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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. 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. Fantastic by SteveAstro · · Score: 3, Interesting

    T'was a very good day. Loads of interesting ideas, and enthusiastic visitors. Hope they do it all again, in Newcastle or elsewhere in the UK.

    Much easier to get to than San Fran.

    Steve

    1. Re:Fantastic by OutOfMyTree · · Score: 3, Informative

      We had a ball too at the McMADSAT smaller and less-official Maker Faire event in Glasgow on Saturday -- an unfortunate clash. http://mcmadsat.blogspot.com/

      We definitely need more of these.

  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. What about New England? by bitrex · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've never understood why there now seems to be so little interest in DIY in the New England area. It used to be at one time we were the "Silicon Valley of the East" - nowadays, unless one is enrolled at MIT and you tell someone you're into DIY electronics around here and you get looked at strangely and comments are made such as "DIY? Hmm. That sounds like something poor people do. Why don't you get a well paid job?" For all of Boston's talk of being a cosmopolitan, hip, trendy cutting-edge city, it's really not unless your definition of being cutting edge is having lots of overpriced bars and nightclubs. Once the college kids are out of town one realizes that this area has very little going for it anymore in regards to technology industries - even cities such as Salt Lake City and Albuquerque are way ahead. I'd love to see a Make event in the Boston area, but I won't hold my breath.