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Maker Faire Storms Newcastle

Posted by kdawson on from the robots-in-the-streets dept.

krou writes "The BBC is reporting on the first Maker Faire in the UK, in Newcastle. The event saw an incredible gathering of tech DIY enthusiasts showing off their robotic wares. Maker Faire is firmly established in the US; the 4th annual running in the Bay Area begins on May 30. The BBC video shows the fire-breathing horse, Rusty, and Titan, an eight-foot tall fully-animated robot that likes scaring kids. Elsewhere, the Faire also had Ian Sharp's physical realization of the Lunar Lander computer game, low-cost multi-touch displays, and one of the oldest-ever case mods, made by veteran computer enthusiast John Honnibal, who also showed off his old over-clocked kit computer. Pictures from the Faire are also on Flickr, and videos on YouTube."

6 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. Don't forget.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't forget to pay your $699 licensing fee, you cock-smoking teabaggers!

    1. Re:Don't forget.. by Philip+K+Dickhead · · Score: 3, Funny

      MOD PARENT UP!

      The poster, tho' wishing to remain anonymous, deserves rightly such an acclaim. His posting is a poetic example of the very thing Dutch artist M.C. Escher had in mind, when once he mused:
      "He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder."

      --
      "Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell
  2. The only thing worth making yourself by Ontheotherhand · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, the only thing worth making at home is beer, or perhaps wine.
    depending on how it goes, it can also have explosive properties, chemical warfare applications, or just really offensive flatulence.

  3. Re:You know? by Shadyman · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll just *assume* that the profanity was put on the wrong side of the verb by accident.

    Otherwise... Ouch?

  4. Skynet starts out as Titan? by PaganRitual · · Score: 3, Funny

    It all seems so innocent when all 'it likes' is to scare little kids.

    Then before you know it, it 'would like' to nuke all mankind.

    KILL IT WITH FIRE

  5. Re:Yahoo Serious Festival? by Petrushka · · Score: 2, Funny

    that sentence makes no sense.

    I think this headline illustrates nicely why Capitalising Every Word In The Headline is not a great idea.

    I mean, if I write

    Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

    you all know what I mean, right? But if I write

    Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo.

    then that's just incomprehensible.