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Maker Faire Today and Tomorrow – Calling all DIYers and Engineers and Crafters and ….

May 3, 2008 Barbara No comments

Morning,

This sounds like so much fun!! To wit:

….Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things…

Disney’s new line of robotic toys will debut at Maker Faire
Disney marks entry into robotic toy market with new line of programmable toy robots …..MORE….

Their blog has some excellent science/diy stuff as well, such as:

Life improvement devices: There’s a lot of commercial technology out there intended to improve our quality of life (in a sense, almost all of it). A speaker @ Bay Area Maker Day mentioned a few devices she found effective for modifying her own behavior -

Sleeptracker watch – wakes you at the end of the REM cycle closest to your ideal wake up time.

StressEraser – Breathing regulation device

Motivaider – simple vibrating reminder device with timer.

These are relatively simple and are apparently handy for tweaking the human machine – they also seem quite easy to emulate/incorporate into your own design or interface ….MORE….

I wish it was happening around my neck of the woods!

Enjoy,

Owlbert

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