co-founder of Arduino) and Chris Anderson (Editor and Chief of Wired Magazine)

Surface ocean research robot(not sure of the name):

Google's SKPR bot:

Master Chief:

DIYDrones and their ArduCopter:

Testing driving a Chevy Volt:

My girlfriend learning to solder:

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Did you make it this year? If so, what were some of your favorite projects?