I was at the Maker Faire with some buddies this past Saturday and it’s pretty much a giant County fair for Nerds. There was even overpriced Funnel Cake and Turkey Legs!
There were some pretty awesome things there like giant Tesla coils, the combots (ala Battle Bots). It may look boring on TV, but when you’re sitting a few feet away from the actual ring and hear the clash of two 200 pound pieces of metal you don’t know how awesome it is. The whams and sparks of metal were really exciting. There was a life size setup of the board game Mouse Trap and fire machines there from The Crucible. There was also an area held by the Survival Research Labs. They had a knife bot that would stab around your fingers and had a video of their giant 2×4 shooting machine. We even saw the diet coke and mentos demonstration done by the Eepybird guys.
We even saw some well known people at the faire soaking up some nerdiness. Justin Kan of justin.tv and Jimmy Kimmel were checking it out.
I’ll try to post pics and vids later on.