[SATLUG] OT - Maker Faire in Austin - Oct 20-21

[Robert Pearson]

FYI...  From another mailing list...

For those unaware of the nearby event and those I've mumbled to about it, I'm
driving down to Austin for this and it'd be great to see you there as well.
The topics sound suitable to the people I know and a lot of fun.

"Maker Faire: two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts,
engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset, including
Swap-O-Rama-Rama, the King of Fling Catapult Competition, and Edible Austin's
DIY Food."

http://www.makerfaire.com/

Tickets are sold ($25) for either Saturday or Sunday and are cheaper ($20) if
bought at the website before Oct 10.  Or  you can get a Weekend pass for $40,
in advance, which I'm going for due to the number of exhibits.

The displays are not just for us engineers - there are hundreds of exhibits
for arts, crafts, engineering, eco-green, music, science among which are:

 * An altered reality laser-tag game built on modified Meraki mesh routers.
 * A Rube Goldberg miniature golf course.
 * Electric vehicles like plug-in Priuses.
 * Build your own CNC machine.
 * blues-in-a-cave musical experience
 * MIDI-controlled musical Teslas coils
 * Various robot combat events.
 * Kinetic sculptures, inflatable speakers
 * Flamethrowers - forced air, articulated and big fireball.
 * open-hardware laptops
 * and what we've been waiting for, the flying car we were promised long ago.